2007 Goals

[GonnaCatchABig1]

goal: catch my first keeper (over 36 cause im old school like that yo)

uhhh yeah.. been really really frustrating. especially since the beginning of august. (july was the last time i caught fish except for one schoolie about a month ago). i hooked into three legal. two really big both dropped. one an inch away as i went to lip her and one in a wave. another was landed. but since there is no photo evidence nor an actually measurement i'm gonna say she was only 27".

i dunno the beginning of the year was amazing for me. when all of you were getting skunked i was catching dozens of fish an hour. literally. i couldnt keep fish off my line. all over 20". then everyone else started catching and i stopped. i'd say in june and july i landed around 80-100 fish most over 20" nothing big though. but fun just the same. since august how ever 1 fish. bunch of decent blues though. and god knows i have joined the ranks of the dogfish masters. it sucks cause i put in probably only a 3rd the amount of time in during june/july that i have since then. guess i hit my yearly limit early.

[luds]

I had a good season. The only thing that was missing was some good bass on topwater and that was my own fault. I caught so many night tides that there was not enough time for it. In terms of numbers and size I was very happy July-October. I got my personal best at 48" inches in July and never looked back. I hope to do a little better next spring but again I just find it hard to get out to do much daytime fishing. Life and schedule don't permit it. oke:

I'm heading to BI in a week and if I get a good fish on a pencil or danny it will have been a nearly perfect season. I just need one image to get me through the winter.

[Flaptail]

It was ( and still is) a typical season. Lot's of fish to 35 pounds, bigger than that were tough round these parts (Cape Cod) from shore.

Highlights so far have been the most spectacular hit on one of my homemade poppers I have ever witnessed in June when a 35 pounder followed the plug for a 100 feet and as I sped up the retrieve ten feet from the boat she lost her mind and killed the thing just off the rod tip. Me and Eric were soaked from the water that thing threw.

A 23 pound bass on the flyrod while drifting lazily across sand flats in Cape Cod Bay sight casting to rolling bass under a noon day crystal clear sky. There were hundreds of bass of all sizes for weeks there.

A 45 inch fish that ate one of my home spun needles on a dark night on a noted rocky island shore that just fought harder than any fish that size I have caught in a while. One of many low to mid 40 inch fish I had there this year.

First cast one June morning at the canal, again on a home made popper and having a 25 pound fish cartwheel across the surface after hitting the plug ass over tea kettle style. That fish thought he was a salmon.

With Numbskull one hot humid night in August on a point on a distant island and having fish after fish after fish, mostly all legal or better hit until I was actually tired of being on with a quality fish mid to high 30 inch range every cast and went and streched out under the foggy sky on an old surfboard and passed out.

Me and Stiffy and Kissell talking old times and taking 15 to 20 pounders on just about every cast in May at our secret inlet on Chrome Creek Chub poppers.

Walking for miles on a winter beach several times with TC and talking about the many ways to catch bass and how many of the old guard are gone that once fished with us.

There are so many memories to keep me at the lathe all winter perfecting and refining plug designs in preperation for next year.

[lurch]

Originally Posted by Flaptail

It was ( and still is) a typical season. Lot's of fish to 35 pounds, bigger than that were tough round these parts (Cape Cod) from shore.

Highlights so far have been the most spectacular hit on one of my homemade poppers I have ever witnessed in June when a 35 pounder followed the plug for a 100 feet and as I sped up the retrieve ten feet from the boat she lost her mind and killed the thing just off the rod tip. Me and Eric were soaked from the water that thing threw.

A 23 pound bass on the flyrod while drifting lazily across sand flats in Cape Cod Bay sight casting to rolling bass under a noon day crystal clear sky. There were hundreds of bass of all sizes for weeks there.

A 45 inch fish that ate one of my home spun needles on a dark night on a noted rocky island shore that just fought harder than any fish that size I have caught in a while. One of many low to mid 40 inch fish I had there this year.

First cast one June morning at the canal, again on a home made popper and having a 25 pound fish cartwheel across the surface after hitting the plug ass over tea kettle style. That fish thought he was a salmon.

With Numbskull one hot humid night in August on a point on a distant island and having fish after fish after fish, mostly all legal or better hit until I was actually tired of being on with a quality fish mid to high 30 inch range every cast and went and streched out under the foggy sky on an old surfboard and passed out.

Me and Stiffy and Kissell talking old times and taking 15 to 20 pounders on just about every cast in May at our secret inlet on Chrome Creek Chub poppers.

Walking for miles on a winter beach several times with TC and talking about the many ways to catch bass and how many of the old guard are gone that once fished with us.

There are so many memories to keep me at the lathe all winter perfecting and refining plug designs in preperation for next year.

2008 goal: Fish with Flaptail!!!

[The Dad Fisherman]

This might help......http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripert...ighlight=goals

Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman

Get my 1st 30 lb'er
Get my Daughter a keepah...
Find some new Spots in my neck of the woods
Fish Big water more
Want to make a trip to either MV or Block once next year.....

I only managed one of mine.....and that was finding some new spots.

[Squibby17]

Overall I would say I had my best year ever! I fished more than I had before and beat my PB twice. I moved to a new area and was able to consistantly catch fish, and through trial and error I found at least 3 spots where I know what time of tide and wind is good.

I wanted to break the # 30 mark from shore, I got a 42+" fish that I didn't weigh but would definitely say was over 25 lbs. I wanted to use my fly rod more and was stoked to get my first and second Albie on the fly down on the vineyard. I also helped my girlfriend catch her first keeper a nice 33' fish.

The only thing I would say I regret is that I caught all my best bass by myself. I enjoy fishing alone, but wish I could have shared some of my better nights with a fishing companion.

I'm going to Rhody this weekend for the first time for one last fishing assault mission, so perhaps that 30# is waiting for me

[riverrat2]

Wanted a 40, didn't get one came clost twice. But the season isn't quite over for me.

[piemma]

Originally Posted by lurch

2008 goal: Fish with Flaptail!!!

Me too, before I pass on to that great bass haven in the sky...

[shorehunter]

My goal was to top my best fish from shore 25 pounds. 2 weeks
ago I took a week off to fish hard. While every one headed south to the surf I stayed inside the bay. Nw wind kicked in and turned the fish
on. Day 4 and i hooked into the best fight of my life. 30 pounds.
Figured I still had 3 days to top it but southwest wind kicked in and killed it. I still have 3 weeks of fishing in the bay before its over.
so i am not closing the book yet .
Goal next year the 40

[Rappin Mikey]

I had two personal goals, both of which I met. My first goal was to break 30# on topwater from shore. My first fish of the year (April 27th) was 36# on a Mac canal cut from the shore. Met that goal quick. My second goal was to fish Cutty. Did that with the boys on the Fall trip.