Season Highs and Lows!

[WESTPORTMAFIA]

Highpoint= Had a good season and caught many fish in the hot summer.

Lowpoints = Getting surgery to remove a bass spine from my foot 2 weeks after it entered my foot. And wiping my behind with a used slimy 8x8 inch eel rag.

[Jackbass]

Originally Posted by WESTPORTMAFIA

And wiping my behind with a used slimy 8x8 inch eel rag.

You need to start wearing socks, lol

[Clogston29]

highs - having a kid

fishing highs - august new moon was good. nothing crazy, but a few really good nights. its really the only time i got out with any consistency all year since i took a few days off from work for it.

fishing lows - the weather and my schedule never really cooperated in september and october.

[Striper_Haven_03]

High: Catching and releasing back to back PBs (45 &46#s) and watching my fishing partner become more excited than me once each was weighed. I have the best fishing partner anyone could ask for and his humor and friendship keeps things interesting even on slow nights.

Low: Watching a fish waaaaaay bigger than the 46 (got close look at it w/ headlamp) break off very close to shore. This still hurts very badly and cant seem to get it out of my mind.I often think of what I could have done different in the last 15 seconds of fighting. I had 33 nights in the surf in 50 days and fished hard this year....it just hurts.

[Raven]

Originally Posted by Striper_Haven_03

I often think of what I could have done different in the last 15 seconds of fighting

Watching a fish bigger than the 46 break off very close to shore.

It still hurts.

well it never goes away really
...it only gets easier to make sense of it over time

it's the yin and yang of life ....the opposite of catching

[Striper_Haven_03]

Originally Posted by Raven

well it never goes away really
...it only gets easier to make sense of it over time

it's the yin and yang of life ....the opposite of catching

Yes, I understand what your saying and such is life I guess.



. I do know what I did wrong and made that correction on the 2 PBs I caught a few days AFTER losing her. Never,ever fish a spot without an good place to land. I follow this rule 99.9% of the time and for some reason that night @ 1am..."oh Ill fish this rock over here, no good place to land but I'll worry about it later". All I really had to do was move 15 ft to the right while the fish was on would have had no problems landing as she was licked,laying on her side 10-12' ft away from where I was standing (had head lamp on her for about 5 seconds)...but after 1-2 minutes of trying to get my footing/finding a spot to land, she got her shoulders back, pulled hard, swinging parallel with the shore right through a large boulder-field into old dilapidated mussel bed, and well..."it just hurts". Both the 45+46 were caught in the same location where I lost this one (if I had to guess size Id say well over 50, maybe close to 55,but I was tired,1am in total darkness so take that for whats its worth) and where each fish struck was probably not 5 ft from one-another. I was just fishing to the right "15ft" where shallow water prevails and had access without falling into a hole 8-10' deep in waders @ 1am. Ill get my redemption, its just a matter of time. Cant stand the wait though. Now I can only dream as the water gets colder.

[robalomann5]

high points
learning to trust using a needlefish lure,slow and slower is killa'
(finally learning some patience)

found some hot blackfish spots in smithtown bay, 10 minutes from my launch spot

may/june fluking

low point
july/august fluking...heat was killer

breaking off some sweat lures only because of a cracked guide on my pole...more of a reason to keep building

high winds this fall...will it ever stop blowing????

[JohnnySaxatilis]

Originally Posted by WESTPORTMAFIA

Highpoint= Had a good season and caught many fish in the hot summer.

Lowpoints = Getting surgery to remove a bass spine from my foot 2 weeks after it entered my foot. And wiping my behind with a used slimy 8x8 inch eel rag.

i thought he was messin with me when chris told me that ha

High: sure was. fishin with a lot of good people, putting approximately a billion miles on my car traveling from boston to the cape and back along the southern coast of ma and ri this season. keeping track of where and when pretty effectively. Delivering fish to people mainly family and cookin up some good dishes.
Specifically one day in september on the cape: perfect weather in the afternoon. t shirt and shades, shorts and water shoes, crazy blue and bass blitz action using my light rod fighting fish all afternoon. watching plugs seemingly explode on the water with my good buddie from high school. then going home and eating what was swimming an hour before. good times

Lows: only fishing on nantucket one day with no success due to a rediculous work schedule. Bustin my balls at the canal in the twilight only to leave for work at 6am before it blew up countless times during mid summer. my rod exploding in my hands during awesome action with a crazy swell with a fish hooked at my feet.

falling.... a lot. usually in front of friends for their enjoyement

[stinkyink]

Highs for me would have to be getting a call from ivanputski at 1am to get my a$$ out of bed on that august full moon night. Thanks for doing that dude. Great memories on that night. Also meeting a great fisherman from NY on BI. Thanks for taking time to share some of your knowledge with me and sending me all those sweet plugs.

Lows for the season I would have to say would be not taking enough trips out to BI.

Overall can't really complain got into alot of great fish and got to fish with some great people.

Good tides and tight lines.