Season Highs and Lows!

[american spirit]

highs: a couple 30#'s in august fishing alone. 1 during a noreaster on wood. another habby customer. makes me feel like i kind of know what i'm doing if i can produce without relying on someone else for information.

lows: a couple 30#'s in august fishing alone. takes the wind out of your sail if you've got noone to enjoy the moment with. parenthood made my schedule super restrictive this year.

[Piscator]

High's: Taking my 3 year old daughter freshwater fishing and watching her catch her first Largemouth, Getting a new boat, Niko showing me the ropes on Sharking, Hooking up to my first tuna on my OWN boat, getting to know more guys on the site.

Low's: Wind in September, Getting my Dad sea sick, Loosing the first Tuna I hooked up to on my OWN boat, realizing I need a lot more gear.......

[chefchris401]

Highs: Breaking my personal best 4 times this, twice the same day on back to back cast at the ditch, thats one day I wont soon forget, watching my pb swim away, fishing with good reliable and knowledgeable people, My first trip to cutty, new friends, getting my boss his first striper which just happened to be a keeper, catching more fish more often, getting skunked less, good gear purchases, not fishing from a boat once, less nagging/compalining from the girlfriend.

Lows: dads health issues: fell 24 feet and compressed two discs and broke his arm, then recovered only to get lyme disease and be in and out of hospital for 4 months, losing what was probably the biggest fish of my life that night still haunts me, falling in newport hard. Building my own plugs which were duds.

Overall this was my best and most productive season ever. More fish than ever, more trips than ever, and more traveling to fish and new friends for the surf.