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

Fished with Allen Hodges and his friends Larry,Cindy,and two sons JD and JR today. We filled the live well with shrimp and went in search for reds. After receiving a call from Jeff saying he was on a good black drum bite we changed tactics. We were fortunate enough to catch some nice sheepshead and black drum along with one red and a 14" flounder. Hope you guys have a good deer season, send a pic my way





















Capt. Mike Taylor
Taylor-Made Charters
252-725-2623

Today I had Rob, his Father-in-law Ed, and Rob 's son, Brian, onboard all the way from Germantown. It's Brian's birthday and we really wanted to get him on a good bite of quality fish. We loaded down the livewell with bait and made our first stop. It took some patience as we spent the first couple hours scouting and scraped up 6 Black Drum from 1 to 2.5lbs along with a few snapper blues. Then, we made a last move and got on a good bite. We kept doubling over the rods with 2 to 4lb Black Drum... We even had a monster Black Drum on for a short while before he pulled the hook. This fish would have went over 15lbs! The fish won this battle but, we'll be back in search of him.... Great job today Brian! Happy Birthday and congrats on your fish today!
Capt. Jeff Cronk
FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS
252-764-2174
336-558-5697
jcronk@ec.rr.com">jcronk@ec.rr.com

7/30/09 Morning Trip- Michael Griffin's Crew stepped onboard today at 6am and we were off... looking for some more big sheepshead and black drum. We put the powerpole down on the first spot and applied a little patience.... first half hour all we had was a couple 1/2lb sheepshead....then, the tide got right and Wham! The first big convict at 8+lbs.... then the action continued over the next few hours with a 9lb4oz., one at 7+lbs, another 6+lber, a 5lber, and three more 3 to 4lbers. The sheepshead bite slowed and then the Black Drum turned on and we landed 6 from 2.5 to 3lbs. We lucked out and picked up a 2.5lb Speckled Trout. We made a pit stop on the way back to the dock and raked up 100 clams and got back to the dock at 10:30am. Great time today guys!
Capt. Jeff Cronk
FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS
252-764-2174
336-558-5697
jcronk@ec.rr.com

Once again we started the day with a steady 15mph southwester. I had Brian and sister Melanie onboard today,all the way from Illinois. With the extremely low tides that occurred with a southwest wind, we fished creeks mouths dumping bait out of the bays. We had a good day catching reds and black drum.








Capt. MIKE TAYLOR
Taylormade-Charters
252-725-2623






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Took Howard Cochran and grandson Emory redfishing monday. After filling the livewell with shrimp, we got on a nice school of reds. With several double hookups we manage to boat 25 fish ranging from 21" to 30". Good job guys









Capt. Mike Taylor
Taylor-Made Charters
252-725-2623

Wed. 7/29- 4hr Morning Trip with Tom Temple, his wife, and their grandson, Michael, who just arrived in town for a week this summer. Tom and his wife were hoping to put Michael on some good fishing fun this morning. Super low tides and strong winds have made it tough this week but, we've switched things up, changed our rigs, baits, locations and it's been great! Today was an absolutely amazing sheepshead bite! Aboard Fish'n4life we've had days with a 100qt cooler full of sheepshead in the past but, today proves that size does matter! WEll... We fished 3hrs using live shrimp and the tally was 14 Sheepshead and 3 Black Drum. Michael had the largest at 7lbs 8oz. We also had a 7lb 5oz, two between 6lbs and 7lbs, 6 fish were from 4lbs to 5lbs, and the smallest 4 were from 1.75lbs to 2.5lbs! The kicker is that we were back at the dock at 9:20am! It doesn't happen like this everyday guys! I'm glad you had fun and i'll certainly remember it for a long time.
Congrats on your big fish Michael!
-Capt. Jeff Cronk
FISH'N4LIFE
252-764-2174
336-558-5697
JCRONK@EC.RR.COM

Tues. 7/28- Today I had regular client Cliff Horner and his family onboard from New Jersey. They seem to bring the horshoe of good luck with them. Last season we worked over and had our way with a school of over a 1000 redfish in a couple feet of water.... Today, we caught a little of everything. We started out on a little spot and put a couple black drum in the cooler... then, we took advantage of the low tide and stepped overboard for a few minutes to collect about 20 Sharks teeth and 3 dozen clams. Bam! back in the boat and hunting down some Redfish... two in the box.... and we're moving on. We made a pit stop on another little spot that often holds both Black Drum and Sheepshead... No, not the bridge pylons... just a little hidden, marshy, secluded spot.... we spent about an hour working the hole and put a couple more Black drum from 2 to 3lbs in the cooler and 4 Sheepshead including a 6.5lb, 6lb, 1.5lb, and 1lb. Then, on our way back to the dock I couldn't stand it... I had to check out another location as the tide was getting right. We spent the last few minutes here and Cliff landed his largest redfish at 35in and 15lbs! That was followed by a couple more black drum and then his son put a 3.5lb 21in Southern Flounder on the deck! What a great day! Doesn't get much better... Who sais summer fishing is slow!

Monday 7/27 Morning Trip -

This morning I had Gerald Cleveland and his son Alan onboard. These guys just don't give up... and it pays off. We must of hit 10 locations of the thousand in my head... with just one nice redfish and one 2lb Black Drum... then, after scouring near the inlets we found a good school of Black Drum and put almost a dozen from 2 to 4.5lbs in the cooler! Good time on the water despite the wind. Thanks Guys!