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

4/17/09 I had Craig C., Kevin C., and Michael H. onboard this morning. The wind was still kicking pretty good, making the backwaters tough to fish so, we eased out along the beach on some hard bottom and spent a few hours with non-stop action jigging bottomfish. We culled through hundreds of fish and kept a mess of Seabass, bluefish, and hogfish. The wind eased up a little so we changed things up a little and moved into the backwaters hoping for some Redfish or Speckled Trout. First spot was a negative.... second spot was the ticket. We got into a good trout bite in 5 to 10ft of water that lasted just over an hour until the tide stopped. We hooked up with about 13 specs, had a couple pull the hooks on the way to the net, and tossed back a couple small ones. We wound up keeping 8 trout with the largest at 3lbs. Great job guys...! See ya again soon.
Capt. Jeff Cronk
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