Friday, March 31, 2006
3/31/06 A quick 3hr trip this afternoon with William Branham aboard looking for a few fish on dead low tide... tried to jig some greys and seamullet near bogue inlet but it wasn't happening so... we eased back into a creek nearby and managed to hook-up with 5 puppydrum in a foot of water... largest was 24in.- Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS-910-326-7512
3/31/06 William Branham of Topsail with a 19in. puppy drum this afternoon... Capt. Jeff Cronk
Thursday, March 30, 2006
3/30/06 Alan Brown and his son Ben onboard for a few hours this afternoon... The reds wouldn't cooperate so we looked for some trout. Nothing large but we managed to find a small school and caught about 10 trout... both specs and greys mixed. Good Job Ben with the casting! Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS
3/30/06 Young Ben Brown with a nice grey trout this afternoon. (sorry the pics didn't come out good guys)- Capt. Jeff Cronk
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
3/28/06 Bill Bickett and son Justin of Charlotte onboard for a 4hr afternoon trip in the SW blow... We lucked out and managed a puppydrum on first cast along some grass flats here in Swansboro... followed by 7 more pups and a 17in. flounder. Then we found a few small speckled trout and landed about 40 along with 4 Grey trout including a 2lber. Bad Wind... but good bite... Good Job Guys! Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS- 910-326-7512 or 336-558-5697 email at jcronk@ec.rr.com
3/28/06 Justin with a 18+in. puppydrum on the grass flats this afternoon... Capt. Jeff Cronk
3/28/06 Bill with a 17in. puppy drum on the grass flats during this afternoon's trip- Capt. Jeff Cronk
3/28/06 Justin from this afternoon's trip with a 17in. flounder on a Gulp bait... Capt. Jeff Cronk
3/28/06 A shot of Dion and Walter from this morning's trip with a few of the better specks caught. Capt. Jeff Cronk
3/28/06 Dion Lynn and his father Walter onboard for a 4hour trip this morning to work the backwaters for trout... We had a ball with steady action all morning. We managed to land about 48 speckled trout with the largest at 2.5lbs Lots of 12 to 13in. fish in the mix today. Good Job Guys!- Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS- 910-326-7512 or email at jcronk@ec.rr.com
Sunday, March 26, 2006
3/26/06 Tom and father George Metzger along with a buddy of theirs onboard for a 6hour trip today to scout-out-the-trout... what a morning! Between the four of us we boated upwards of 70 speckled trout. Never went 5min. without a trout or two coming to the boat... Although many of the fish were between 11 and 13in. we managed to put 12 trout from 2 to 3lbs in the cooler along with a few 14in. fish... also landed one small flounder. Super Job Guys! Who'd of thought the trout would be that shallow!- Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS- 910-326-7512 or 336-558-5697... email at jcronk@ec.rr.com open dates available for Trout, Reds, Albacore, etc...
3/26/06 Tom Metzger with yet another trout about 3lbs in the shallows on an artificial bait! Let's see... is that #61 or 62 today... lost count! Super Job Tom... Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE Charters.. email at jcronk@ec.rr.com
3/26/06 6Hr Morning Trip cont'd... Myself, Capt. Jeff, with another 2lber to the boat! Tom Metzger's crew was laying to them today! Capt. Jeff Cronk
3/26/06 6hr Morning Trip Continued... George with a speckled trout close to 2lbs in the local backwaters! Excellent Job George! Capt. Jeff Cronk
3/26/06 6Hr Morning Trip continued... Tom with a 2.5lb speckled trout in the shallows!- Sweet... Capt. Jeff
3/26/06 Rick Patterson and his father onboard this afternoon for a couple of hours after I got back from the morning trout slaying with the Metzger group.... Between Rick, his father, and myself we boated 36 reds in about a foot of water... with the largest about 26in... not too shabby for a 2hr trip! Great Job Guys! Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE Charters- 910-326-7512 or 336-558-5697
3/26/06 Rick with one of 10 reds he landed onboard FISH'N4LIFE during a 2hr trip this afternoon into the flats. Capt. Jeff Cronk
Saturday, March 25, 2006
3/25/06 6hour morning trip with Mike Holly and David Bell (Tiger) on board... we layed it to the trout today... We fished about 5hours to land close to 60 speckled trout with the largest just under 3lbs. Back at the dock around 1:00... and then back off in the afternoon scouting the reds! LOTS of Reds!- Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS- 910-326-7512
3/25/06 2hour afternoon trip searching for red drum. We managed to land 32 fish with a few from 18 to 20in. and most fish between 24 and 28in.- Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS- 910-326-7512
Sunday, March 19, 2006
I am officially ready for fishing! The Yellowfin will be showing in good numbers soon and bottom fishing will be good for a couple of months. Give me a call to book your trip!
Saltwater Redneck Charters
3/19/06 Left the dock around 7:00am this morning with Paul Graham onboard for a 6hr trip looking for trout and reds. We found a school of trout with good numbers but on the small side. We worked them for several hours to land about 50 speckled trout and 3 grey trout. We released most and kept a handful... then the tide got right so it was off to find some red drum. We found 3 or 4schools of reds with 500 to 1000 reds in each school... first school was mostly 18in pups... caught a few then moved on and found a big school of 24 to 27in. reds and wore them out for several hours... It was BEAUTIFUL and slick with a light northerly breeze.... water clarity awsome... able to see fish from 30 or more yards away. Capt. Jeff Cronk--FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS-- 910-326-7512 or 336-558-5697... jcronk@ec.rr.com call for open dates.
3/19/06 Paul Graham with another big red drum on a Berkley Gulp bait. Purrrty, slick cam Conditions. - Capt. Jeff Cronk
Saturday, March 18, 2006
3/18/06 Pic of John Willard with a 26in. red (one of 18 in a 2hour afternoon trip) Both Mike Taylor and Myself ran a few trips today (Sat.)... I started out the morning with Stan and crew onboard and we worked Bogue Sound for specs... no size today but lots of fish... we wound up landing about 40 specs and kept a handful for their dinner plate... back at the dock at about 11:30 and then off with John Willard, Owner of Dudley's Marina to scout out the reds... 1st stop several schools upwards of 1000 fish from 25 to 30in. around the boat in 2 to 3ft of water... we called up Mike Taylor and he and his clients left a trout bite to come join in on the awsome Redfish bite... Still a few open dates for March/April Reds, Trout, and Albacore... Capt. Jeff Cronk-- 910-326-7512 or 336-558-5697
3/18/06 Shot of a 27in. reds with Brandon Sewel and Todd Matthews of "Right One Baby" hooked up in the backround.. Capt. Jeff Cronk
3/18/06 Reds in the shallows!- Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS- 910-326-7512
3/18/05 Mike's Crew back at the dock with some purrty reds... good god! wool hat, jackets, and BARE female legs? Mike, what am I doing wrong on my trips? Capt. Jeff Cronk-
3/15/06 Capt. Mike's Crew aboard Taylor made mid-week with 26 of about 60 speckled trout landed... largest was just over 3lbs.-- Capt. Jeff Cronk
3/15/06 A handfull of pretty specs off that spot! You know "that" spot... good job Mike and guys! Capt. Jeff
3/15/06 A Pretty speckled trout about 2lbs aboard Taylor' Made. Sweeet! Capt. Jeff
Monday, March 13, 2006
It's here!!! I parked my new Triton 351 center console in the yard today! It is powered by twin 275 Verado outboards. I will be ready for charters in about two weeks so book now!
Saltwater Redneck Charters
3/13/06 I was supposed to hit the water this afternoon with Capt. Mike Taylor but I just couldn't make it today... YIKES! Mike had George H. of Jacksonville, NC hop onboard for a 4hr trip and they wore the TROUTOUT! They put 24 specs into the boat and kept 13 from 1lb to 6.1lbs and released a load of puppydrum too. Mike and I have said it a lot lately but... the bite should continue the rest of March and into early April on the trout... reserve your date while they last... Thanks to all of you fishermen/women who have supported us through use of our services... Capt. Jeff Cronk
3/13/06 George and Capt. Mike Taylor holding the two biggest trout from this afternoon's trip into the sound... Capt. Jeff Cronk
3/13/06 George Haislip of Jacksonville with a 6.1lb trout and a 4.6lb trout on artificial baits during a 4 hour trip with Capt. Mike Taylor.... Sweeeet!
Sunday, March 12, 2006
SUN. 3/12 BIG BACKWATER REDS AND CITATION TROUT!!!
3/12/06 I took the day off from chartering today as it is my wife's birthday and she wanted to spend some time in the sun.... (that's code for i'll fish, she'll lay out on the boat with her bum arm)... Talked to Capt. Mike who also took the day off and we went scouring the backwaters... Mike went a look'n for trout and I went a look'n for shallow water reds. Well, we both got lucky today. Tersia and I found several big schools of reds in 12in. of water that were very aggressive on soft plastic shrimp and jerkbaits. Capt. Mike found a school of specs in the afernoon and pulled about 35 trout up to 5lbs out on soft plastics... We met back at Dudley's for photos... check out the pics below... Open dates available for reds, trout, albacore--- Capt. Jeff Cronk - 1-910-326-7512... Capt. Mike Taylor 252-725-2623
3/12/06 Capt. Mike Taylor with a bunch of speckled trout this afternoon... the two he is holding had official weights of 4.6lbs and 4.9lbs.
3/12/06 Myself with another bronze back at 27in. This school of reds was very aggressive! Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE- jcronk@ec.rr.com- 910-326-7512
3/11/06 Sat. Morning Trip with Brandon Sewell and his girlfriend Kelly aboard to look for trout and puppydrum. We found a mess of trout but they were on the small side so after releasing about 14 specs we moved on to look for some puppydrum. We worked both the newport river and bogue sound and saw 3 big schools of reds...but the we were in 12in. of water and they were spoooky! We managed some small pups and one around 22in. to finish off the day. pic above of Kelly with a 16in. puplet....
3/11/06 Myself with a 22in. redfish... sorry Brandon... didn't mean to hook the fish! atleast kelly got one off that spot.... Capt. Jeff Cronk
Saturday, March 11, 2006
FRIDAY SPECKLED TROUT!!!!!!!
3/10/06 Capt. Mike Taylor and Adrea put 10 speckled trout up to 5.1lbs in the boat this afternoon during a 2hr trip.... all on artificial baits.... the bite should continue throughout March and early April.... open dates available...
3/10/06 Capt. Mike and Andrea's catch during a 2hr trip in Bogue sound.... So that's where all the trout have gone!.....
3/10/06 Andrea with a 5.1lb and 4lb trout caught with Capt. Mike Taylor on 3/10/06.... 252-725-2623
Friday, March 10, 2006
3/10/06 a quick 2hr trip into the 20mph SW blow this afternoon with Amy Smith of Jacksonville, NC onboard. Amy's first time ever catching a red drum and we wore them out! We found a protected area in the surf and pulled about 22 puppydrum to the sand in about an hour... Good Job Amy! Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS- Between Capt. Mike Taylor and Myself we still have open dates for both weekdays and weekends in April... for reds, blues, albacore, bonito, trout...& more
3/10/06 Amy with another puppy drum about 23in. Good job girl but,,,, I still schooled you! heeee heee! can't prove it though since you took no photos of me! Capt. Jeff Cronk
3/9/06 Capt. Mike Taylor and a crew member with a nice yellowfin...it was a good early bite... Contact Capt. Lee Buck of Saltwater Redneck Charters for open Bluewater dates for Yellowfin and more for Late March and April. Lee has upgraded to the NEW 35Ft Triton... Sweeeet Boat! Lee's link is on the main board... capt. jeff cronk
3/9/06 Crew aboard the Weldor's Ark on Thursday with a good catch of early season Yellowfin wtih a couple nice kings and a Mahi... Good Job Lou and Capt. Mike... - Capt. Jeff Cronk
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Wed 3/8/06 2hr afternoon trip by myself scouting for red drum... wound up in my waders casting to a big school of reds in the whitewater. Fish were hitting almost every cast using soft plastics on 3/8oz jig heads. All of them were between 24 and 28in. Caught 14 in about 20 casts. The red drum action should be good from the boat and surf throughout March here in Swansboro... capt. jeff cronk- FISH'N4LIFE- 910-326-7512
Sunday, March 05, 2006
3/5/06 2hr afternoon trip for reds with Ben Licko of Swansboro aboard. We got back out along the surf and found another school of fish, much small though..... and managed about 10 reds with the largest fish at about 28in. the water is still very muddy from the SW blow from several days ago which is severly restricting our ability to find the reds...but we managed to find some today... I left both schools biting today and was able to help put other boats in the area on the fish before I departed... ps... thanks goes out to those fisherman that saw us on these fish for not getting on top of us for the short while we were working the school... you are the ones I will gladly share info. with anytime! capt. jeff cronk... In the surf zone there is a complexity to working the boat and keeping it dry that requires fellow boaters to keep a good distance for safety reasons. Many folks disregard this when they see someone catching fish. Safety first, fish second... it's gotta be the rule. again, thank you...
3/5/06 4hr trip with Matt Ermish and his father (from Michigan) aboard... thought it was a bit chilly at 7:00am with ice on deck but these guys were ready to go at it... so, off we went to look for some of those trout and reds. 2 1/2 hrs into it and only 4 small trout we decided to change over to scouting for reds. Within 15min. of looking for reds we found a school of about 1000+ fish. We worked them for about 1/2hr to land about 15 before heading back to the dock. Awsome sight.... you could count every fish in the water! even had fish with their backs out on the beach at one point! Matt, great fishing with you guys today! Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE- 336-558-5697, 910-326-7512 or email at jcronk@ec.rr.com still some March open dates for reds/trout/albacore.
3/5/06 Matt Ermish with a 9lb / 28in. red that struck a soft shrimp imitation on a jighead along the surf. capt. jeff cronk
3/5/06 Mr. Ermish with a 23in red caught sightcasting along the surf... capt. jeff cronk
3/3/06 Mike Taylor and Louis Roberts fishing for shad and striper on the upper neuse river... these guys wore out the shad today with several up to 2.5lbs and managed 3 nice stripers with the largest close to 10lbs. capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE- 910-326-7512
3/3/06 Louis Roberts with one of many good sized shad on Friday...
Saturday, March 04, 2006
60 Speckled Trout...
Sat. 3/04/06 Left the dock this morning with the John Waters crew from Plymoth, NC for a 6hr trip in attempt to find another big trout... well, long story short.... no citation but we managed about 60 speckled trout today on artificials with the largest fish to the boat at about 3lbs... John and his buddy kept about 18 from 13+in. and released the rest to be caught another day... had a good time fish'n with you guys... Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE- 910-326-7512 / 336-558-5697 or email at jcronk@ec.rr.com
Thursday, March 02, 2006
3/2/06 Capt. Mike Taylor and myself hit a favorite spot this afternoon for about 2 hours looking for some more speckled trout... the wind was blowing about 20mph out of the SW but we managed to find a good school of fish feeding and released about 18 trout from 12 to 15in. and brought this 1.35lb and 5.3lb trout for pics since we left the camera in the truck... both fish were released after photos... Still some good trout action for the rest of March and April along with lots of 20 to 30in. red drum... still some open dates available for weekdays and weekends in March... Also,,, albacore will make their showing later in march and we will be running Albacore/reddrum trips for 2 anglers. Call now and guarantee your first choice of dates! Capt. Jeff Cronk 910-326-7512... 336-558-5697... email at jcronk@ec.rr.com
3/1/06 George Haislip of Jacksonville,NC onboard with Capt. Mike Taylor Wed. morning... I couldn't go this morning so Mike and George had to depart without me and worry me all day on the phone... They got into an awsome bite in the backwaters of swansboro to land just over 25 trout with a few in the 1.5 to 2+range, as well as a 4.2lb and a 5.55lb spec. All the bigen's were released to be caught again... Capt. Jeff Cronk- jcronk@ec.rr.com, 910-326-7512 Mike Taylor 252-725-2623
3/1/06 The 4.2lb spec shaking his head on top of the water! Awsome action for the 1st of March on soft plastics... Great job Mike and George!
3/1/06 Capt. Mike Taylor with a 5.55lb speckled trout on a soft plastic bait. One of almost 25 trout today! Super Job!
3/1/06 George Haislip with a 4.2lb speckled trout... Great Job George. Capt. Mike Taylor 252-725-2623 and Capt. Jeff Cronk- 910-326-7512
