How did you do this years so far?

[Chris]

Well I am at the end of my season here is how it turned out.

5 first place finishes

2 second place finishes

1 third place finish(this was yesterday)

4th place

5th place

10th place (big open tournament)

and one tournament I got a 0 (I hate that lake)

I also won big bass in two tournaments a 5pounder and a 6 pounder

AOY in one club and I will find out my standings in the other club later this month.

This a combo of 2 clubs and open tournaments that I fish.

[DDbasser]

I've had a real good year, I just got back into bass fishing. The wife and I crappie fish a lot mainly from the bank during the spawn.

This year we were finally able to afford a boat and I'm in the position finacially to fish tournaments next year.

I've spent this year learning as much as I could about lures, presentations, and the biology and habits of the bass species.

I've only been skunked on 2 outings this year, i haven't caught anything huge 5 pounds being the biggest but I'm catching a lot of 16" & 17" fish.

I also caught my first fish on a jig this weekend, I caught 3 fish on a 1/4oz green jig with a zoom watermelon super chunk Jr. all of them were exactly 17". i caught a total of 12 bass this weekend ,7 of them would have been keepers.

I did lose one that would have went around 3 lbs Saturday morning.  

[squid]

Well, I had many goals this year.  I wanted to finish in the top 10, if there were 20 or more boats, I wated to do better than we did last year in our weekend division, and just catch some fish in the BFL....lol  

In divisions 2 of the NBAA we had an avg of 21 boats and we finished in 10th place over a 12 week weeknight league.

8th place with only 8 events fished out of 12 in Division 7, but an avg. of 14 boats.

20th place, which was an improvement, in our weekend league with an avg of 31 boats over 5 events.

In the BFL, I just had problems.  To start I missed the first event and zeroed 2 others.  I caught 2 smallies in the second event for 4.4lbs.  In the last event, this past weekend, I caught 3 for 6.13lbs with 2 Lrg Mouths and 1 smallie with the smallie being the biggest fish in the livewell.  So as you can see I did improve and I also learned a LOT in the BFL as a co-angler.  I am now ready for DEER season to begin....lol  

[tipptruck1]

four smallies ranging form 2lbs to my biggest 5 lbs 20in 14 in round

three large mouths 6in to 11in maybe 13 14in

three pike about the 20in

3 walleyes all under 15 in

and three blue gill

[DePoy79]

i learned alot more techniques and i causht two 9lb bass on eagle lake in Michigan!! the state record is 11 lb 15 ounces, so those bass are monsters both are on my wall

[roadwarrior]

DePoy79,

Great fish, it's too bad you kept them. Plastic mounts these days are perfect for display. You can't expect to catch state records or even big fish consistantly when guys kill some of the best fish in the lake.

The California boys release 19 & 20 lb bass so they might have a chance or somebody might have a shot at the world record. I like to think that the biggest fish I catch will be caught again when they grow up.

On September 4, 2005 I released my PB, 27 1/4". I estimate the fish to weigh around 12 lbs but based on the calculator, it might have weighed more. The Tennessee state record is 14.5 lbs.

[squid]

Well RW that is impressive, and you are right, now I will never have the chance to go to Eagle Lake and catch one of them when they are bigger. Plastic or Plaster ...lol... is better. That is why we have cameras, and tape measures..... but hey...didn't mean to dog you on those two big Michigan bass...just next time...remember....that to beat the record they must live to grow.

Squid

[bassackwards]

another reason they throw 'em back is so that they produce spawn with strong survival instincts as they had, meaning better fish with a much better chance to grow big.

taking the smaller fish out of the lake is a better way to go.

however,

congrats on your 9lbers!

[utser]

so far this year i redone the living room and kitchen. finally got my garage in order. as far as fishin hardly done any serious stuff. just sneak out here and there.

[bluezstringr]

I took a break for a few years, I got burned out.

This is my first year back and it wasn't to bad but nothing to brag about.

[Gatorbassman]

I started in Feburary with some goals. A few of them were:

Go fishing at least two days a week.

Practice flipping and pitching every day.

Catch a 10lb limit 80% of the time.

Don't get skunked.

Be competitive in tournaments by July 2006.

Seven months and 75 days of fishing later. I have placed in the top 5, six out of six tournaments. I have caught 10lb limits 65% of the time. I have been skunked only once. My best limit was 29.5lbs. My biggest fish was just short of 8lbs. I missed the Georgia state record for the Redear Sunfish by only 11oz. And I introduced 14 kids to fishing.