Season Highs and Lows!

[BigFish]

[HESH2]

high point fishing with 2 of my sons south county rock pile and getting fish.low point was probably 2nd week of june fishing shut down for few months where i was fishing.all in all had a great year sure as heck beats works,when you have fishing rod and are out on the water its a great high.

[MikeToole]

High point: 9/1/10 between 10PM and 1 AM picked up 7 fish from 45 to 48". Best night of the season with high hopes for a strong fall season.

Very Low Point: 9/2/10 at 9:30 PM shortly after getting out on the rocks fell and broke 4 ribs. No fishing for the next 10-days.

[HESH2]

high was fishing on rock pile south county with 2 of my sons and getting into fish.

[quick decision]

wow

[zimmy]

Highs- Snotty august night with a fish on nearly every cast for 4+ hours. Nothing under 37" and the majority over 40". Waited a long time for a night like that.

Lows- knowing this is the curtain call for my paternal grandfather, who is directly and indirectly responsible for many of the great hobbies and places I have enjoyed in my life.

[JoeBass]

Highs: -Fishing with my son, 17 yo.

- Catching 9-10 lbers in the Maine surf on the fly rod. With the sun coming up over the edge of the ocean.

Lows: Telling 3 separate guys to "back the ef up" as they came and stood on top of me because I had caught a fish. Really bugged me. Almost came to blows.

[fishbones]

Overall this has been my best year yet, so far. I still plan on doing quite a bit more fishing if the weather allows. I'm pretty sure I got my pb from shore (although I didn't weigh or measure it) and caught and released more nice fish this season than probably the last 4 seasons combined. This is probably due to me fishing more this year than I have in the past 7 or 8 years. I only got out on the boat 3 times and only one trip was for bass, but I fished a ton from shore and even learned to enjoy fishing the canal.

Highs were getting out a lot and meeting and fishing with people from this site. I also did 2 of the Kayak Scrambles (thanks, BigFish!), which were great. I'm looking forward to lots more next year. I learned enough about fishing the canal to want to learn more next year and I even made a half a$$ canal bike. I tried some new techniques this year and they definitely paid off for me with some really nice fish. And my biggest high of this season was getting out on the boat with my 5 year old son and dad for some bottom fishing fun.

There are never many lows for me when it comes to fishing, but there were a couple of things that could have been better this year. I didn't fish nearly as much with my dad as I usually do, although I did get him on his first canal bass in about 50 years. I only got out with RIJIMMY once, but hopefully we'll get a chance to fish together this weekend. I wasn't able to get Spence away from his GQ magazines to get him out, but I'll keep working on him for next spring.

[Swimmer]

Really, meeting and seeing so many people here. I get to meet them all personally, because I fish so much with Bigfish, and knows freikin everyone. I have trouble remembering their real names and he knows both the screen name here, the screen name on SOL, their dates of birth and their favorite colors, because they all order wood from him.

One fish in particular stands out. Their were many others in the low 30 # range and even more 20 #ers, many of which became dinner fare. Next year I have a goal of winning a monthly in the Cup. So now that I have said it, I wont catch a fish over 10 #'s next year.

Driving off the ferry in Vineyard Haven with my brother, Squid Kids Dad, for our annual sojourn across the sands of Martha's Vineyard. Buying gas, paying for Chappy ferry tickets every day, spending time with Bubba, Ronny, Keving, Sharkman, and every other person who is chasing the Holy Grail of fish on the Vineyard who thinks a person fishing on Chappy is going to catch it fishing from the beaches of Chappy. Stopping at Larry's and finding your the first person to open the cooler filled to the brim with fresh butterfish. Getting to first dibs is really special. Walking the beach under the lighthouse with the gale force winds shooting sand from behind you into the back of your neck so hard it really friekin hurt. And trying to work a plug parralell to the wind and get a decent workable cast.

Joining the Gibbs Classic club along with 18 other new members last spring. Enjoying a great barbecue that is part of the joining festivities that day at the Bource Campground.

Letting the canal become ground zero for the majority of my fishing pleasure. It is not easy fishing there, but it can be rewarding if you put your time.

Looking forward to fishing next year with wood I made. Caught fish with some of my stuff this year, but my plugs need honing.

2011

[ivanputski]

highlights:
*August FULL moon... (killer!)

*8 block surf trips
*Almost tripled the number of keepers compared to last year
*66 nights fished
*5 fish over 31 pounds
*Lost count of 20 #'ers
*Fished with new people. (Thumper has a great attitude & is great to fish with)
*Met all my goals... ALL while being a father to 16 month old and doing a master's degree!!!

Low points:

*slow pick on mainland due to warm water in july.august, hence the 8 block trips)
*Last few outings!
*losing two 30#+ fish on consecutive casts at dead low tide on the same boulder.... (ouch!)
*Still no confidence in bucktail jigs... maybe because I took 15 casts with them all season!

[moosh]

Good time fishing Canal , got some big fish from the Rocks .Low No Albies this year .

[blondterror]

Highs:

two incredible clear July nights kayak fishing on joppa with eels catching PB fish with other yak fisherman

catching my 1st BFT with Buzz in October

learning how well eels work when slow trolling behind the yak at night

Lows Not putting my brother into fish when we kayak fished barnstable harbor one summer night in August

No Block trip this year

[intrepid24]

the high ; watching my 5 yr old daughter catch a snapper blue herself ! Also a PB on fluke(29.5") fishing w/ a good friend was awesome. BROKE THE NET !!!!

the low ; breaking off something really big early in the season inexpicably, while using fresh 50lb braid. pain+suffering.

[RickBomba]

All lows for me...spent the whole spring/summer paying off my truck only to have my truck get sideswiped in Wellfleet center about a week after paying her off. Luckily the damage is not so bad and can be repaired. It was a tough year for me, but looking forward to some great ice fishing to come. I have lots of payment free dreams for next year!
Later,
Rick

[Raider Ronnie]

Season isn't over

[bassballer]

Highs - Bought our first house in May (which will be a low as well). Fishing with some good people and some good fisherman. Lucky to be able to fish with some good experiernced anglers here and there, and occasionally get into some nice fish. The amount of bait locally really made for some great fall fishing. Some great beach blitzes 2 minutes from the house. You cant beat that.


Lows- Didnt get to really put in real hard hours in the surf. The first 2 1/2 months of this summer after working on the house I was to tired to fish. I was mostly just heading out for an hour or so. Ill make up for it next season.

[bigwavedave]

First year out in the surf,no injuries.joined CSA,awsome,met some,fished with some great people,kev,aram,fishrick,woody,billy d,and so on.lots of trips.not to many fish mostly schoolies.lots of awsome nights,ended the year with a 35" P.B.and managed somehow to get last fish in to ITS OVER contest.santas bringing some new gear so i can give back the stuff i borrowed that i couldnt have fished with out The lows lets see ,the seasons over NOW WHAT!!!!! Great year looking foward to many more.

[FishermanTim]

Highs: getting to kayak at night on some truly awesome nights. Getting to fish with sister & brothers and their kids and have THEM catch plenty. Getting swept up by the swell from a passing cargo ship in the canal and not losing the fish I had on at the time.
Kayaking with friends and family AND catching fish to boot!


Lows: not getting to fish as often as I would have liked due to weather conditions (kayak +wind +rain = )
I don't mind a little rain, but I'm talking gale force winds and tropical storms!
Not getting more friends out kayaking (I bought a 2nd one for that reason)

[fishbones]

Originally Posted by FishermanTim

Not getting more friends out kayaking (I bought a 2nd one for that reason)

You need to get out for some Scrambles with the Yak Rats next year. Lots of fun with great people!

[PRBuzz]

Highs: my boat in the water from mid-March until Nov 30th. Caught lots of different species including my annual BFT which this year waited to mid-Oct. Fished with many new friends, too numerous to mention, out on my boat. Made a few casts into the ditch with ODM(maybe that was a low?) Acquired lots of plugs, right BF?

Lows: no albies/bonito this seaon. got a job (maybe that was a high?)

[Liv2Fish]

High = 200+lb Mola on the tube and worm and getting my 2.5 year old daughter her first fishing rod.

Low = winterizing the boat

[DMenace]

High- Going out fishing with my two daughters 16 and 21, one each night, on consecutive nights down Wellfleet in August. Didn't catch one thing but made me feel like a million bucks that they didn't mind spending some time with me, at that age, while on vacation.
Low- Son is still a baby and cant come out with me yet. I talk to him all the time about it though.

[Thumper]

Great season overall lots of decent fish all season. Got to fish with a few great dudes from the site. Learned a ton this year and was able to put a lot in perspective. DJ's class really helped me to look at things a different way and get out of some bad habbits. Nothing for me was really a low, I try to learn something from every outing either why the fish were or weren't there.
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[Duke41]

I only went fishing one time and caught zip.

[redlite]

Well now that it is officially over, I can finally give my take.
Was overall a pretty good year for size and numbers.
Due to having to get a real job, fished less than I can ever remember fishin in a season. Put a seriuos hurt on my soul. But when I did get out, I had that lucky horseshoe up my arse.
Fewer and a lot less productive trips to my island this year.
Highlight for me without a doubt was in July, I was at a yard sale in Plymouth with my Dad pickin up a lawnmower when the conversation turned to fishing. The guy said that his elderly father was quite the fisherman back in the day, having won the canal tounament several times. Well this old man skulked out of the shadows and when we got to talking it was incredible to see that twinkle in his eyes reminiscing about days of old of catchin supa cows all the time. Running from Plum Island to Chatham. The life that seemed to be breathed back into him was amazing to witness as we traded old war stories. I told him about never catchin a 40#+ fish in the canal yet, and low and behold, that nite I got that 47# fish that is now sitting on my ping pong table. Was a treat to meet and talk with him as the dread of not being able to fish at free will like I do now sets in.
Was able to make it through the season on limited gear and funds. Operation Live Well was a huge sucess on all fronts.
Managed to stay married (barely)
Spent more time doin other things besides fishin all summer.

Without a doubt the lowest point was helplessly watchin Bob go. Sights and sounds of that nite will haunt both myself and my fishin partner for the rest of our days.

Had some great laughs, times, and heartbreaks over the season fishin with my usual crew (Dan, Tbag, Lucini and even a guest appearence from Krispy and Toby). Disappointed I didn't get Tbag out swimmin and again didn't make it down to see TC on the back side.
Hopefully next year before there are no more years left.
A happy winter to all. See you at TCTFN.

[stiff tip]

highs would be catching and SELLING my first keeper bass of the season and lows would be only having 6wks to catch kill and sell them bastages.....on bait with treble hooks yoyoing pogieswith umbreller rigs

[JohnnyD]

Biggest high for me this year was meeting and having the pleasure of fishing with a handful of new people this year. All great people and I look forward to fishing with them more next year.