best highlight, HANDS DOWN, was 0330 of
9/21, first cast, feisty and juicy snake~~
with The Striper Cup still on "our" mantle,
when i ALMOST landed my first fiddy++,
in the eleventeenth hour of the TITLE defense.
THAT waz some SERIOUS adrenlyn, gents!!!
PB, YUP!!
35#+ Fatty; the night before on
9/20 ~~in the pre-dawn hours,,,,,,
ona BEEFY eeeeeeeeel, first cast.
didn't quite hit me goals of:
1)40#'s and up
2)fishing Cutty, Block, or MV
3)catching a striper w/ a jig anda pig
4)catching a striper w/ a needle fish plug
5)landing either SPECIES during the MS Surf Club Challenge
did hit me goals of:
1)a new PB
2)honing in the Honeyhole
3)catching a striper w/ a rigged eeeel
4)learning two new SPOTS on The OTHER Cape
5)keeping an accurate and complete season of basslawgs
how would i RATE this year??
SLOW to start,
SLAMMIN' during the moons that lead up to the Fall Run, and
DEAD at the end ~~since work prevented me from participating
in the FRun, AT ALL!!! is it me, or was this an extreeeeeeemly quick Run??
OVERALL,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,my best season yet, as i turned the corner
on the 30 to high 30lb fish and landed them with decent consistency.
and i had an AMAZING 8 weeks of fishing, from Aug's Full to Oct's New!!! also,
i crossed the threshold to handling and fishing effectively BIG MOMBO eels
