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

Well, hope everyone had a great holiday! My wife and I got back from the ATL on the 27th and i stepped back on the boat at 5 am on 28th hoping for some striper, trout, and drum. Well, we worked everything known to man for striper for several hours at daybreak to no avail.... although we did manage some pretty upper slot redfish. Later we moved on to catch some pretty speckled trout to top off the cooler with fish. Then on the the 29th with Folden Lee and co. onboard we started off on the trout and worked a slow bite. We boated about 20 trout with 12 from 16in to 23in. and a few smaller fish. Later, we moved on looking for the larger slot sized redfish and weren't able to land any....only a short flounder in the process.... but that's fish'n.... Sat. the 30th my team-mate, Mike Taylor, and I opted to sit out on the local striper tourny this season as we had scoured the coast looking for several days to no avail.... well, that proved to be a good move as no striper were weighed in.... instead, I slept in and jumped onboard the Triton at 7:15am to locate the trout bite here in swansboro. I lucked out and found a few trout just after first light... managed 6 trout before moving on to locate some redfish for upcoming trips here in swansboro.... The redfishing will be hot here in Swansboro in January through March as we have one of the best fisheries in the State... Capt. Jeff Cronk. FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS. SWANSBORO, NC 1-910-326-7512 or 336-558-5697.