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

Fished yesterday with Keven Duffy and his son Kieran. We left the dock at 5:30 heading towards New River inlet to catch the early morning Bonita bite. The morning started out surprising slow but with thick cloud cover the bite picked up around 8am. After boating 4 out of 7 Bonita we ran back towards Bogue inlet and immediately got onto a good Flounder bite. We put 11 nice ones in the boat and decided to call it the day.









Capt. Mike Taylor
252-725-2623

What a change! Just a month ago we had extreme cold air and water temperatures and it seemed like Winter was never going to end. Now, late April has brought water temperatures in the mid 60's along the beaches and temperatures exceeding 70 degrees in the backwaters. Along the Crystal Coast there are plenty of Sea Mullet, Grey Trout, Spots and more in the ICW and around the River mouths. It seems like every redfish has moved from the surf to the skinny backwaters. We're finding a lot of small to decent sized Southern Flounder around creek mouths on Falling tide along with some 1/2lb to 3+lb Speckled Trout. There are massive schools of Cow Nose Rays scouring the flats and the bluefish are beginning to show up around the inlets..... Our nearshore waters are teaming with albacore, Bonito, Summer Flounder, Seabass, Tautogs, Ringtails, and more! It's onfire! The weather has been amazing for April! If you haven't spent some time on the water... you need to....
-Capt. Jeff Cronk
FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS
252-764-2174
jcronk@ec.rr.com

Zack M. and John W. got back to the dock at Dudley's this afternoon with a 53lb Black Drum caught while sightcasting to redfish in the shallows! This fish struck a Berkley Gulp Bait fished on an 1/8oz jighead on light spinning tackle! Great Job Guys!
-Capt. Jeff Cronk
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Capt. Mike Taylor
252-725-2623

This morning I had John M. and his son Brian onboard for some scouting for redfish. It was a tough morning with super low tides and strong winds but these guys stuck it out and it all payed off. We eased into some super shallow water and found some fish. We wound up landing 6 Redfish, had a couple more pull the hooks, and had a few strikes on topwater baits. We caught fish on Berkley 5in Jerk Shad and Zoom Super Fluke. Good job today guys!
-Capt. Jeff Cronk
FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS
252-764-2174

I went scouting for a few hours today and found plenty of Redfish throughout the backwaters. Everything I found was hungry! They were cruising the banks and destroying any baits in their path... almost every cast produced a strike. It's on!
-Capt. Jeff Cronk
Fish'n4life Charters
Carolina Fishing TV Co-Host
252-764-2174
336-558-5697
Ranger/Yamaha/Berkley Pro-Staff

Hello folks, We got some great footage recently for an upcoming show of Carolina Fishing TV. I had one of CFTV's Preferred Guides, Capt. Mike Pederson, onboard with me. After a lot of searching we found some serious schools of Spring Albacore. We caught them on topwater baits, Maria Jigs, Stingsilvers, leadhead/soft baits.... it was non-stop action for several hours. Great day on the water and hopefully some great footage for an upcoming show to air on Carolina Fishing TV.
-Capt. Jeff Cronk
Fish'n4life Charters
Carolina Fishing TV Co-Host
252-764-2174
336-558-5697
Ranger/Yamaha/Berkley Pro-Staff

My father is in town and the wind wasn't too bad when we left the dock this morning. So, we took the light tackle and made a run for the inlet. We had a 10mph SW wind and we barely made it past the last red/green out of the inlet before we were on top of school after school of Albacore. There was a non-stop blitz for several hours and they were hitting just about everything we tossed. We even had them pouncing topwater baits with a vengence. The action should continue for the next couple weeks.
-Capt Jeff Cronk
Fish'n4life
252-764-2174
336-558-5697

This morning we spent some time searching for reds. Dave and his two daughters never quit and all of our efforts payed off. We found a bay holding some 23 to 25in Reds. April has sure handed us some beautiful weather to start out spring 2010.
-Capt. Jeff Cronk
FISH'4LIFE CHARTERS
252-764-2174
336-558-5697

What a beautiful morning on the water! It really feels like be bypassed Spring and went straight to Summer Weather. This morning I left the dock with the Spivey group from Spivey's Nursery. We were handed absolutely excellent weather with sunny skies, warm air, and 60-63 degree water temps. We made our first stop this morning and picked up a 16in Trout, a 2lb Flounder, and a small puppydrum. Then we made a run toward the inlet/shoals but the water clarity was poor due to the low tide. So, we moved into the backwaters around Bear Inlet and eventually located a school of about 300 redfish. We experienced some frustration as these fish just didn't want to eat. They had just come in from the ocean and I beleive they were in shock after a 20 degree water temp. rise in less than two weeks. So, after tossing a dozen different artificial baits and live bait to them we opted to look for some more fish. After a few more stops we got on some fish willing to cooperate. We had about 8 blow ups on topwater baits and landed 3 of them from 24 to 26inches then, Taylor and Lucas picked up 4 more on live mud minnows fished under popping corks. We had an enjoyable morning on the water and got back to the dock around noon.
-Capt. Jeff Cronk
FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS
Carolina Fishing TV CoHost (CarolinaFishingTv.com)
252-764-2174
336-558-5697

WELL, I've been spending some afternoons scouting around the boro with my daughter Alyssa (2yrs 4months) and friend Mark Starlin. We're finding plenty of Redfish and even a couple flounder.
It's all beginning to happen!!!!
-Capt. Jeff Cronk
252-764-2174