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

Well, I've tryed to get more of the pics off the camera from our recent trip to Savannah, GA for the third and final tournament of the IFA Redfish Tour's Atlantic Division. The upper end of the slot limit in GA is 23in. and Mike and I found a school of about 50 to 75 fish ranging from 19 to 27in. with alot of upper slot fish. We had this spot to ourselves for tournament day which was great! The tide got right on our spot about 12pm and we had to leave for weigh-in at 1:45. We caught and released 18 slot reds during that period and managed to put a 22.5in fish and a 21.5in. fish in the livewell. Over the course of the day we caught a mess of speckled trout, shovel-nosed sharks, ladyfish, and a few large redfish! Awsome fishing with a lot of backwaters. It was a tough mental game fishing this tournament when neither Mike nor I have ever navigated or fished these waters. That's the beauty of these tournaments, it only takes a few fish to earn a high ranking in the event. Mike and I earned 5th place in this event with 2nd place largest fish. Our top 5 finish also earned us the points we needed to complete the Atlantic Division as Team of the Year. Thanks to everyone with the IFA organizing this series and congrats to all the anglers who managed to bring fish to the scales. Mike and I are looking forward to fishing the IFA National Event in Panama City in November. If anyone has any general information, whether fishing related or with accomodations, please email or call me. We are willing to trade out some fishing back here in NC.
Capt. Jeff Cronk
jcronk@ec.rr.com
336-558-5697