Thursday, April 27, 2006
4/27/06 Capt. Mike Taylor of Taylor'Made Charters (SON!) holding up 3 of 4 CITATION Speckled trout today. These three fish weighed in at 7.3lbs, 6.8lbs, 5.75lbs... 4th fish weighed just over 4lbs... Super Trout Fish'n! Capt. Jeff Cronk
4/26/06 Pat Meisky and his good friend Joe onboard this afternoon for a 4hr trip in the wind, cloudy skies, and a little rain... These boys were ready to go regardless of the weather... they stuck it out and we had some decent action. We managed 12 speckled trout up to 14+in. and managed to land 3 of 6 red drum strikes up to 23in. tossing spinner baits and topwater baits. Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS- 910-326-7512 or 336-558-5697 or email jcronk@ec.rr.com
4/26/06 Another pretty red drum on a zara spook. FISH'N4LIFE- Capt. Jeff Cronk
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
4/25/06 Out this afternoon with Capt. Mike Taylor onboard doing some scouting for next few trips... We tried two areas during an hour period and found reds on both areas. We had 6 hook-ups and landed 5 reds from 20in. to 25in. all on top water baits! Sweeeeeet! Still some open dates for afternoons and some morning trips available too... Capt.Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS 910-326-7512 and Capt. Mike Taylor TAYLOR'MADE CHARTERS 252-725-2623
4/25/06 Capt. Chris Sewell of Swansboro had a great catch of specs and some reds today. they boated upwards of 100 specs and 4 red drum. Happy crew for sure! Great job guys... Capt. Jeff Cronk
4/23/06 Capt. Mike Taylor with an 8.1lb Speckled trout caught along with a 7.6, a few 6+ and other fish over 4 and 5lbs the past few days of trout fishing... World Class Speckled Trout Fishing! Great Spring Bite this season! Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE
Sunday, April 23, 2006
4/23/06 1HR QUICKY! Well, after two charters today ( 10hrs) with a break between to eat lunch with my wife.... I figured I had nothing better to do when I dropped my clients off at 6:00pm so I headed back out to scout a hole I hadn't hit yet this spring... 3rd cast and it was on... managed 7 reds from 21 to 28in. on the topwater bait and got back to the dock around 7:30... Man I'm wore out! Capt. jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS.... THE REDFISH'N IS ON! Afternoon trips still available... 910-326-7512 or 336-558-5697 or email jcronk@ec.rr.com
4/23/06 Afternoon Trip...Another inshore slam! Brian Cugle of NY with a 2.1lb speckled trout caught along with 7 red drum and a short flounder during a 4hr trip this afternoon... Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE
4/26/06 Gregg Meadows crew onboard today for a morning trip... Well, we managed an inshore slam twice today... We hooked up with 9 reds and landed 7... lost 1 big boy that exploded on the topwater and then cut himself off on the trim tab. Also landed 6 speckled trout and 2 flounder. Great Job Guys! Beautiful, Fishy Morning... Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE- 910-326-7512 OR 336-558-5697 OR EMAIL jcronk@ec.rr.com
4/23/06 Morning Trip... Josh with a second flounder ( 17in.) that attacked the spinnerbait. Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE...
4/23/06 Morning Trip... Russ with a 18in. golden bronzeback that struck a spinnerbait with an electric chicken DOA paddle tail grub... Sweeet! Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE
4/23/06 Morning Trip... Josh with another 17in. puppydrum that struck a spinnerbait. Good Job! Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE
Saturday, April 22, 2006
4/22/06 Hit the water this morning for a couple hours to sweat out drinks I had out at the Emerald Club friday night... I had Lauren Costa onboard for some luck. Scouted out 4 areas in the river and found reds on all places. We fished about 3hours and managed to land 11 red drum with the largest at 28in. and 9lbs. Also hooked one spec close to a pound. Fish'n is great... Still have a few afternoon trips available for this month and May for anyone wanting to get out on the water and catch some fish after work. Still some open dates avail. for May/June to target flounder, reds, sheepshead, BIG spanish, kings, Bonito, and more! Book now for prime dates as they are filling fast. Thanks to all of you fishermen/women for your support! See ya on the water or at the dock cleaning fish! Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS- 910-326-7512 OR 336-558-5697 OR email at jcronk@ec.rr.com
4/22/06 Myself, Capt. Jeff, with a 20in. puppydrum on the spinnerbait along a shallow mudflat in the river... FISH'N4LIFE
4/22/06 Lauren Costa (Dudley's Marina Employee) (eye-candy;), with a fat 21in puppydrum this morning before the wind blew!- Capt. Jeff Cronk
4/21/06 Mary with one of many puppydrum this afternoon... Capt. Jeff Cronk
4/21/06 TINY TROUT AWARD... THE JIGHEAD IS 4IN.....- FISH'N4LIFE
4/21/06 Myself, Capt. Jeff, with a 26 1/2in red I landed between Chip and Mary's action... FISH'N4LIFE
4/21/06 Another trip with Chip and Mary onboard before they head back to Jersey... These guys just can't get enough! We fished about two hours here in Swansboro land 10 red drum with the largest at 26 1/2in. along with the smallest trout I've ever caught on a hook... the bait is 4in. long and look at the trout below in the pics... We moved on and picked up 125 clams for them to take back north as well as a handful of sharks teeth and called it an afternoon. Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS- 910-236-7512 or email at jcronk@ec.rr.com
I had a great time with Stacy and Ethan for a fun offshore trip. The fish were scattered but we still had a good day, False albacore, kings and wahoo,
Saltwater Redneck Charters
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
4/19/06 Chip and Mary from New Jersey onboard again this morning... these guys had some fun on the red drum earlier in the week and now wanted to try out the Bonito action. Well, its common knowledge that these fish show up along the nearshore live bottoms and AR's in Early April... We got out there before sun up and were on fish with the first cast. We caught fish on pink stingsilvers and 3/8oz pink leadheads with green trout killers. We had 10 hook-ups casting to busting fish and managed to land 7 from 5 to 8lbs. Later we moved on to some nearshore live bottom to land 6 flounder with 4 keeps from 1.5 to 4lbs on live finger mullet and lots of seabass and bluefish with some ringtails mixed in... Mary even fought and landed a dusky about 5ft long on light spinning tackle. The grouper seem to be moving inshore as we managed hook-up and land a couple of grouper just under the slot... Super Day Chip... and Mary! Thanks for your support... Capt. Jeff Cronk- Fish'n4life Charters- 910-326-7512
4/19/06 Mary with a 2.5lb flatty on a live mullet minnow fished on a modified carolina rig along a nearshore live bottom. Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE
4/19/06 Chip and his wife Mary (EXCELLENT ANGLERS) with another pair of Bonito. God, I love my Job! Capt. Jeff Cronk - FISH'N4LIFE
4/19/06 Chip with a 4lb flatty on a 5in. live mullet minnow... The flattys are moving inshore folks! Looks like a good early season. Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE-
4/19/06 Mary with another Bonito on the stingsilver.... Superbly done Girl! Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Sunday REDFISH Action!
4/16/06 Chip and I with another double hook-up on the puppydrum in the shallow bays here in swansboro. I had a good time fishing with Chris and his wife Mary (from Sparta, New Jersey) today... We started out the day with about 7 hook-ups in the surf with reds up to 12lbs then worked our way into the shallow backwaters with the spinnerbaits and managed 9 puppydrum from 17 to 19in. along with a speckled trout. We stopped on the way back in and messed around with some small snapper blues working Yozuri crystal minnows. Awsome day on the water! Great Job Guys!- Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE - 910-326-7512 or 336-558-5697.
4/16/06 wow! Mary out did both Chris and I today with this 30in. 12lb Red in the surf this morning... she set the mark for us for the day and we couldn't beat it! Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE - 910-326-7512 or 336-558-5697 or email at jcronk@ec.rr.com
4/16/06 Chris King with a 24in red in the surf early this morning. Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE
4/16/06 Chris King with one of many pups in the shallows that struck spinnerbaits this afternoon. Capt.. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE
4/16/06 Mary King with another backwater pup on a spinner bait.... Good Job Girl!- Capt. Jeff Cronk
Saturday, April 15, 2006
4/15/06 With a forecast of 20+mph today and muddy water my group of four rescheduled for a better weather day. So, I took my neighbor, Pete (who recently got back from his deployment to Africa) and his father-in-law, Joe out with me scouting for some fish for when the wind lets up... Well, we threw on some waders and the first spot we stopped on produced 5 reds from 25 to 29in. SWEEEET! We quickly moved on and tried to work Bogue Sound for Trout and it just wasn't happening... the SW blow for the past two days had the water looking like chalk... So, we moved in the shallow bays of the river and managed to find a good school of puppydrum and some flounder. We landed 17 pups from 15 to 19in. and lost two flounder (one around 2lbs and the other much larger) at the side of the boat. All fish in the river struck spinner baits. The red drum fishing is really picking up on the internal waters. Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS- 910-326-7512 OR EMAIL AT jcronk@ec.rr.com
4/15/06 Myself and Pete with another double hookups on the spinnerbaits along a mud flat in the river. Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE
4/15/06 Pete with pretty puppydrum in 15in. of water on a spinnerbait. This pup had 8 spots on one side and 4 on the other. Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE
Friday, April 14, 2006
4/14/06 Win Edwards with one of seven pretty reds in the surf this morning... check out the report below... Capt. Jeff Cronk
4/14/06 I had Win Edwards and Ed on board this morning for a 4 hr trip. We threw on the waders and worked several different spots along the surf and caught some reds off both places. We had caught 7 reds from 25 to 28in. and then did some trolling for some blues. Landed a few blues quickly and moved on looking for trout. The first hole we stopped on produced 8 trout... (7 greys and 1 speckled trout). All fish were caught on Berkley Gulp baits. Great job Guys! Capt. Jeff Cronk - FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS- 910-326-7512
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
4/12/06 I had my father, Tom, and his buddy Kelly aboard again today. Dad really wanted to do some bottom fishing so we headed out with a livewell full of peanut pogies around 8:00am. We worked several nearshore live bottoms and culled through tons of small fish to bring back a mixed bag of 11 to 17in. seabass, a bunch of ring tails, a few big porgies, a 3lb Southern Hake, and a 17in. flounder. Back at the dock at 3:00. It's great to take a break from charters for just a couple days and have my dad onboard for a change. For available dates call 910-326-7512 or 336-558-5697 or email jcronk@ec.rr.com
4/12/06 Another shot of the mess of bottom fish We had along some nearshore live bottom today. Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS.
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
4/11/06 Left the dock around 7:00am this morning with Tom and Kelly aboard looking for some trout and reds. Well, we hopped onto a section of the surf and started catching some 24 to 28in reds within a few casts. We landed our limit and bunch more when Tom took a wave over his waders and decided it was time to go find some trout! (YIKES). Anyway we moved back in the bays and started slow trolling and Tom nailed a 2lb trout before I could get the 3rd line out! From there on it was trout and blues mixed all morning. We landed about 40 specs and kept 14 with the largest two around 2lbs. Also managed about 6 blues from 1 to 1.5lbs. and then stopped on a honey hole on the way in for a quick 100 clams. Great day on the water! Get the family onboard and go!!! The fish are moving inshore... Capt. Jeff Cronk... FISH'N4LIFE... 910-326-7512 or 336-558-5697 or email at jcronk@ec.rr.com
4/11/06 Another shot of today's catch with Tom and Kelly aboard... Capt. Jeff Cronk
4/11/06 Tom Cronk and Kelly Addison with a couple of very nice spring speckled trout amongst all of the little ones today here in Swansboro while aboard FISH'N4LIFE. Capt. Jeff Cronk. 910-326-7512 or 336-558-5697 or email at jcronk@ec.rr.com
4/11/06 Kelly with a 24in. Red Drum early this morning on a berkley gulp shad. Capt. Jeff Cronk
4/11/06 Tom Cronk (DAD) with a purty redfish this morning before chasing trout and blues. Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS.
Monday, April 10, 2006
4/10/06 Dion Lynn group onboard this morning hoping to catch his first ever redfish. Well, it started with the 3rd cast and we blitzed them for about 2 hours. It was constant double and triple hookups on reds from 22 to 36in. and a 7lb black drum in the mix. Sweeeeet Fish'n! Great Job Guys! Capt Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS- 910-326-7512 or 336-558-5697 or email jcronk@ec.rr.com for open dates.
4/10/06 WHAT A RED DRUM! THIS AIN'T A PUP! 36in red over 16lbs! GEEEESH. Gotta love it guys! Every now and then I get to hook a big one instead of my clients.... hee hee... Capt. Jeff Cronk
4/10/06 Dion and his bud with another, another, another pair of 26 to 39in reds during this morning's trip. Capt. jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE
4/10/06 Dion Lynn with another big red on this morning's trip aboard FISH'N4LIFE. Way to weeeaaarrr them out! Capt. Jeff Cronk
4/10/06 From left to right. Kelly, Tom Cronk (my dad), George Haislip, Capt. Mike Taylor. My father and his buddy Kelly were onboard with me this afternoon for about an hour. We met up with Capt. Mike Taylor and George Haislip along the surf we were part of another red drum blizt! During the hour we were there we had constant triple and quadruple hook-ups with reds ranging from 22 to 30in. Super Fishing is at hand! Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS- 910-326-7512 or 336-558-5697 or Email at jcronk@ec.rr.com for open dates.
4/10/06 Kelly Addison of Georgia during this afternoon's quick trip to the beaches. Kelly managed a bunch of these 24 to 29in brutes! Good Job Bud! Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS- 910-326-7512. Email : jcronk@ec.rr.com
4/9/06 Yeh... this pic just looks so much better than the trout we caught today... Had Eric Evenson Group from Cary onboard today. the wind was a howlin' 20+ out of the NNE. We worked a bunch of local creeks to land about 15 speckled trout and 20 grey trout. Largest trout was just about 1.5lbs today. Sorry no camera... no pic today... Tryed the flats for the reds today with no luck. Back at the dock around 1:00. Capt. Jeff Cronk
Thursday, April 06, 2006
4/6/06 Had Paul, John, and Keith Buckhold onboard for a 4hour trip this afternoon out of Swansboro looking for some speckled trout. These boys lucked out! We hit 5 holes and caught trout in all of them. Between the 4 of us we boated close to 100 speckled trout and kept 20 from 12 1/2 to 18in. We also had a few grey trout in the mix. Biggest fish was about 2lbs. Super Job Guys! Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS- 910-326-7512 or 336-558-5697... email at jcronk@ec.rr.com
4/6/06 A good shot of a mess of trout the Buckhold crew kept for the dinner plate this afternoon. Capt. Jeff Cronk- Fish'n4life Charters
4/6/06 Keith Buckhold with a 2lb speckled trout amongst all the smaller fish this afternoon aboard Fish'n4life... Capt. Jeff Cronk
Monday, April 03, 2006
4/3/06 Jim and Guy with a mess of specs today while fishing aboard with Capt. Mike Taylor- capt. jeff Cronk
4/3/06 Jim and Guy Peppers from Jacksonville, NC onboard with Capt. Mike Taylor today for some speckled trout action... after weeding through tons of small fish they managed to find a few big'ens... 3.9 and 3.1lbers along with lots of little trout for practice... capt. Jeff Cronk-
Sunday, April 02, 2006
4/2/06 6HR Trip this morning with Dan Blackshear and Billy Hodge onboard. We worked hole after hole looking for some big trout. No luck on the big ones today but we managed to strain out about 12 keeper specs, a couple of good sized grey trout, and some seamullet and tossed back another 50+ undersized specs. Great fishing with you guys today... Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS- 910-326-7512 or email jcronk@ec.rr.com
Saturday, April 01, 2006
Oh yeah! it's Tuna time. We managed some Yellowfin and then finished out the day with a nice Grouper.
Saltwater Redneck Charters
