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

9/29 Morning. WOW! is all I have to say about this mornings trip. I had regular client Tim F. of Swansboro onboard with a couple of his friends. The weather was blowing a gale out of the NNE which usually presents an aswome opportunity for some hot action on big fish along the beach while protected from the big seas by the beach. We loaded down the 60 gal. livewell in about 15min. with 4dozen 10-12in pogies and our limit of 3-5in fingermullet and shot out the inlet. We dropped our lines out shortly after sunrise on a good live bottom along the beach in 45ft of water. Then, we began bailing small fingermullet over the side as live chum. We dropped two lines back with 4in fingermullet on no. 6 gold trebles and two lines back with big pogies on no. 4 gold trebles with one down 25ft. All the mullet we threw over got the big spanish turned on and ripping the surface around the boat almost instantly. We began putting 2 to 4lb spanish in the boat. Shortly after, we saw a large dark area off the starboard side. I tossed a live bait to it and the fish ripped the surface and started tailwalking.... it was a Big Sailfish... He pulled off, hit the water, and circled around like a freight train and hit it again... this time he was hooked up and heading offshore. Tim fought him for 35min. and 3/4mile on spinning tackle before we brought him broadside. We had him in the boat for about 30 seconds for a photo and then revived him for about 10 min. until the fish shot out of my hands unharmed. This was Tim's first sail ever and it measured 75in. If that wasn't enough, we got back over our mark and continued non-stop hook-ups with big spanish with about half of them pulling the hooks on the run until about 10:00am when the kings turned on. We popped a 24lb King, followed by a 20lb, then a 15lb, and a 10lb.... We lifted the last king into the boat at 12:20 and headed for the dock. What a Great morning and back to the dock by lunch time! Really enjoyed having you guys onboard today. Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS- 336-558-5697 or email jcronk@ec.rr.com

This afternoon I had John M. and his son onboard wanting to learn the backwaters a little. Well, we decided to get a mess of shrimp and work some shallow oyster rocks with slipcork rigs. We set anchor a couple times on different locations and found fish on all places. Trev wore out his father and I as we caught a mess of fish and even managed to get an inshore slam! We wound up landing 4speckled trout from 1.75 to 2.25lbs, 4 redfish from 16 to 24in., 5 Ladyfish, a nice 2lb black drum, a sheepshead, and a few bluefish. It was non-stop action this afternoon on live shrimp. Great Job guys... enjoyed having onboard. Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS- 336-558-5697 or email jcronk@ec.rr.com

Aboard this afternoon was Casey Anderson and his father as we left the dock around 4:00pm headed for the nearshore hardbottoms/live bottoms to search for Summer Flounder. About 4:30 we got into a good bottom stacked up with flounder and by 6:30 we managed to put 21 flounder on the boat. We kept 9 of the larger flounder and released 12. We also landed a mess of small seabass and sharks. Great Afternoon and back to the dock just after sundown... Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS- 339=6-558-5697 or email jcronk@ec.rr.com

9/27 Hey folks, it's now 10:27am Thursday morning.... just a few minutes ago I got a picture mail on the phone from Capt. Mike Taylor... here's a shot of Big King he just put in the boat! The Fall bite is on... along the beach out of Bogue Inlet.

Wed. 9/26 I had the pleasure of fishing with Bobbie Perry of Cary aboard for some backwater fishing. We worked some boatdocks and as well as the flats and wound up landing a couple of nice flounder with the largest at 3lbs., a 24in Refish, and a bunch of chopper bluefish. As usuall, it was a very enjoyable afternoon. Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS- 910-326-7512 OR 336-558-5697 OR EMAIL JCRONK@EC.RR.COM

Wed. 9/25 I left Dudley's around 4pm this afternoon with James Johnson and crew aboard for an enjoyable late afternoon trip looking for Flounder and Reds. We started out working some live bait on some structure in the backwaters and found a few flounder feeding. We picked up 5 flounder with the largest at just over 4lbs. before we moved on to work a school of big redfish that have been working the flats. We quickly found a school of 100 or more reds ranging from 30 to 35in. and released a nice 32in. big shouldered fish that weighed about 12lbs. We continued on in the backwaters and picked up a few bluefish up to 2lbs and a nice 2lb. speckled trout that completed out inshore slam for today. What a beautiful afternoon on the water! Sorry, didn't have my camera onboard but managed a shot with the phone...Just a few afternoons open for October... Call to reserve your date. -Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS- 336-558-5697

I got an early start today with Kelly Addison and his father aboard. These guys made a long trip from Ga. to fish. We really worked hard to stay on fish throughout the day. Their persistence payed off. We wound up with an inshore slam. Our catch included 11 flounder with 9 keepers up to 3+lbs, a nice speckled trout, a redfish, along with a mess of shrimp! Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS -910-326-7512

I headed back out Sun. afternoon with Jason Guthrie of Swansboro and his excellent little fisherman of a son, Graham. Well, we didn't have much time to fish but Graham really whipped us... he released a nice Redfish, a Black Drum, a big Seamullet, and many Brown Trout (Lizard Fish). Super job Graham! Capt.Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE

We headed into the backwaters of Swansboro around 7:30 Sunday morning with Marc E. along with his father and son for a 4hr morning. The first couple stops produced only pinfish, croakers, and bluefish. Then, we moved farther into the backwaters and found some fish. We wound up landing Redfish, Flounder, Sheepshead, Speckled Trout, and blues. Great job guys! Enjoyed having you onboard. - Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS- 910-326-7512

Evan with a 21 lb. King and Brian with a 23lb Cuda on a recent trip with Capt. Mike Taylor. Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS- 910-326-7512

I left the dock around 4pm with Eddie F. and guest aboard for some backwater action. Conditions were tough with 20mph NE winds and things started very slow but as the tide began dropping out harder we found an area holding some hungry fish. We worked live shrimp and Berkley Gulps on jigheads and managed to land 7 blackdrum from 1.5 to 2.5lbs, 3 redfish with a couple of 19 to 20inchers, 2 speckled trout about 2lbs each, 5 bluefish and a ladyfish. Great late afternoon trip and lots of fun! Thanks guys! Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS- 910-326-7512

BJ and family showing off a 6lb 8oz. flounder they had while aboard with Capt. Mike Taylor (Taylor-Made Charters) this past week.

Capt Mike Taylor (252-725-2623)and crew back at the dock with a deckload of flounder this past Sunday. Great job Guys! Capt. Jeff Cronk 336-558-5697 or 910-326-7512 or email jcronk@ec.rr.com

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Well, my crew cancelled for this morning due to the incoming storm so I was supposed to start painting my future baby girl's bedroom but.... I shot down to Dudley's this morning and good friend Capt. Robbie Hall (910-330-6999) arrived and invited me to hop onboard for a quick trip for a couple reds before the wind picked up. We scooted out in the backcreeks we haven't fished in quite a while to check out the skinny water redfish situation and it wasn't long before we found a few reds. Robbie hooked up and we caught some of the action on the camera with a little video clip... An awsome couple hours at daybreak and back to the dock before the wife got up..... Sweeeet!
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