Your thoughts of 2006......

[Okeechobee_Cracker]

I did not fish this much this year......I fished alot over the summer and got my PB....8.5.......but I just got back into fishing agian.....so I still have 2 months left and I fell I can still get a PB

[CJ]

Compared to last year,this year's production wasn't as good.But,I feel like I have made alot of progress in every aspect.I am looking into making my own jigs and spinnerbaits this winter and taking my custom painted cranks to another level.

Really this year has been a year of sewing.Next year perhaps I will reap!

[Pa Angler]

2006 was a good year for me. Fishing Black Lake, NY was a great experiance for me anyone that lives in NY or the surrounding states have not fished this lake they should it is a Largemouth Heaven.

Chow

[the ohh face]

had a lot of fun fishing withing some new people this year, im loving my new baitcast setup and am looking to buy a second, caught a lot of nice fish, and am hoping to try some icefishing this winter

[New Bass Man]

I had a great year as far as I'm concerned.  I upgraded my primary fishing equipment which gave me a lot more confidence in fishing.  I learned how to topwater fish, something I had set as a goal at the beginning of the year.   I caught more fish on spinner baits which is also something I wanted to do.  However, my crankbaiting wasn't all that hot.  Mostly this is because the places I fish frequently didn't lend itself to crankbaiting.  I got all my reels serviced by a professional and I sealed all my rod cork with sealer.  I tried fishing with jigs but didn't have all that much success.

I am happy with the fish I caught this year.  Mostly 3 and 4 lbers.  I caught fish just about everytime I went out.  So all and all, it was a great year.

[BucketmouthAngler13]

This summer was the best one of my life.

I'm homeschooled, and this was my first summer off from school. Every day i would wake up, make homemade waffles, prepare my gear, and go fishing for several hours, often more than 5 hours.

I learned a ton from fishing with the best young angler i know, bassholebuster14.

We fished with sean_e_bus and fisherguy12 all the time.

Almost 4 times a week we would take a canoe out onto the local lake. We would have 2 guys paddleing for all they where worth, and the others casting to the near structure and trolling medium cranks. (the paddlers often refused to paddle if somone was trolling a spinnerbait, too much drag you know )

We once had 5 hardcore bass fishermen in the 14ft canoe. 1 guy sitting on the very tail, 1 in the back seat, two sitting on crates in the middle, and 1 in the front seat. Often there would be more than one rod sticking out the end trolling, so i was the job of the very back person to keep a eye on the rods. (keep in mind all these 5 people have well developed baitmonkeys, so there where several tackleboxes, bunches of rods and reels, and other things jammed into any space left)

After spending a few hours fishing in the rising sun, we would leave our gear on the shore, and leap from the canoe, diving into the cool and muddy-brown waters. We would often spend hours swimming, playing games like "Run swimmers over with canoe" and "everyone dive off the canoe at the same time".

We saw bald eagles, halks, kingfishers and a host of other birds all summer.

We did this all summer, along with other fun things like a few overnight canoe/fishing trips. Once we where in the middle of nowhere and we forgot the tarp for the tent. That night was the worst thunderstorm i saw all summer, and we where stuck in it. The matches got wet, so it took us most of the mourning to light the propane stove. We camped out by ourselves for 3 days and 2 nights. We lived off of beans and oatmeal. We had to canoe with two canoes, one 14ft and one 12ft, loaded with drinking water, gear, tent, clothing, food, and outselves, to get to the campsite. If you want to hear a long story about the bloodcurling scream he heard the 2 night, PM me.

I got 50x better at bass fishing thanks to this site and my fishing buddies. I landed some nice bass, including a 5lber, almost 5lber, and a bunch of 4lb and smaller ones.

Overall, i made some memories this summer. Great ones, at that.

good fishing, good fun, and good friends.