Season Highlights

[JohnR]

I had a lot of great times and a lot of season's best. Soon, when I get my mind off the season, I'm going to go into some detail and really appreciate what a year it was for me.

Until then, I'm going to leave a picture of the season highlight for me, my son, surfcasting (OK, inside-the-breachway-casting ain't a word)...

[BigFish]

Kids a natural John! Great form! Did he make it across??

[striperman36]

What season?

[UserRemoved1]

John great pic. That is awesome

Originally Posted by JohnR

I had a lot of great times and a lot of season's best. Soon, when I get my mind off the season, I'm going to go into some detail and really appreciate what a year it was for me.

Until then, I'm going to leave a picture of the season highlight for me, my son, surfcasting (OK, inside-the-breachway-casting ain't a word)...

[HESH2]

great pic john,remember 1st get together when he was just a baby.i'm guessing i'm getting old but still at it.

[Sea Dangles]

I have to say there were a couple of highlights that were memorable for me this year. The foremost was taking my oldest son out for a sunset trip to the Elizabeth's when he caught a beauty of a bass at 37#. The smile on his face is something I will ALWAYS remember. He took the helm of the tintanic all the way back to Falmouth and then put the boat on the spot after I backed in the trailer at the ramp. The other highlight was taking advantage of a forecast which enabled my brother and I to take the tinny across CC bay to fish for bluefin. We left the east end of the canal at sunrise and made the run in about 45 minutes, it was flat as a pancake as predicted. We saw many breaking fish and hit them on the head to no avail. I called Keeprreaper and asked for advice on how to elicit a strike. After some wireless coaching I hooked up and fought a fish to the boat in 45 minutes.A swing and miss on the gaff combined with a straightened RonZ hook enabled the tuna to see another sunrise and ALL parties left happy. Nothing compares to time spent with family and friends on the water. These are the memories that not only get me through the winter but will also be cherished for a lifetime.

[Sea Flat]

The best memory from the '08 season for me will be the unbelievable first week of June at the canal. So many large fish!!

I will also remember many an Elizabeth Island trip with many keepers caught even though I did not hit any giants out there.

I will also remember heading out to Stellwagen Bank for the first time in my 18' boat and seeing the whales come up. Even though i was unable to hook up to any tuna it was an amazing sight.

[Clogston29]

Most memorable night as far as results this year was a lonely, cloudy night in mid September. Conditions and tides really didn’t line up this year for most of my favorite spots, but they did that night. Was into fish right away but as the tide dropped it just kept getting better. Got my three biggest fish of the season on three out of four casts in the middle of the peak of the action. Weighed in a 42 for the Striper Cup that night and had two better fish. First was on an eel, next two on riggies.

Most memorable fish was taken on a snotty, rough night. I was pretty convinced we wouldn’t be able to fish effectively because it was so rough, but I put on a big ass diving jointed plug and was on to a 35 right away. Took two waves during the fight that actually slid me a few feet across the rock I was standing on in my korkers, leaving nice white drag marks behind. Definitely scary, but fun at the same time. Backed off after that fish because that’s not an area where you just climb back up if you get knocked off your rock, your in a lot of trouble if you go down there.

Swimming around on a dark, calm night on Cutty was another memorable experience. I tested a lot of my “Oh, I wouldn’t swim that far” thoughts that night and really became a ton more comfortable in the water and with swimming greater distances. Only landed one modest fish, but still a great night.

[capecodkid]

Probably the best was being out at Regal Sword at sunrise to thousands of whales spouting and jumping and no other boats around. None of the other crew on the boat had seen that many whales in one place yet either. Otherwise just a regular season with not many big fish caught. I made a goal to learn 20 new spots to fish harder in coming years, and completed that.

[luds]

Originally Posted by Clogston29

Swimming around on a dark, calm night on Cutty was another memorable experience. I tested a lot of my “Oh, I wouldn’t swim that far” thoughts that night and really became a ton more comfortable in the water and with swimming greater distances. Only landed one modest fish, but still a great night.

I think that was probably my highlight also. Overall getting more comfortable in a wet suit was a huge benefit.

Plenty of good fish but nothing that quite satisfied me. I just wanted one 40 for some Striper Cup glory . Sweeping the North Shore Tourney with TDF, Clogston29 was another highlight.