Rate Your Season!

[numbskull]

Loads of teen fish and almost nothing else. But seasons are about how often you go and how much fun you have, and by that measure it was a good one.

[scottw]

Originally Posted by numbskull

But seasons are about how often you go and how much fun you have, and by that measure it was a good one.

Amen to that

[JohnnySaxatilis]

Spring was promising, had a great time fishing the beaches around here, and the ditch was really fun in june (highlight of the year), but then as the year rolled on, it got progressively worse for me. all surfcasting, all with plugs, save kicking some macks on the rocks when they swam by.

BTW I hate seals. Seal quota: black powder rifles only, 2 seals per day 50 in minimum. noses go for 20$ per

[Van]

I voted is was a good season, there were not tons of fish around, and very few schools of fish breaking, but is was consistent.

I caught fish every trip out whether it was charter or fun.

Thats around 30 trips.

[GregW]

This is my first season so, I refrained from voting as I am not sure how it compares to other years.

I would certainly say it was personally a huge success for a first season.
Well over 300 fish. 99% taken from shore(or wetsuiting) on plugs.
I have three plugs that i feel confident in and feel I always have a shot at fish. No one trick pony stuff for me.
And throughout the season I met some awesome people in the process.

Couldnt ask for much more. Sure beat the last few years I had.

[HESH2]

spring started out pretty good then died 2nd week of june.need a great november to save my year.

[tysdad115]

Originally Posted by GregW

And throughout the season I met some awesome people in the process.

Nice meeting you too Greg , not sure I'll ever forget the 6 mile ride in the lightning/downpours then getting under the bourne bridge to have the sun come out...and alot of other laughs we all had this year.

[GregW]

Originally Posted by tysdad115

Nice meeting you too Greg , not sure I'll ever forget the 6 mile ride in the lightning/downpours then getting under the bourne bridge to have the sun come out...and alot of other laughs we all had this year.

I think we can go ahead and narrow that down to stupidity. I think both of us did not want to be the one to suggest heading in. That was until that last strike.

and how can we forget the now infamous

Skip: "Is there a handle on my reel?"
Mike: "Nope"
Everyone: WTF?

[PRBuzz]

Originally Posted by GregW

This is my first season so, I refrained from voting as I am not sure how it compares to other years.


Couldnt ask for much more. Sure beat the last few years I had.

You even got to boat and bobber fish for striper!

[MarshCappa]

I had a pretty decent season. can't complain. Got out on friends boats a few times and got keepers and had a ton of laughs. I had a surf day last week that made my season.

[GregW]

Originally Posted by PRBuzz

You even got to boat and bobber fish for striper!

I can definately put that down on the list. Lol
I never thought I'd be fishing with bobbers.

[Rockfish9]

I did not vote because i saw no "average" year in the vote...and in the end.. it "averaged" out.

..late May and June were fantastic...during my vaction on the full moon in June, I had the best daylight plugging I've seen in 20 years... july was normal with river fishing dependable,Myself a a few differant anglers had night time fishing that left large schools of fish( off of the beach) from 20-45lbs feeding because we had had enough for one night( work always seems to get in the way) and around Plum Island( in the river) we had a nice Mix of fish, small to very large ( I had two in one night that might have made 50 or better had I wanted to weigh them).. teen and low twenty sized bass returned to the river mouth( and never really left it) in numbers not seen since the mid 80's...large swimming plugs on wire line by night or live lined macks by day made for a sucussfull trip.... enter Irene... she made a muddy mess of the Merrimack and surrounding beaches... rough storm tossed seas and ground swells kept me from my usual shallow water haunts along the beach front... as soon as things cleared in mid tolate September, the rains re-muddied the river distributing coffee ground consistancy mud out and along the beaches to the south.. clearing out any fish that had shown up... I think I counted 14 fish come over the gunnels ( large, anything under 15lbs is schoolie material, yes i think old school) Mid September through the second week of October... I would consider 14 fish a NIGHT "normal " in most years average.......and I went fishless my last 3 trips... which included a 9 hour daylight marathon of live mac swimming and wire line trolling that covered water from New Hampshire 2/3 of the way to Gloucester.. we even tossed poppers to bluefish ( they dont count either)so the end of the season was a dissapointment of sorts.. I could have moved south ( Like I would have in my younger days) looking for fish south of my domain.. but I dont see the need.. a few more fish wont change my life... as long as I make it back to the dock safely each season it's a good one.. even if the skunk flag is flying..
One thing that did make this a special season, I began fishing with a new fishing partner this season, the first time since 04 that I havent fished alone on a nightly basis...we fished ( and caught fish) on nights when sane people would stay home( and I would have tossed in the towel if I were alone).... even when it was slow..windy ... wet and miserable.. we found a reasons to laugh and to take "one more cast" more often than not.. it lead to one more fish which of coarse led to a few more "one more casts"..

[chaz]

spring and early summer,everything else after was touch and go,seems i lost more than i reeled in after late summer early fall,put my stuff in the storage closet ,maybe someone will twist my arm enough to drag it out again,keeperreaper seems to think there could be a last push at the ditch(good luck with the new job)

[blondterror]

I have three plugs that i feel confident in and feel I always have a shot at fish. No one trick pony stuff for me.


So Greg....you got my attention... what are your 3 go-to plugs...