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

I had the Linebaugh family onboard this morning for a few hours around daybreak. We wanted to fish along the beach but the SW blow from the night before and the extreme low/falling tide had 4ft tubing whitewater across the mouth of Bogue Inlet. So, we changed plans and castnetted some mud minnows and tiger side minnows and made a few drifts near Bogue Inlet for flounder. We hooked up with 5 flounder on 3 short drifts. They landed a couple of them along with some bluefish and then we moved on to try some sheepshead fishing. Having never sheepshead fished before, this group from PA did a pretty good job. We spent about an hour trying and had probably 30 strikes. They landed 7 sheepshead from 1 to 2lbs. They even landed a black tip shark in the process. We also got the chance to see a sea-snake as it approached the boat wanting to get onboard. Great morning and back to the dock just before the rain set in.
-Capt. Jeff Cronk
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