NCCHARTERFISHING-Capt.'s Jeff Cronk and MIke Taylor-Crystal Coast, Swansboro, Emerald Isle

Saturday, November 18
Well, I had Mike Perry's group onboard today for an early morning trip hoping to get on a good bite like the last trip.... but, mother nature threw us toooo many curves. The early morning rising tide brought a mess of chalky water with only several inches of clarity into the internal waters making a good bite almost impossible and the falling tide brought a ton of brackish water from the upper river run-off (from the recent 3in downpour across the state) almost to the ocean... so, the bite today was rather slow. Surprisingly, we mangaged two inshore slams with two speckled trout, two flounder, and two reddrum and we parked the boat back at the dock at 12:30. Our largest trout weighed right at 3lbs and our largest redfish about 4lbs.