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Saturday, October 24, 2009











Well,,, the weather man usually messes up the weather for the worse... After Rescheduling my morning trip for another day because the 80% chance of rain and the 20mph SW winds we were supposed to have... The last minute weather forecast looked like the rain might hold off for a couple hours so some clients, Tim, Mike S. and his son Luke, that were nearby and were willing to change plans on short notice hopped onboard and we attempted to get 3 or 4hrs in before the winds picked up and the rain set in. We eased away around daybreak and our second spot offered up a couple 1 to 1.5lb Speckled Trout. We moved on to a third spot and picked up 4 more Specks from 1 to 2lbs along with a 24in Redfish that had 35 Spots! Everything we caught this mornig was on Berkley's Powerbait Shrimp. The tide started rising and we made our way to some creeks closer to the inlets and found some black drum. Using live shrimp we picked up 4 black drum from 3 to 5.5lbs, several small specks, and 3 grey trout from 12 to 15in. A Bad weather forecast wound up to be a decent morning and back to the dock by 10:45 when the wind began to pick up. Ross, sorry the weather man was wrong...maybe we shouldn't have cancelled... but the extreme redfishing wouldn't have worked as the surf was too choppy. We'll get you on them soon.









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Thursday, October 22, 2009

10/20-10/21 Trout Bite Continues!

I've spent the last couple afternoons on the water for short 4hr trips targeting speckled trout here in the Swansboro area. The fall migration of Trout has really picked up with the recent cold snap and extreme flood tides we experienced through last weekend and the first part of this week. With good friend and collegue, Darin C., onboard we eased out of Dudley's Marina late in the afternoon earlier this week and our first stop produced 6 really nice trout ranging from 1.75 to 3lbs. We moved on to our second stop and never had to move again. We stayed a short while and picked up 12 more specks with 10 from 1.5 to 3lbs. and only two small fish about 15in. Back at the dock at sunset after an enjoyable 3hrs of fishing! Awsome! I love the chill in the air and the thump of a speckled trout strike followed by the headshake on the surface!

Made the call to Darryl, our Producer of CFTV and got him onboard along with my good friend and highschool Buddy, Jason Guthrie. We spent about 3hrs attempting to put together a show on Swanboro Trout Fishing and provide our viewers with some timely trout info as this season begins. Well, we tryed a few spots and had a good time. We landed 12 speckled trout ranging from 1.5lbs to 3lbs and caught all fish on artificial baits! You don't need all those live shrimp..... But, I'll admit, it is addictive using a live shrimp and watching that float disappear. Keep your eye open and watch for this episode this coming Sunday if our producer is able to cut and piece in time... Otherwise it will air next Sunday. Also, in talking with Capt. Mike Taylor, he has been catching several limits of specks with each of his morning trips as well. Yesterday he had fish up to 5.5lbs here in the boro.
Call if you're interested in getting on some great Fall Speckled Trout Fishing!
Capt. Jeff 336-558-5697 or 252-764-2174
Capt. Mike 252-725-2623

Capt. Jeff Cronk
FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS
Co-Host of Carolina Fishing TV (www.carolinafishingtv.com)
Ranger Pro-Staff/Yamaha Pro-Staff/Berkley Pro-Staff
jcronk@ec.rr.com

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Monday, October 12, 2009

10/12 NE Blow and Big Kings!
















Mike got on a good King bite on Sunday and I couldn't stand not being there so.... this morning my crew and I left the inlet loaded down with big shad and made the run down the beach. About 15min. into the morning and we put up our first King about 15lbs. There were two 45min to 1hr bites today throughout the morning and we boxed some big kings with the largest in the mid 20's. Great fall bite and plenty of action. Should last throughout October!

Capt. Jeff Cronk
FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS
252-764-2174

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Saturday, October 10, 2009

10/10 Puuurty Black Drum!





























Sat. 10/10 This morning I had an early morning trip with Jim M. and his two sons Matt, and Will. We loaded down the livewell with shrimp and started pounding out some holes with adjustable slip corks. We fished 6 holes and found quality fish on two of them. These guys had a ball and caught a mixed bag of a 6lb Redfish, 2lb Grey Trout, 5 Black drum from 2lbs to 6lbs, and a 4lb Sheepshead.

Capt. Jeff Cronk
FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS
252-764-2174
336-558-5697

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10/6 Redfish eat Scallops!

10/6/09 This afternoon I had good friend and client Rich Digulio onboard for a short evening trip looking for trout and reds. The water clarity wasn't the best after all the rain but we managed to pick up a mixed bag of Speckled Trout, Pompano, Sea-mullet, Redfish, Flounder, and some hogfish. But, Rich definately wins the once in a lifetime award for his redfish. We were working this shallow grass flat just as the sun disappeared over the horizon and we could barely make out the topwater bait Rich was working. He had a redfish blow up on his bait but didn't hook up... the fish followed the bait almost to the side of the boat then, blew up again and hooked up... screaming line off. When Rich got this fish to the side of the boat we netted him and to our surprise one treble hook was in the fishes lip but the second treble was in the mouth of a scallop!



















Capt. Jeff Cronk
FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS
252-764-2174
336-558-5697

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