Rate your fishing year =2015

[stkbassn]

On 1/8/2016 at 10:58 AM, clh121787 said:

B+ 

Whatever dude, stop being modest! LOL

[clh121787]

13 minutes ago, stkbassn said:

Whatever dude, stop being modest! LOL

Haha thanks man. I've got to catch a teener. Hopefully next year I can put an A.

[stkbassn]

On 1/12/2016 at 1:21 PM, clh121787 said:

Haha thanks man. I've got to catch a teener. Hopefully next year I can put an A.

I have faith in you my friend!!

[RMcDuffee726]

On the water it was not my best year, I caught a good amount of decent fish, but I wish I had larger numbers of them.  I'm still learning, and I learned a lot this past year, which is great. 2015 was also the year of experimenting my first GoPro, so I was also trying to figure out where to set it up for fishing, which I finally figured out too.  I can't wait to start fishing again around May.  I think 2016 is going to be my best season by far and I couldn't be anymore stoked.  Tight lines everyone!

[Tlaz]

My 2015 season was somewhat disappointing. No fish over 4lbs and didn't catch the numbers I usually do. I was able to learn some new techniques and such but overall it was somewhat disappointing. Hoping to start the year early and fish with more confidence in 2016.

[Ratherbfishing]

A B- in the Spring, a D+ in the summer, and an A or A- in the fall.  overall, I'd say a B-.  I did NOT get to go to Lake of the Woods Canada this year but last year was a bust anyway and I heard this year wasn't much better (no shallow weeds).  One of the normally good lakes I go to is on the decline and I pulled few decent fish from it.  Some of my last days out were spectacular, however, and I caught, on the very last trip, a 35 inch musky (which scared the living daylights out of me as it leaped out of the water to grab my spinnerbait).  Ice fishing will probably not happen this year BUT I am alive, relatively healthy and I made another friend (through this forum) with whom I've fished 3 or 4 times.  I look forward to what this coming year brings.

[A-Jay]

I believe my fishing season is what I make of it.  My mission for the past several years has been to try to bring as much learning & growth to each one as I can.  This keeps me hungry to keep going more than just trying for The Big One.  Clearly that's the end game but the road to get there has to be fun for me.    New water, new techniques and a twist to an old one all help keep the juices flowing. 

This season started out very nicely as I was able to continue building on a few techniques I'd worked on the previous year.  As the season progressed my momentum slowed a bit.  This year I'm going to work on keeping it rolling through the hotter months with some new water and more night ops.  I'm betting the new boat will help in this area quite a bit.  The Fall was killer, no other way to but it.

Something that can not be overlooked is the role that this site plays in all of it.  Reading & writing here about my & other members experiences has been one of the most rewarding & satisfying aspects of the past several seasons.

A-Jay

[MFBAB]

Awesome year!!

I got my 10th consecutive **AOY award** This season.

 

 

 

 

**Disclaimer: My "league" consists of just me, my wife, our 3 yo daughter, 1 dog and 2 cats  

[boatinpete]

Flat out sucked, worst year in my life.

[Fishing Rhino]

Every year should be so good.  Started out with a trip to Pickwick for a couple of weeks.  Had a great time with my buddy, and we caught a lot of fish, of nice average size.

When I returned, I hit up a few of my favorite haunts on the Cape.  All but one of them with disappointing results.

Then I hit up a small pond five minutes from my door step and lit 'em up big time. May and June were incredible.  Fishing from my canoe, there were days when I caught over a hundred bass, smallmouth and largemouth, but predominantly largemouths.  I'd launch in the dark and pick my way through the narrow, rocky, winding channel out to the main pond.

There were days I was not hoping to get a bite.  I was expecting to get a bite.  In five or six hours it was possible to catch around a hundred bass.  From its peak in May/June it began to taper off. 

Took my nephew from Florida with me on the week of the Fourth of July.  He fished an unweighted Rage Tail Craw and nothing else.  He had 28 hits, and boated 25 of them, mostly from one weed bed.  I caught more, but I also got hung up more fishing wacky worms, Rage Tail Menace, Lunker City Grubsters, Fat Alberts, etc.

He'd fish the craw until both claws were gone.  A single clawed craw seemd to work as well as a two claw.  He's used to econo fishing where he has to fish a bait for as long as possible.  I told him to replace a damaged bait, but he wouldn't hear it.

I fished a few of my other haunts, some in central Mass with another friend, but they did not measure up to previous years.  The other close to home ponds that I fish with my bass boat were disappointing, except for one that provided steady action, though it was slightly down for the year.

If it hadn't been for Pickwick and the canoe pond close to home, it would have been a disappointing year.

[Catch 22]

Sorry to see some suffered like I did,but it just can`t be super all the time.Of all my 68 seasons[starting at age 3] of fishing,I can`t say Iv`e had a complete year. That is to say at least one period of the year dried up on me. This season has started with a real bang so it could be the complete year. Best of luck and success to all.

C22 

[senile1]

I had a solid year until I injured my ribs in August.  I was able to hit the lake by mid-October and got three trips in before I re-injured my ribs more severely.  I'm pretty bummed about fishing only three times since August but I'm healed enough to get back on the water now.  So . . . . the second half of my year was disappointing, to say the least.

[curtis9]

My year was awesome.  Bought a house on the water last fall, so spent this year mapping and fishing the new lake.  Caught 10+ bass over 5 lbs, with a new pb at 7lbs.  Went out with a buddy on his boat on another local lake and caught a 6lb spotted bass...

 

The best part of the year was getting my 2 year old daughter out on the boat and helping her catch her first fish, thought that didn't end so well.  I guess she thought it would be similar to her bath toys and tried to grab it, and freaked our when it moved and that it was slimy 

[Nitrofreak]

2015 only yielded a dozen trips, worked really hard on my crank bait fishing, at least as hard as I could, for what I have learned I would rate it pretty good, for what I have caught during the learning curve I would rate that pretty poorly, 2015 did yield 4 outings with warriors, there is no grade for that other than to say it's always a great outing, 2015 also gave me a hit with the Nitro going down with a blown engine, but then again it also brought me a newer larger boat with some updated electronics, all in all it's been an up and down year, I would give the fishing a C+ the rest was pretty spectacular, looking forward to 2016 !!!  

[geo g]

Great time, good fishing with friends, fun, and enjoyable.  Hope to do it again this year, nothing else to be said!

[Skeeter Dan]

On ‎1‎/‎16‎/‎2016 at 10:59 AM, MFBAB said:

Awesome year!!

I got my 10th consecutive **AOY award** This season.

 

 

 

 

**Disclaimer: My "league" consists of just me, my wife, our 3 yo daughter, 1 dog and 2 cats  

You better be watching out.  Your daughter might be whooping you soon !!!!!!

[Last_Cast]

2015, started pretty nice and went to crap reallllll quick.

[BassNBarry]

2015 was a terrific year; my best ever. My fishing buddy and I didn't start tracking results until mid year. From then through December, we caught 23 bass between 5 and 6 pounds; 9 bass between 6 and 7 pounds; and he caught his PB 9.2 pounds. We also caught a lot of bass between 3 and 5 pounds. I will add that we are both retired and average fishing twice a week; one nice benefit of retirement. We do use larger bait as we are trying to catch larger bass. We did particularly well fishing for about an hour before sunrise, and we hit a home run in December, when the winter thaw motivated the larger fish to continue feeding aggressively. We also hit a few bass on top of the head with our casts and that always helps. We track everything: date, time, lunar calendar, weather conditions, water temp, bait used, location and depth caught, etc. It's fun to track, and for us, it pays dividends. 

[Junk Fisherman]

Good year!

The good:

Caught my PB smallmouth 6.6 lbs (profile pic)

Just had an awesome June fishing trip up north for a couple weeks with numbers and size.  Most days I would have had a 15 to 20 lb bag of smallmouth.  

Rejoined my old fishing club after a 5-year break.

Did extensive research which led me to buying a new boat which should be ready in April.

Fished Lake Michigan locally several times after being hesitant because of my smaller boat.  Caught some decent fish and now I feel confident moving forward.  I am ready to get away from these little inland lakes and make the Chicagoland lakefront my home water.

The Bad:

Had a rather lousy spring trip to So IL.  High, muddy water was the main culprit.  Rained everyday.  Caught fish but nothing to get excited about.

Didn't fish as much as I'd like.  Had some boat issues that kept me at home.  

One of my local lakes that I did great on in 2014 just never turned on for me.  The lake had some great slop fishing in 2014 and it just never developed in 2015.  

 

 

 

 

[Mothercanucker]

Best year I've ever had so far but still want more and bigger fish and am not content.

[lmbfisherman]

I had a few more good days (quantity) but not much in quality.  Plus I didn't go as much as I wanted to go out.  So I give myself an average.  2016 I hope to change that since I'm working temporarily in SF and going to my project in West Texas.  Although I'm finding out there isn't much out here in WestTexas.  Fort Stockton area.

[Cgolf]

A+

Finally caught my PB 20" River Smallie and also got my PB 45" Musky while fishing with my dad this year. Also never got skunked in the boat which is a first for me. River numbers were down, but still caught a mess of smallies. 

[WolfyBrandon]

2015 was the best year so far.

Caught my new PB Largemouth, and surpassed my PB Smallmouth twice. First bass of the year came a month before the previous year. Caught bass consistently for 105 days, and made new friends. Experienced both days catching numbers as well as size, and ended up catching a lot of nice fish...

A+

WolfyBrandon
 

[SudburyBasser]

I would rate mine as solid. I stepped away from tournament fishing last year, only was in one, because fishing started to feel a little like a job. I focused more on the spiritual aspect of fishing -- getting back to the roots of it. I had a great time and probably caught more fish than any other year on record.

I'll probably go back into the tournaments this year but I'm happy that I made 2015 more about why I fish rather than that I simply fish.

[ethan-333]

On Thursday, February 11, 2016 at 9:13 AM, Junk Fisherman said:

Good year!

The good:

Caught my PB smallmouth 6.6 lbs (profile pic)

Just had an awesome June fishing trip up north for a couple weeks with numbers and size.  Most days I would have had a 15 to 20 lb bag of smallmouth.  

Rejoined my old fishing club after a 5-year break.

Did extensive research which led me to buying a new boat which should be ready in April.

Fished Lake Michigan locally several times after being hesitant because of my smaller boat.  Caught some decent fish and now I feel confident moving forward.  I am ready to get away from these little inland lakes and make the Chicagoland lakefront my home water.

The Bad:

Had a rather lousy spring trip to So IL.  High, muddy water was the main culprit.  Rained everyday.  Caught fish but nothing to get excited about.

Didn't fish as much as I'd like.  Had some boat issues that kept me at home.  

One of my local lakes that I did great on in 2014 just never turned on for me.  The lake had some great slop fishing in 2014 and it just never developed in 2015.  

 

 

 

 

@Junk Fisherman

what lakes in so. ill?