Its over for me
 

Well we froze our butts off this weekend and thats it for me. Maybe a roadtrip if I get lucky but its too cold for casting practice anymore.
It'll be a good off season this year. Lots of projects palnned from rod building to jig making to teaser tying to a putting together a new surf bag. Havea 7 foot St Croic one piece to be built into a conventional schoolie rod and a 9 foot Sabre 1089 to be built as a canal jigging stick. Will be making about 600 jigs in 2,3,4 and 5 OZ sizes for the Ditch. . Still got tons of 1 and 1.5 OZ balls and shad heads from last year that were painted and set aside for bucktailing. The 1 OZ balls are really nice off the wall or on the beach when tied up with white bucktail and a short curltail grub attached.
This years teasers will be heavy on larger ones like a herring fly since we have a lot of smaller ones left over. I'm going to make some on bigger hooks too (4/0) this year.
My old surfbag is torn to shreds now. It had a small tear to start the season and its pretty bad now. I will be getting something similar but with 2 extra side pockets. I like a nice small shoulder bag and if I need more I have a seperate plug bag with molded inserts.
Except for a new BG6500CL (old faithful will then become the backup reel) , I think I'm all set for reels. You never know. Sometimes you see something nice at one of the shows and you just got to have it!
I look forward to the different shows. I have friends who work a youth archery area at the Worcester Show and its good to see them each year. I usually see John R and Mike P at the Mass bass show also and the chunker of Death often pops up at one or the other show.
Anyway , although I hate to see the season come to an end , I really need some time every year to staighten out last years mess and get all set for the approaching season. There's always plenty to do.

Can't blame ya Saltheart. Alot effort for no fish certainly puts a dampner on everything... but boy, you've got mucho projects for this wintertime. Now if you are making that much lead for the Ditch, will the EPA get to call it a SuperFund Site? :P

I can tell you that you will be very happy with that 1089. I like mine very much.

Not to make you crazy SaltH but... in addition to the 31# and the 38# caught last week at Nauset, it was reported last Fri in " On The Water" mag's current fishing reports that a 42# and a 50#er were caught on Martha's Vineyard. Reports like this keep my feet in the water long past the time when it's reasonable to call it quits.