Amazing George .. My vote for angler of the year ,, bet you can't do that again ..

Very interesting looking fish. Never seen one in person.

Had a great year of fishing and fished more than I have in five or more years. Met some new people to fish with, and learned a lot of things about surf fishing, and a lot of new areas to fish from the Canal and the Surf.

Started the season smoking them in the sweetwater with BackBeach, had PB Tog in May, Best Fluke Trip Ever in Late May(no pics but boated 100# in under an hour with 9 Jumbos, PB 35# Canal Fish in August (see avatar), 40lber in Sep in SOCO, Sep Cliffwalk Trip with DZ was educational, new, and fun!, Best Tog Trip ever two weeks ago (16 fish limit in 45 minutes with 6lb average).

Hopefully there's a few more highlights to come. Got three more weeks of Tog Fishing before pulling the Lema Skiff out of the water. Woohooo!

PB bass on the FLY
wahoo, yellows, and mahi within sight of MV
71" tuna on my own rubber with a charter
Untill mid august I didnt catch one fish on anything other than my own rubber.
insane surface feeds pretty much all year, either over the bay in the spring, down the rips, or tuna fishing.

FABBIT was fun (look out for SABBIT announcements, soon to come)!
Father's Day Weekend we crushed them all topwater from the shore.
February ice at the cape with Fred.

It was a great year!

Got a PB largemouth this year that was around the 8# mark. Freshwater fishing was outstanding from early April through mid May.

Striper fishing was good too. Memorial Day weekend at the canal was fun w /TO, Redlite and Throwing Timber’s identical twin :hee:

Then there’s the commando trip with Numbskull and Sauerkraut…despite all the ball busting they’re two of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet and super anglers to boot. I gained much respect for Numby after trying to keep up with him on a remote destination one night…He took a good wave right over his head which nearly floored him, but looked up with a big %$%$%$%$ eating grin on his face and beckoned me to come on out with him…I chickened out though.:laugha:

Wet suiting was fun and productive as well. Actually it was more fun than productive, but I did get one good one.

For me, fishing is becoming less about the catch and more about the company. Next year my son will be joining me more in the salt.

Slammin big fish all Father's Day weekend with my dad and bro on top water at the Race. Can't beat that!!

WOW Awesome fish on a fly

have a couple

the cutty trip in the spring was great as always, despite the lack of fish for me

landing the winner of the Leo Almeida tournament with a 38 on my first cast of the tournament, then not breaking 20 the rest of the weekend. fish hit on the first turn of the handle, an hour before it was "supposed" to turn on based on the tide.

landing a 45 on my second trip to a new spot i found, after landing a 30 my first trip. i'll be going back there.

fishing the hab's tournament with luds. we didn't catch much, i lost two heartbreakers, and we got the %$%$%$%$ kicked out of us by waves (when i took off my wetsuit i had blood running down both shins - i still have scabs there that just won't do away) but it was alot of fun.

Spending the first three months of my first season in the salt chasing fish and then finally finding them.

Meeting people with the same obsession

getting engaged to my amazing fiance

Spring fishing in the tin boat is always a highlight and this spring did not disappoint. My comm. season went decent, not stellar as I refused to go all the way across the Bay to bumper car fish with the masses, but stayed closer to my home port and found some decent amounts of fish and much more relaxed conditions. Did bass fish with BigJay on his boat over there, Race P., one morning and we did real good. Only got out twice for Fluke which was a bummer but did have a real nice day with my 9 year old daughter with lots of hook ups. Oh and the canal treated me ok too this year. Saw some beauties landed by friends but I did not get anything to write home about. Been finding myself fishing the canal more and more the last several years, as I gave it a good break for while there. But without a doubt it was the 3 consecutive days of the best Albie fishing I have ever seen. Thanks to Jim and Ernie for the clue in. I will also add the last 2 days plug fishing along the Elizabeth islands with George and Art. Not the biggest fish I have ever caught but truly some of the nicest fishing areas I have ever fished. Rocks, rocks, and more rocks. IMO the most enjoyable fishing one could ever partake in, throwing plugs along the shore. Plus being shown the ins and outs by two extremely knowledgeable and fun guys was a learning experience in itself. A good year in my book. Man I am one lucky fisherman for the amount of time I can get out. Thanks to my family for allowing me to fish so much. I appreciate it. Come on spring.

Memorial Day was quite memorable.

Good for you. I have to get your wife to talk to my wife about expanding my fishing hours.

There really was a fall run this year---at least for some of us ;)

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My Buddy Joey G!
 

My buddy Joey G. beached this fish in the Big River 2 weeks ago today! 44 inches, 36 1/2 pounds....a real pig! Joes highlight for the season!:kewl:

Cutty. Dead when we arrived with 17 other boats trying to figure out what the #@*% was going on. Had to work it really hard on the back side until wind changed, producing a couple of good fish and blues until your arms got tired. Great day...Christian is a striper savant....

#1 Highlight: 29 Sept 2009

Slow year in the surf for me, fished less than normal inshore. Offshore was lots of small yellows, few of note.
All in the canyons.
Wahoo
Mahi
Hammerhead
YFT

Hammer
YFT