Thursday, April 05, 2007
4/4-4/5 5 Citation Speckled Trout!!!!
4/4 My father, Tom Cronk, came into town for the week and we got out on the water and fished through 20 to 30mph winds on Wed. The morning started off good as we boated 4 speckled trout and missed several others early while fishing MHC and the Newport River. The largest Spec was 3lbs and we found a few 1.5lb bluefish to mix it up. We moved on to work some of the backwaters and land a few puppydrum and finished up in the Turning Basis with a bunch of Sea-mullet and a short flounder.
4/5 I had Dad and Capt. Mike Taylor onboard this morning. Mike and I decided to fish one of our favorite Spring BIG TROUT holes for a while this morning. Man that was a good idea today with the winds howling 15 to 20 out of the WNW. After Mike putting a woop'n on me last time we fished I took a good lead this morning with a 5lb Spec on my 3rd cast. It was back and forth until we quit for lunch but, we managed to boat 7 trout and had 3 others shake the hook out of their mouths as they tail walked across the surface shaking their heads like a mad dog with a rope in its mouth. I wound up with 3 citations, Mike got 1 and Dad got 1. We also landed 3 flounder today. Our smallest trout today was about 2lbs... gotta love that... good job dad on your citation 4.3lber.
The only morning dates I have left for 6 and 8hr April Gator Trout/ Bontio/ Redfish is April 10th, 11th, and 15th, I still have some 4hr afternoon trips available for targeting Albacore, bonito, redfish, and trout. Bookings for Summer Flounder Trips are filling fast. Call as soon as you know your vacation dates to ensure the best possible dates for your schedule.
Capt. Jeff Cronk
FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS
910-326-7512 or 336-558-5697
email jcronk@ec.rr.com
