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

Well, Sat. June 21st was the first of the three tournament Redfish Series that the CCFA is hosting this year out of Swansboro. The weather turned out to be tough on everyone as thunderstorms began rolling through about 9:30am and lasted until about 1pm. Mike and I went to our first spot and the fish didn't appear to be there. So, we moved around the area searching for them and just when we were about to leave the fish made their appearance. That was all Mike and I needed.... to know they were near-by. We followed them and picked off 10fish out of the school before we were able to corner them on a shallow grassy shoal. The overcast, rain, and breeze made it tough to visually see the fish but we were lucky enough to continue getting glimpses of them allowing us to make immediate casts into the school resulting in many double hookups. We hooked up over 70 redfish in 2.5hours and managed to land 56 of them with 5 reds between 26.5 and 27in. After releasing 54 healthy reds to bite another day, we moved on to attempt to upgrade the weight of our fish with some fatter fish. Several other tournament anglers took advantage of our move and eased over to enjoy some hook-ups with these redfish. Unfortunately, the rest of the day only offered up several more reds smaller than the two we already had in the livewell and we missed topwater strikes from 4 very large fish that just might have been those fat 26-27in fish we needed to replace our thinner fish. The day came to a close just before 4pm and we found ourselves at the scales with a two fish weight (including bag weight) of 15.88lbs It turned out to be an awsome tournament day and we actually had a camera man onboard filming all the action. As the video is edited and completed I will provide information as to its location online. We wound up finishing 2nd Place in the main event for our two fish agg and also winning 1st place for multiple spots. Our next event is the IFA event in Savannah, Ga on July 12th. If anyone has some information about fishing the area around Savannah or the areas to the North up the Coast, please email me or call me. We are also looking for a good place to stay along the water near Savannah.
Capt. Jeff Cronk
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