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JLH · 11-15-2011, 02:46 PM

I am curious to hear what other peoples expectations are for a good year… Having spent a lot of time reading these forums over the last few years it seems like a lot of people have been unhappy with their results which leads to a negative view of the fishery.

I have only been at this for around 8 or 9 years so I don’t have a lot of perspective on how good it might have been back when… The first few years I had very limited success, I didn’t know anyone else who was into surfcasting so tried to learn as much as I could from books/forums but it was a slow process. For the last 5 or 6 years my results have definitely improved but because I have learned so much in the same period of time I feel like the improvement is due at least in part to me fishing a little bit smarter and not necessarily due to there being more fish around.

Overall 2011 was a pretty good year for me, not quite as good as 2010 but overall I can’t complain about the results, at least not based on my limited experience. This brings me back to the question of what others would consider to be a good year.

11-15-2011, 02:46 PM	#1
JLH Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: May 2004 Location: CT/RI Posts: 1,627	A good year? I am curious to hear what other peoples expectations are for a good year… Having spent a lot of time reading these forums over the last few years it seems like a lot of people have been unhappy with their results which leads to a negative view of the fishery. I have only been at this for around 8 or 9 years so I don’t have a lot of perspective on how good it might have been back when… The first few years I had very limited success, I didn’t know anyone else who was into surfcasting so tried to learn as much as I could from books/forums but it was a slow process. For the last 5 or 6 years my results have definitely improved but because I have learned so much in the same period of time I feel like the improvement is due at least in part to me fishing a little bit smarter and not necessarily due to there being more fish around. Overall 2011 was a pretty good year for me, not quite as good as 2010 but overall I can’t complain about the results, at least not based on my limited experience. This brings me back to the question of what others would consider to be a good year.