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NicoTue Dec-25-01 06:40 PM
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- caught my biggest largemouth bass 12.6 pounds
- caught my first three largemouth bass over 10 pounds
- caught my first bass on frogs and learned the technique
- got into my first great rip bait bite for bass
- gained solid confidence in crankbaits for bass
- gained solid confidence in buzzbaits for bass
- learned a lot about mega trout baits with mixed success
- caught my biggest smallmouth bass 3.4 pounds
- caught my first white seabass
- caught my biggest halibut, and first from a kickboat
- took my kickboat out in the salt for the first time
- spent my first serious season on the beach for striped bass
- caught my biggest striped bass about 18 pounds

I started off the year with an ill-fated attempt at some wild trout and steelhead (and a reminder that I CAN'T FLYFISH). I also did some bass fishing during that time with very mixed (mostly bad actually) results.

In March there was the legendary prespawn madness big bass bite at Coyote. I got into the tail end of it. A day or two after the full moon in early March I got my biggest bass ever, a 12.6 pounder. Coyote stayed alright through March. In early April I had some (2?) real good days at Lexington throwing rip baits.

Next was a kinda dead stretch (I think I got some trout at Stevens Creek on kastmasters) until the shad fishing started. Shad was good, as always, this year, but it didn't last as long as it did last year. Pretty much over by the second week of June. Not that I can complain, I had a 100 fish day. (I also remembered that I CAN'T FLYFISH)

July is beach season. I had a lot of time that month for stripers. I think I fished about every other day at the beach and still missed most the good runs. Despite some really bad luck I got in to a couple good runs.

August started with the annual trip to Clear Lake. I had my worst showing ever this year. I did manage to save face with a great last day, but otherwise I sucked big time. Around that time I took my kickboat to New Brighton beach 3-4 times. First few times I got into some nice halibut action and the last trip produced some short WSB.

September through November I pretty much spent exclusively at Coyote beating the water to a froth trying to catch another 10 pounder. I hit every number on the way up, with two 9 pounders, but never got that 10 this fall. Frog bite was good. And I had some great nights. Actually was a lot of fun even without the double digit fish I wanted. I did get a few decent delta striper trips in, too. But never anything over 3 pounds.

In late November the legendary prewinter Lexington bite materialized for 2-3 weeks before some early storms wiped out the lake and cut it all off short. Under perfect conditions, I decided to give Coyote another shot and was blessed with two 10 pounders the night of Nov 30. I tried for the next few weeks to duplicate it, but never did much. I had been claiming all year that whenever Lexington turned on I'd be fishing Coyote. WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE BUT DIDN'T.

Finally Late December brings me to the newly opened Quarry Lakes. This is the first time I've targeted smallies on purpose and so far it's been a blast.

One thing that I've learned about 10+ pound bass this year. There's nothing like being in the RIGHT PLACE at the RIGHT TIME. Not much technical skill went into catching those bass. Just good planning and recognizing good big bass conditions.

Another interesting thing I learned: I you fish with a bass lure long enough, you're going to catch some fish on it. No matter the lure. This led me to some odd fishing trips this year. Like throwing a frog or trout plug for hours without a bite. And not being seriously disappointed or surprised at the lack of bites. Somehow I don't much feel the urge to switch lures until I find one they're biting. And I'm not really sure if this is a good or a bad thing. And when I finally get bit on this lure that I've been throwing for 3 hours I don't know if I'm on to a bite or that the inevitable has just happened. Am I doing something wrong if I'm not getting bit?

Nico

  

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2K1 recap [View all] , brian, Sun Dec-23-01 09:30 PM
  RE: 2K1 recap, Tom Cod, Dec 24th 2001, #1
Oh yeah, what a year it was..., Joel, Dec 24th 2001, #2
RE: Oh yeah, what a year it was..., bassnet, Dec 24th 2001, #3
      Okay I'll bite!, Leapin Bass, Dec 24th 2001, #4
RE: 2K1 recap, Fishin Magician, Dec 24th 2001, #5
RE: 2K1 recap, Nico, Dec 25th 2001 #6
RE: 2K1 recap, bassnet, Dec 26th 2001, #7
RE: 2K1 recap, Matt Peters, Dec 27th 2001, #8
RE: 2K1 recap, Phil, Dec 27th 2001, #9
RE: 2K1 recap, AmishEd, Dec 27th 2001, #10
RE: 2K1 recap, swimbait, Dec 27th 2001, #11
RE: 2K1 recap, BillH, Dec 31st 2001, #12
RE: 2K1 recap, Salmonoid, Dec 31st 2001, #13
RE: 2K1 recap, brian, Dec 31st 2001, #14
      RE: 2K1 recap, Salmonoid, Jan 01st 2002, #15
           RE: 2K1 recap, bassnet, Jan 01st 2002, #16
                RE: 2K1 recap, salmonoid, Jan 03rd 2002, #17
                     RE: 2K1 recap, bassnet, Jan 04th 2002, #18

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