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

We're now booking for 2011! The albacore should make their showing nearshore beginning in March and lasting through April. Check out the action below. Click on the YouTube link to our Albacore Episode last season. Call today and reserve your March/April Albacore Trip.
-Capt. Jeff Cronk
Fish'n4life Charters
252-764-2174

Went out today for about 2-3hrs with Dion Lynn onboard. We had great conditions with less than 5mph winds, full sun, and the flats were warming quickly. Our first stop and we found several schools of 50 to 100 redfish. They weren't feeding to well but, we eased around them and powerpoled down in 14in of water and finessed them with very light jigheads and Berkley Gulp Jerkbaits. We managed to catch 6 from 18in to 23in. Later, we moved on to another creek and found a small pod of about 20 larger reds moving. We followed them for a few minutes until they came to rest on a corner and our first cast in them got us a hookup. This red was 24in. and it was absolutely an amazing sight in gin clear water. Today we were able to see most of our fish suck the baits off the bottom!
-Capt. Jeff Cronk
252-764-2174
Fish'n4life

Sat. 1/8/2011
Gotta love the weather.... I had Dave. R. onboard this morning wanting to sightcast some redfish and hoping to catch one on his flyrod in the cold of January... We left the dock around 10am to allow the sun to get up good enough to be able to sight fish in the shallow backwater flats... Our first shore offered a chance at a pod of 30 pups from 15in to 25in. We stared at them and they stared back... they wouldn't eat our clousers but, we finally tossed a new penny gulp baitfish in the pocket and a 24in red slammed it and peeled out of the marsh. We moved on to another spot that had about a hundred pups and managed to pick up one but they also didn't want to chew.... we left the area and worked some shallow bays with the 25mph winds to our backs... and located a massive school of upper slot reds from 20in to 30in. and caught them non-stop for several hours on gulp baits... and Dave managed to land 3 pups on a copper/red clouser.
-Capt. Jeff Cronk
Fish'n4life
252-764-2174

Capt. Mike Taylor (252-725-2623)has been smacking down the Striper out of Oregon Inlet the past two weeks.... the last two trips have produced 30 to 40 striper per day from 10lbs to 30lbs. I fished with him two days and we caught fish on both Yozuri deep divers and mojo rigs. Lots of fun and some of the best eats! The new state record was set twice this week at Oregon Inlet.... 63lbs and then 64lbs the next day...
-Capt. Jeff Cronk
252-764-2174

Fished on Thursday 12/30 with David and his girlfriend... She'd never caught a redfish before and picked a chilly day to try! We left the dock at 8am with 29 degree temps and sunny skies. Made a long run and got into some good redfish. wound up landing about 30 reds for the day. No Trout today... but lots of fun!



Went back to the spot on Friday 12/31 armed with some secret bait.... and it payed off for today's crew (Mark W. and family). We released about 50 redfish, kept our 4 from 21in to 26in. along with 4 black drum from 3 to 4lbs and 3 sheepshead. Great morning on the water! Thanks Guys!


-Capt. Jeff Cronk
Fish'n4life Charters
252-764-2174