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

12/12/09 Today I had two clients and good friends onboard hoping to get on some Speckled Trout action. Dion and Derek stepped on the boat just before daybreak and we shot out into the dark and eased up on our first spot just after daybreak with the air temp at 34degrees and the sound water at 50 degrees. We were fishing shallow water and our fish didn't want to open their mouth. About 45min into non-stop casting we picked up our first fish and then it all picked up. We got on a steady bite with a strike about every 5th cast. About 1 out of every 10fish was a keep between 15in and 20in. We hit several holes that produced and a few that were dry. My crew fished hard and we headed back to the ramp around 11am having caught around 100 specs and managed 16 keepers from 1lb to 3.75lbs. Great job guys and congrats on the biggest today Derek!

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