Sunday, July 25, 2010
July 23/24 Inshore Reds and Nearshore Grouper!
7/23 I had a few hours to play today and headed out Bogue Inlet to check out a few nearshore numbers on the Grouper.... We fished about an hour and a half and had about a dozen hook-ups. some of the bigen's broke us off with the spin tackle but, we were able to get a couple 10 lbers up to the surface before moving on to dig a few big AJ's .
-Capt. Jeff Cronk
7/24 This morning client Jerry C. stepped aboard along with his father, Carl, and his son, John. Today was John's birthday and he really wanted to hunt down a big Redfish. Our first stop wasn't very eventful but, as we were easing through a second bay, we found a big school of reds and hooked one up before they blew out. John landed a 26in beautiful tournament redfish..... his largest to date.... until later in the morning when we picked up a few reds well up a narrow ditch. The birthday boy hooked up, fought, and landed a 29in redfish that would weigh in at 9lbs. Great fight, easy release! Super job on the reds today guys!
-Capt. Jeff Cronk
-Capt. Jeff Cronk
7/24 This morning client Jerry C. stepped aboard along with his father, Carl, and his son, John. Today was John's birthday and he really wanted to hunt down a big Redfish. Our first stop wasn't very eventful but, as we were easing through a second bay, we found a big school of reds and hooked one up before they blew out. John landed a 26in beautiful tournament redfish..... his largest to date.... until later in the morning when we picked up a few reds well up a narrow ditch. The birthday boy hooked up, fought, and landed a 29in redfish that would weigh in at 9lbs. Great fight, easy release! Super job on the reds today guys!
-Capt. Jeff Cronk
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
July 14th-July 20th Swansboro Fishing Reports.... Fish'n4life Charters
7/20/2010 Headed back out today around 11am for a few hours with Steve Cline and his crew from NY for a relaxing, educational Eco-tour. They chose to locate sharks teeth, catch clams, and cast net shrimp for today. We had a blast and found about 50 sharks teeth, 70 clams, and brought about 5lbs of shrimp back too. Great Fun for the whole family! Schedule your Eco-Tour for your Family Today!!!!
-Capt. Jeff Cronk
252-764-2174
336-558-5697
7/20/2010 Bryant A. and his family hopped on this morning with overcast skys and a
15+mph SW wind yet another day.... Well, the first couple stops just wouldn't produce so, we switched everything up and began targeting Sheepshead. Within an hour and a half we had 10 sheepshead from 1 to 3lbs in our cooler along with 15 snapper blues. We fished hard and were rewarded with some food for the grill.... Back at the dock around 9:45am... and ready for an afternoon eco-tour.
7/19/2010 Tom Temple and his grandsons were back onboard again this season for some inshore fun around Swansboro.... Again, we left the dock this morning with gusty winds so strong that not even the 40fters could make it out the inlet for a 3rd day. That's the major advantage to fishing our bay boats... when it's calm with winds under 15mph we can fish the ocean with amazing results... and when it's downright BLOWING out... we're able to show our group a good time in the backwaters. A successful fishing trip is all about versatility. And... this morning the Temple group and I worked a couple spots and found an area we could fish using the wind to our advantage. These guys fished hard and landed 8 Redfish and had a few more hooked up. Then, the winds picked up to 20-25mph and we made our way to more protected waters where we boated a few flounder and a 4.1lb speckled Trout before heading back to the dock at noon.
-Superb day in Crappy Conditions... Great Job guys.
-Capt. Jeff Cronk
7/17/2010 Today I fished with Tom Daughtery's group in a tough 15 to 25mph wind. We worked a grass flat for a few hours in the morning and wound up landing an overslot 28in red but, unfortunately we spooked the school of reds and couldn't get back on them. The wind really picked up so we moved to some protected waters and finished up with a few flounder and another slot redfish before heading back to the dock around 10am. Then, it was off to beach the boat with the family.
-Great job today guys.
-Capt. Jeff Cronk
July15- Backwater Reds and Flounder.... Today I had my father, Tom Cronk, with me and we worked the backwaters hard till noon. We got into a good school of redfish and landed about 9 reds from 20in to 28in and then found some flounders working docks along the ICW and near the inlet. It's always good to be able to spend time with dad fishing. On Tuesday dad and I fished the ocean for Big Spanish Mackerel and shot an episode for Carolina Fishing TV which should air this Sunday.
-Capt. Jeff Cronk
252-764-2174
-Capt. Jeff Cronk
252-764-2174
336-558-5697
7/20/2010 Bryant A. and his family hopped on this morning with overcast skys and a
15+mph SW wind yet another day.... Well, the first couple stops just wouldn't produce so, we switched everything up and began targeting Sheepshead. Within an hour and a half we had 10 sheepshead from 1 to 3lbs in our cooler along with 15 snapper blues. We fished hard and were rewarded with some food for the grill.... Back at the dock around 9:45am... and ready for an afternoon eco-tour.
7/19/2010 Tom Temple and his grandsons were back onboard again this season for some inshore fun around Swansboro.... Again, we left the dock this morning with gusty winds so strong that not even the 40fters could make it out the inlet for a 3rd day. That's the major advantage to fishing our bay boats... when it's calm with winds under 15mph we can fish the ocean with amazing results... and when it's downright BLOWING out... we're able to show our group a good time in the backwaters. A successful fishing trip is all about versatility. And... this morning the Temple group and I worked a couple spots and found an area we could fish using the wind to our advantage. These guys fished hard and landed 8 Redfish and had a few more hooked up. Then, the winds picked up to 20-25mph and we made our way to more protected waters where we boated a few flounder and a 4.1lb speckled Trout before heading back to the dock at noon.
-Superb day in Crappy Conditions... Great Job guys.
-Capt. Jeff Cronk
7/17/2010 Today I fished with Tom Daughtery's group in a tough 15 to 25mph wind. We worked a grass flat for a few hours in the morning and wound up landing an overslot 28in red but, unfortunately we spooked the school of reds and couldn't get back on them. The wind really picked up so we moved to some protected waters and finished up with a few flounder and another slot redfish before heading back to the dock around 10am. Then, it was off to beach the boat with the family.
-Great job today guys.
-Capt. Jeff Cronk
July15- Backwater Reds and Flounder.... Today I had my father, Tom Cronk, with me and we worked the backwaters hard till noon. We got into a good school of redfish and landed about 9 reds from 20in to 28in and then found some flounders working docks along the ICW and near the inlet. It's always good to be able to spend time with dad fishing. On Tuesday dad and I fished the ocean for Big Spanish Mackerel and shot an episode for Carolina Fishing TV which should air this Sunday.
-Capt. Jeff Cronk
252-764-2174
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
FISH'N4LIFE AVAILABILITY AS OF 7/14/2010
Hello Folks, my current avalibility for the rest of July and August is as follows:
6 to 8hr Morning Trips Available
August 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 13th, 28th
4hr Afternoon Trips Available
July 19, 22nd, 26th, 27th, 29th,
August 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
-Capt. Jeff Cronk
FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS
252-764-2174
336-558-5697
jcronk@ec.rr.com
PS. My new Ranger 2410 Bay Boat has arrived and it's Sweeeeet! It's Loaded! Get ready to fish in style and have an awsome day on the water too!
6 to 8hr Morning Trips Available
August 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 13th, 28th
4hr Afternoon Trips Available
July 19, 22nd, 26th, 27th, 29th,
August 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
-Capt. Jeff Cronk
FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS
252-764-2174
336-558-5697
jcronk@ec.rr.com
PS. My new Ranger 2410 Bay Boat has arrived and it's Sweeeeet! It's Loaded! Get ready to fish in style and have an awsome day on the water too!
Taylormade Charters Recent Trips
Monday, July 12, 2010
7/12/2010 Cadmen group w/ Big Spanish and a Monster King!
Harry C. and his son, Griffin met me at the dock around 5:30am this morning and we set out to check out the nearshore bite. Griffin really wanted a chance at some Bigen's. Well, we were very fortunate today. From the time we dropped our lines in the water at 6:30am until we headed back to the dock around 11:30 we had steady strikes every 5 to 10 minutes. Griffin worked those rods and fought these big Spanish like a seasoned pro! They put 19 Spanish from 3 to 6lbs in the Cooler, released a few kings, and just before we headed back, Griffin hooked up a Big King on very light spin tackle. He battled this brute carefully for about 20 minutes and then the fish made a last 100yd run at which time a Barracuda clipped the last 15in off. The portion we kept was still about 24lbs. Great job today on your biggest Spanish and King to date Griffin!
-Capt. Jeff Cronk
336-558-5697
252-764-2174
jcronk@ec.rr.com
-Capt. Jeff Cronk
336-558-5697
252-764-2174
jcronk@ec.rr.com
Big Spanish Bite Continues!!!
7/8 Bill Snyder and Crew stepped onboard and we loaded down the livewell with a variety of pogies then, we set out for some good live bottom near Bogue Inlet. The bite started good and ended great! We had a consistent bite all day with hookups about every 5 minutes. No keeper King Mackerel today but we filled the cooler with 3 to 5.5lb Spanish.
-Capt. Jeff Cronk
FISH'4NLIFE CHARTERS
336-558-5697
Call for open dates!
-Capt. Jeff Cronk
FISH'4NLIFE CHARTERS
336-558-5697
Call for open dates!
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
Incredible Spanish/King Bite.... Monster Spanish! Pre-July 4th Fishing!
Is was a super calm morning. Myself and good friend/college buddy, David Krick, shot out Bogue Inlet in 17ft skiff and livewell full of 6in. Pogies. We found a good bite and finished up by noon with 18 Spanish Mackerel ranging from 4 ro 6lbs! We had another dozen or more strikes that pulled the hooks. Great morning!
-Capt. Jeff
7/2 - Capt Mike and I had Dr. Jack Cole and his group split up on two boats this morning. We started out working over the Spanish and Kings then, switched over to targeting flounder for a couple hours.. We wound up with several limits of 3 to 6lb Spanish and six kings with the largest at 15lbs. After two hours of flounder fishing we landed about 40 and kept 21 from 1.5 to 3lbs! Great day on the water and back to the dock by 1:00.
-Capt. Jeff and Mike
7/1 - This morning I hopped onboard with George Wiseman and his family to help him put some Summer Flounder on the deck of his new Bayrider. George just purchased a new 20fter which was plenty big enough for the ocean conditions today. We fished about three hours before the wind really picked up and were able to boat over 20 flounder with 10 keepers. The largest today was around 4lbs. Great job George!
-Capt. Jeff
6/30 - This morning Jamie A., his son, and his friend Joe stepped on and we dealt with some rough water in hopes to hookup with a few AJ's for his son to battle. Well, battle is what they did. After landing 6 brutes up to 40lbs and breaking off a few more, we opted to head closer to shore and find those flounder. It was tough jigging with 4ft seas but these guys stuck it out and landed about 15 flounder with 8 nice keepers and one close to a citation! Superb day despite the conditions.
-Capt. Jeff
-Capt. Jeff
7/2 - Capt Mike and I had Dr. Jack Cole and his group split up on two boats this morning. We started out working over the Spanish and Kings then, switched over to targeting flounder for a couple hours.. We wound up with several limits of 3 to 6lb Spanish and six kings with the largest at 15lbs. After two hours of flounder fishing we landed about 40 and kept 21 from 1.5 to 3lbs! Great day on the water and back to the dock by 1:00.
-Capt. Jeff and Mike
7/1 - This morning I hopped onboard with George Wiseman and his family to help him put some Summer Flounder on the deck of his new Bayrider. George just purchased a new 20fter which was plenty big enough for the ocean conditions today. We fished about three hours before the wind really picked up and were able to boat over 20 flounder with 10 keepers. The largest today was around 4lbs. Great job George!
-Capt. Jeff
6/30 - This morning Jamie A., his son, and his friend Joe stepped on and we dealt with some rough water in hopes to hookup with a few AJ's for his son to battle. Well, battle is what they did. After landing 6 brutes up to 40lbs and breaking off a few more, we opted to head closer to shore and find those flounder. It was tough jigging with 4ft seas but these guys stuck it out and landed about 15 flounder with 8 nice keepers and one close to a citation! Superb day despite the conditions.
-Capt. Jeff
