Good gravy what a season it was this year. So many positives. Main hi lite was a health issue I encountered that came about in mid season which had me very worried for a few weeks but turned out positive in the end. Thank you. Probably fished as much this year as humanly possible for a mid 50 year old man
Spring in tin boat was awesome, even got Numby out once. he takes me in his boat several times so it was a pleasure to get him out in my tinny. Maybe got him hooked for a few times next year. I had a blast fishing with him several times in his boat along the Elizabeth Is. again this year. I luv plugging and that has to be the nirvana of plug fishing on the whole East Coast. I have fished the canal for probably a good 25 plus years and this had to be in my top 3 seasons and I don't even fish jigs or bait. The plug fishing was truly awesome with many fish over 30 lbs and even a good mid 30 2 weeks ago. The Albie fishing was again fantastic to the point I got bored with it after 2 weeks. Biteme and I had some fantastic action and it was such a pleasure to enjoy all my hard work on my cottage last year to be just a mile from the boat ramp to fantastic albie fishing. While this was going on I got some info from Capt. Cupcake about a really great boat bite going on in CC Bay. Slip and I one nite had some fantastic big fish catching and next nite Biteme and I did it again all thanks to Rockfish and Nightshift's generous donation of eels to me a few weeks before. I just let the remaining dozen eels go this past weekend so the experiment of keeping eels in 5 gallon buckets in a fresh water pond worked flawlessly. My commercial season was decent, not Chatham decent , but way more enjoyable and relaxing. Had a couple skunking's from shore that were still fun with Biteme and Slip. I always have a good time no matter how slow the fishing is. Learned some stuff this year too. Was able to fish and socialize, U know how I luv to socialize
with so many fantastic guys this year, way way too many to mention that I am truly one lucky guy. I also have to thank my family for allowing me to chase this crazy addiction without one complaint, till last week. I am one lucky guy. Look forward to seeing a lot of U this winter with the plug hobby and look forward to next year with hopefully a good elbow. Paul