Yes indeed, it's winding down and funny thing is, this year I'm not all that bummed. Maybe it's because of the slow fishing all year in general or maybe I'm just ready to tackle some honey do's. I'm not done yet and will probably fish a few times in CT all winter, but I'm definately starting to chill out and think about things that need to get done over the winter. Mainly an entire indoor paint job, which I've been putting off for years, but I can't put it off any longer
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The main highlight for me this year was meeting many more from this board and enjoying some good fishing time. All survived the boat ride, so I assume I'll get some repeat guests next year
. I loved the couple of days I met up with Bill and Juls down on the south side for some early blue action; too cool and I definately need to do that next year. The main fishing highlight was the one day I just killed a bunch of large in a small favorite spot, including many teens and a couple each in the 20-30-40 lb range. Don't know which was more fun, the thrill of nailing one right after the other, watching them duke it out for the tinker mackeral I lobbed right behind the boat or watching the 12 other boats that had surrounded me to try to sneak a cast on my spot
. Was a brief window back to the 80's when days like that were not so rare.
Hope to get together with some of you guys this winter, I'm always looking for company in the winter. The plug building party at Slip's sounds like a ball too.