Alright, lets see how my year went.I don't think I can compare to some of the years you guys had, but I think I did ok. My biggest accomplishment was probably catching some legal halibut from my kayak. I was really happy with the ones I got and I gained alot of confidence in fishing for them. I feel like I got good enough fishing swimbaits and fastracs that come next spring I should be able to smoke 'em. I probably won't change much next year, although I am going to expirement with putting scents on the swimbaits and using better colors. I've already started stocking up some good ones to get ready. I also want to try fishing some other places like Avila and cayucous. A trip to Santa Barbara would be cool too.
In the freshwater department, I kind of slacked off. I was in my saltwater phase all summer and didn't start chasing the bass until fall. I had some decent trips to Lopez and then I got bit by the trout plug bug. I am really getting into this big bait thing. I have yet to get a bass on one, but the follows i've gotten keep me coming back for more. In the coming months i'm going to hit Margarita hard and hopefully pull out some good fish.
Another highlight of my year was fishing the bassntubes tournament. Even though the fishing sucked I had a great time, and second place wasn't bad. I hope I can fish a few of these tournaments next year.
So that was my year, hopefully next year I will do better. There's still a few days left though, I might be off to Santa margarita saturday to top it off.-Phil