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

Sat. Morning I had the Umstead crew onboard from Goldsboro. We were hoping to get into the surf zone to play with the large schools of Redfish but, there was still a big swell rolling in from offshore with the Southerly blow on Wed. and Thurs. The weather was actually pretty good though, and we opted to do some River fishing. We made the run up the river and began working an area I've been catching a few Speckled Trout lately. Within a couple minutes we had some fish hooked up. The trout were small today ranging from 12 to 17in. but we managed some action. We spent a good 4hrs. working hard with Gulp Pogies and wound up landing 8 Speckled Trout, 6 flounder, 1 puppydrum, and a nice 23in Striper weighing 4lbs. The Striper had a Yellow DMF tag. The bite was a little slow today but, it was very nice to get back on the water after a couple days of sorry weather. Great job today guys.... sure beats being in the office. Enjoy the fish!


Capt. Jeff Cronk
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Sunday, Mike and I shot over to NewBern to check out the bite on the Neuse River. We got a late start, hoping to shoot a show and stay on the water for the evening Striper bite. We began working several of the creeks off the Neuse on both shores. No big fish today but the creeks offered up a mixed bag of Speckled Trout up to 2.5lbs, Flounder up to 15in., and Redfish. We put our time in and wound up with 12 Speckled Trout, 5 Flounder, 1 Redfish, and 4 striper. The better Striper were between 21 and 22in. and struck during low light just before sunset. Keep an eye out for this show to air this upcoming Sunday, December 21st.