Sunday, November 29, 2009
11/29/09 Over 250 Speckled Trout Today!
Swansboro and Bogue Sound are holding plenty of Specs but you're gonna have to cull, cull, cull... With Casey Anderson and his crew aboard today we caught over 250 specs by noon. All but 19 were happily released unharmed. More than 100 of those were 13in to 14in. They'll be good fish come this Spring/Summer Our 19 keeps ranged from 1lb to 4.5lbs and we released a few small flounder.
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11/28/09 Red Alert!
Well, I went scouting just prior to my crew getting onboard... Found about 3000 reds clustered up and caught and released several dozen. Shot back to the marina, picked up Mike Dolph and his family and got back on the reds within 20min. Caught them until our arms were wore out. Lots of fun this time of year. Action should continue thru December and early Jan. There is nothing like sightcasting to 25 to 30+in Reds in massive schools. Get out and check the surf around your inlet and start looking! Be safe!
ps. if you want me to do the work... give me a shout. call for Dec. Dates.
Capt. Jeff Cronk
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
11/25/09 Surfin' for Redfish!
This morning I had Charles and John onboard and we eased away from Dudley's shortly after Daybreak to look for some Speckled trout before we attempted to get on those White Water Redfish. Our first stop wasn't too productive but our second area offered up a handful of specs of which the largest was just under 2lbs. We made a move closer to the inlets and eased up to a hole that quickly produced 3 more specs from 2 to 2.5lbs along with a couple sheepshead and a couple blues. With the tide getting just right we moved on to the surf zone and within 10min. of searching in the rain and a little swell we got into a school of redfish. We followed them around for a little while and managed about 15 hook-ups and landed 12 from 5 to 7lbs. Back at the dock shortly after lunchtime with a very successful trip on another cold, rainy day. Thanks guys and great job today!
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Capt. Jeff Cronk
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CALL ASAP FOR AVAILABLE DECEMBER DATES ON SCHOOLING REDFISH AND TROUT! DATES GOING FAST!
Sunday, November 22, 2009
NEW 2010 Ranger Banshee Extreme FOR SALE!
I have a certificate for this boat and have to order it soon... if you act now you can order your colors, etc.
If anyone is interested, this is the ultimate in shallow water flats boats! It will float in 6in of water and will plane off in 8 to 10in of water then run in 6in with clear propwash. This is the highest quality, shallowest running flats boat on the market. Check out the stats at the following link
2010 Ranger Banshee Extreme Info
If you go to your local Ranger Dealer you will pay $30,000 for this boat. I'm asking $23,000. This price includes fishfinder, Power Pole, Trolling Motor, 60hp Yamaha four stroke, Bob's Jack Plate, Poling Platform, Aluminum trailer.... turn key operation!
Capt. Jeff Cronk 336-558-5697 or 252-764-2174
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Capt. Mike Taylor 252-725-2623
If anyone is interested, this is the ultimate in shallow water flats boats! It will float in 6in of water and will plane off in 8 to 10in of water then run in 6in with clear propwash. This is the highest quality, shallowest running flats boat on the market. Check out the stats at the following link
2010 Ranger Banshee Extreme Info
If you go to your local Ranger Dealer you will pay $30,000 for this boat. I'm asking $23,000. This price includes fishfinder, Power Pole, Trolling Motor, 60hp Yamaha four stroke, Bob's Jack Plate, Poling Platform, Aluminum trailer.... turn key operation!
Capt. Jeff Cronk 336-558-5697 or 252-764-2174
jcronk@ec.rr.com
Capt. Mike Taylor 252-725-2623
Saturday, November 21, 2009
11/21/09 Inshore Mixed Bag Despite Recent Rain
Well, I can't say that the water looks that good... most of our water, right to the inlets, looks like coffee due to the 15plus inches of rain that dropped over the past week. Fortunately though, there are still plenty of Speckled Trout holding between the ICW and the inlets. I headed out this morning and fished from 8am till noon and found plenty of spots holding trout. I fished both berkley gulp shrimp and live shrimp and released about 30 small trout from 12 to 14in. and kept 9 from 1.75 to 3lbs along with several 1.5 to 2lb sheepshead and more bluefish than I cared to have eat my bait. There were quite a few blowfish in the mix today as well. Blowfish are excellent with a very white, firm, tasty meat. Great morning on the water... let's see what the weather does now! Today's catch is in the cooler... I'll have to take a quick snapshot when i lay them out tommorrow to clean. :)
-Capt. Jeff Cronk
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-Capt. Jeff Cronk
FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS
336-558-5697
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
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Thanks, and have a happy holiday whether on the water or on land!
Capt. Jeff Cronk
Thanks, and have a happy holiday whether on the water or on land!
Capt. Jeff Cronk
Sunday, November 08, 2009
11/08/09 WoW! What a Day! Trout, Reds, Black Drum, Flounder, Blues, and More!
Well, I don't know if there are enough words to express how awsome of a day I had with my crew of Ross Felton and Mark Foster onboard. I think Mark was on a role of good luck after bagging an 8point buck with a 17in spread on Sat. then bringing that luck with him as he drove down to the coast from Raleigh this morning. We left the dock around 8am with blue skys and mild temp.'s. We went really skinny this morning blowing over 10in. of water through ditches to get to our fish. We eased up on our first spot and within 4 casts our float darted under water and the bite was on! We spent the next hour with a strike about every other cast. We pulled 4 nice trout from 1.5 to 2.5lbs out and released over a dozen black drum from 3 to 5lbs and kept 4 for the grill. The tide was right and sun up perfect to hit the surf for some serious Extreme sightfishing to massive schools of redfish! 15min. of searching and we were looking at over 1500 fish. We spent the next couple hours positioning the boat in the breakers with double and triple hookups time and time again. These reds ranged from 5lbs to 12+lbs and we had several fish with 30 to 60 spots! On our way back to the dock we found a massive school of 3 to 4lb chopper blues destroying anything we tossed.
Capt. Jeff Cronk
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Capt. Jeff Cronk
FISH'N4LIFE Charters
252-764-2174 or 336-558-5697
11/7/09 Ed Sewell Speckled Trout Tournament
Ed Sewell Speckled Trout Tournament- This annual event in honor of one of Swansboro's well know Trout anglers and business owners who passed away years ago was hosted by the Crystal Coast Fishing Association and organized by Chris Sewell. I can remember Mr. Sewell fishing the local waters each morning most Summer and Fall days as he would often pull up beside my father and I to show us his catch as we worked to fill our bushel baskets with clams or oysters. I always wanted to put down my bullrake and grab a rod after seeing those pretty 2 to 5lb Specs! Well, the tournament this year brought out over 20 boat (local anglers) to participate. With an absolutely beautiful bluebird day, anglers brought alot of speckled trout to the dock. The TWT big fish of just over 4lbs went to the well known team of Buddy and Jake Gainey. They also weighed in an aggregate of 18+lbs for their 5 fish! Buddy and his son are hardcore speckled trout fisherman that really put their time in on the water each Fall to keep track of these prized fish. Congrats guys! My boat had an enjoyable day of fishing. I fished this event with Dion Lynn, a good friend from the boro, and we started out the morning at 6:30 and had our five fish in the livewell by 7:30am. We continued working several holes and eventually boated 20+speckled trout (1.5 to 2.5lbs), 8 black drum (3 to 9lbs), and a couple of keeper flounder. The black drum bite got so good we had to put away the live shrimp to avoid them and still caught one on a jighead and a 9lber on a pink mirrolure! Back at the dock we managed to squeak out 6th place with 11.22lbs of Speckled Trout.
Capt. Jeff Cronk
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