I will list mine in order:

1. This season

2. This Fall

3. Did not set a new PB!

4. Did not get to use my kayak enough!

5. Did not get to fish with a certain "someone" again for like the 3rd year!!!! (He knows who he is:smash:)

What were some of your disappointments this season???:)

1. Had to bag going to cutty.
2. Lack of fall fishing (a trend is developing)

1, 2 and 3 :wall::wall:. had a better yr in the canal last yr. Other than a few a.m.'s in the spring and a few nights/mornings in the fall, wasnt the best yr

loosing a lifetime fish on a knot failure...still cant get it out of my mind...

the one that got away......:smash:

Closing Plum Island 3 weeks early this year because of storms.
The lack of wind and rain free weekends.

the fall run.

Other than that, this year was great.

The lack of fish to be caught at the Derby, again.......

My nickname this year was "One Day Late."

Seemed like I was always 12-16 hours behind the fish. "You should've been here this morning" or "Yesterday was incredible" was frequently said to me. Had my last keeper from the canal the night before Father's Day.

Just about all year at the canal was my biggest all-around disappointment this season.

i have two... SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER.... they sucked!!! (*not for a lack of trying either!!!)

Didn't fish as much as I would have liked to. Didn't get out to the Race even once. Only caught 7 fish, one a wounded blue by hand and the rest were tinker macs..All the sacrifice to get chores done didn't get them all done. That will change next year.

My son Leo did very little fishing on my boat this year.
Little league baseball & pop warner football took up most of his time.
But, His pop warner team went undefeated and have won their 1st 2 playoff games. They play their super bowl in Plymouth this coming sunday.
Charters were very good, did a ton of offshore trips, not a lot of harbor trips.

the one that got away......:smash:

Ditto and having BigFish/Niko witness even hurt more.....luckily is was my own rigs that the line broke on a BIG line sider.

When I kissed that 32 #er at the canal it didn't kiss back.

Wish I fished more with my friends.

Wish I was able to actully fish with Nightfighter on the vineyard as opposed to just chatting for AWHILE.

When I kissed that 32 #er at the canal it didn't kiss back.

I heard it moan?:uhuh:

not fishing with friends enough and not fishing enough period :o.....

This season was a tough one,,,

Not fishing the prime times - work really $%^#@ me over this year. Spring & Fall but significantly June was a waste.

Small yellowfin in the canyons. Few over 50lb made for a lot of small throwbacks. Never disapointing to be out there, but constant small knockdowns is like getting into 5lb bluefish instead of 30lb bass....
Never enough offshore runs.

May was good, but June on was a struggle in the surf.

Highlight was 29 Sept 2009 though!

anniversary on the block island trip!!!

OCT 9!!!!!! UGH! :smash:

:smash::smash::smash::smash::smash::smash:

:deadhorse:

:realmad:

:splat:

:lossinit:

Didn't fish as much as i had promised myself.

Trying to make up for it now.

Gotta luv white water on a cold dank November day. :)

5. Did not get to fish with a certain "someone" again for like the 3rd year!!!! (He knows who he is:smash:)

What were some of your disappointments this season???:)
:smash::smash::smash::smash::hidin:

The worse July and August fishing in the last 15-years.

Followed by the best September fishing I have ever had.

Followed by only one night of fishing in October due to working night shift 6 days/ 12 hours. Every three years I lose October due to work. Now that sucks.

Not making enough trips out to BI..

My season was non-existent....went out a grand total of 7 times all year......2 of those were the Cutty trip in June. Between Personal and Work related issues just didn't get out.

Can't wait for 2010

Obama
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not spending enough time with friends fishing.:fishin:

the knowledge that my body will not let me do the things that i took for granted for decades. this middle age isn't all that it's cracked up to be.

so, my only real dissapointment is not getting togther with my son for at least one trip...

I broke my 1L last week....

poor fishing in my area from july on pretty much.no fall run at all.

no real regrets here. didn't catch as much as i would have liked, but i got out when i could (which was a decent amount) and feel like i caught what i could. some years are always going to be better in terms of size and numbers, its part of fishing in general and especially surf fishing where so much is out of our control. found a few new spots, one of which produced a fish in the mid 40s which was right around my previous PB. i feel like the weather had a serious impact on how often and how effectively i was able to fish this year, but you can't really regret the weather.

My annual trip in the fall on my buddies boat, southern Maine, mid September.. Every year it's lit up with striper action. This year not one fish. Other than that, it was a fun year striper fishing.

Losing good lures on consecutive nice fish, just cuz I wanted a little more casting distance with 50lb pp instead of 65

Fall was slow, but i did get a personal best. other than that, its all good in da hood

Losing good lures on consecutive nice fish, just cuz I wanted a little more casting distance with 50lb pp instead of 65


I hope they were tuna...:confused:


my biggest regret of the season was not getting out in the boat with my dad at all this season.

I also did not spend enough time fishing with a few other people that I should have taken the opportunity to get out there with.

Personally when I did get out there I was pretty satisfied, lost a few nice ones but that's what keeps us coming back...caught my personall best then beat that the same night.

Went through more friggin' gear this year.....

Broke a xra1204 AND a 1081m Both custom... That hurt.

Bunker where tough to find or up in P. I didnt have as much fun as I did in previous years livelining.

[QUOTE=BS4Shore;721511]I hope they were tuna...:confused:

I wish they were tuna
not even, just bass making a run with my line stuck around rock. 65 can take it, 50 cannot lesson learned

My powerball ticket didn't hit.

I wish I fished more and worked less.

Had a nice teaching gig over the summer that was good for $$ but bad for fishing time. I went out when I could and almost always found fish around the Elizabeth Islands including my new PB.

I guess I regret not buying some good tuna gear to give myself a better chance at actually landing the two I hooked up with.

Obama
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Just seeing that from Nebe might make the season's highlight list!:rotf2:

the fall......

Not catching my 50 again this year.

How much my waders shrunk over the winter.

Like many others... Not going fishing as much as I hoped to. When I had some time during the summer, it was slooow. In the fall, with kids activities and all, only made it out a handful of times.

Not catching my 50 again this year.

good one!:smash:

Ran the boat up on a jetty rock fishin for fluke drove home takin on a little water
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1. Being out of work..
2. Going back to work ...(same week good fish in the canal) 7 ) 10's
3. Cancelling Cutty trip
4. Not fishing with old buds

I will list mine in order:

1. This season

2. This Fall

3. Did not set a new PB!

4. Did not get to use my kayak enough!

5. Did not get to fish with a certain "someone" again for like the 3rd year!!!! (He knows who he is:smash:)

What were some of your disappointments this season???:)

my biggest disappointment is not getting this in the mail before yesterday

My biggest 2 disappointments happened an hour apart on block, 2 straightened hooks.

btw
Larry...check out what your buddy Tommy has done to me at www.surfcastersjounal.com
i will never be able to look at a goat that same way again...lol

My biggest 2 disappointments happened an hour apart on block, 2 straightened hooks.
ouch

my biggest disappointment is not getting this in the mail before yesterday

Why? What was yesterday???

You having goat dreams Z?:rotf2:

Definitely fishing with RIJIMMY and Fishbones.

-spence

losin the last bit of cartilage in my right knee, and having to wait till Thanksgiving to fix it.
Took out much of the summer, when there wasn't weatha to deal with anyway

the knowledge that my body will not let me do the things that i took for granted for decades. this middle age isn't all that it's cracked up to be.

Yeah, eddie - the mind starts writing checks the body can't cash

Hey, don't get too concerned - it's all a part of growing up...:alright:

I just hope I can still get around as good as you do when I'm your age...:laughs:

Just kiddin', amigo - it still beats the crap out of the alternative...:shocked:

TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!! Everything was in line and not even a bump. Also the weather has been s#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&g for way too long. I just hope the winter brings tons of snow and not rain and slush. Yup I said it I WANT TONS OF SNOW!!!!!!!!!! :bshake:

And one more thing that disappointed me is that 5/0 never gave me the recipe for his wife's pasta salad and I'm still looking in my email everyday for the fish chowdah recipe:smash:

Me desculpe, senhor - mas não entendo Inglês completamente

Como se chama fish chowda recipe...:huh:

:laughs:

btw
Larry...check out what your buddy Tommy has done to me at www.surfcastersjounal.com
i will never be able to look at a goat that same way again...lol

Bro, that is a lamb, as in baby sheep, not a goat......:smash: Great pics though. He got you good. Lemme in on the payback.....

I didn't have any disappointments
I set the bar low

I did tie my personal best
too hard making a living this year and not enough time to fish, maybe next year will be better

I had no disappointments, it is all good when you can go fishing.

I had no disappointments, it is all good when you can go fishing.

:buds:Well said Paul.

I had set a goal to catch a striper over 30# from the kayak this season.
I have been haunted for the last 2 years by the loss of a very large striper that towed me around for what seemed like an hour.
Got to see it up close and even got my hands on it but slipped away from me.
This year I only got out to fish from the kayak a few times, caught a dogfish and a couple of blues.

Bro, that is a lamb, as in baby sheep, not a goat......:smash: Great pics though. He got you good. Lemme in on the payback.....

I know..its kind of a personal joke :smash:

I had 3.

This year I gambled, changing things up, trying to key in on areas and conditions that would have a chance of giving up a true giant. Here's what ending up happening.

Was fishing a rocky point on an island with a real bad swell. Hooked a real heavy fish on a giant dead eel. Def. a bass as it did multiple head shakes, did the whole bull dog thing, would not get off the bottom. After 12 minutes (which is rediculously long to have a bass on, but I always look at my watch when I hook a good fish) I had the fish beat, up on its side, saw the thing, then a massive swell washed the fish from left to right about 20 feet cutting the mainline on a large boulder. Nothing I could do. It felt like someone ripped my heart out. Absolute mean and ugly pig that was lost. I would have been able to hand up all my gear and move on to another sport after landing that fish. This same thing happened again a few weeks after.

Weeks later, fished the same spot, opposite tide and opposite wind. My father hooked a fish that weighed 38# on my boga, which he landed in minutes. The same time he hooked that fish I hooked another behemoth, completely owned me, hugging the bottom. Tried picking its head up, no success, backed off the drag to let it run higher in the water column, no success. Fish ended up getting tied up in rocks and breaking the swivel as it must have gotten jammed between 2 rocks. After landing other numerous nice fish my father hooked another tank that once it figured out it was hooked never turned back and broke his line.

Given that I hardly ever break large fish off, this has been continually haunting me. Hopefully I can get keyed in on that same window again next year, and get those fish to run a different direction when hooked. Nights like those keep you heading back!

No regrets this season, but Nahant SUUUUUCKED! Time to find another spot north of Boston. I do work 3 minutes from Winthrop, though...
Plenty of good fish for me, got a 2# brookie, which tasted freaking AWESOME!!! I think the only thing that I missed was not getting a wolffish.

last night.......

I second the last night motion... One phrase decribes it all GAYER THAN AIDS......:fury:

anniversary on the block island trip!!!

OCT 9!!!!!! UGH! :smash:

:smash::smash::smash::smash::smash::smash:

:deadhorse:

:realmad:

:splat:

:lossinit:

OUCH,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, That might have been a good night,,,,:huh:

My Spring spots in some of the rivers around MA and CT were not close to as productive as they usually are.