I really didn't have a stellar fishing year, but I did come away with a few memorable moments.
Incredible Trout Year!
(https://i.imgur.com/t4wwWjX.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/GdqyUsd.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Or403a9.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/QLfHXKk.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/bAy7zlG.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Bmpn7d4.jpg)
Great Catfish year also.
(https://i.imgur.com/UbWgsqc.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/aqkJ4al.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/f8JLh0P.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/g7lynaW.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/TCoRVAt.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/eMjU2m7.jpg)
Saltwater fishing was pretty slow, but I did manage a few nice ones. The Rockfishing was pretty exceptional.
(https://i.imgur.com/2hIW0m8.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/0rNZu1q.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/8n2zlCP.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/968XJzS.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/rPDgYPm.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/85FxW49.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/h6ubcjJ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/lNKvPDZ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/9Etglh7.jpg)
More Blue Sharks than I ever seen on this floating balloon.
(https://i.imgur.com/IfXju51.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/W4iyrCL.jpg)
Pelagics were pretty slow, but there were some decent ones in the mix.
(https://i.imgur.com/CkBNtwj.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/RUtDbph.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/4iLcArF.jpg)
My first Marlin...s....
(https://i.imgur.com/FKMRJMs.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/EzKA8PE.jpg)
Now that I put these pictures up... Maybe it wasn't that bad of a year.
Cheers guys and here's to a prosperous 2025!
Nice Recap, you did pretty well 8)
No Bats in the mix :(
I think you did okay, Tom!
I think I need to learn how to fish freshwater! Those lightning trouts look so cool!!
My goals were PB bass, legal halibut, local WSB, PB sheep, and 365 fish. I got 2 of those.
New PB turd roller was nice, no weight but 23.5" so 6-7lbs.
(https://i.imgur.com/uYlSbWEh.jpeg)
Oh yeah...first island yellowtail/PB yellowtail. That fed me well for August.
(https://i.imgur.com/COBUIoDh.jpg)
PB halibut, not saying much but it was right on the line of legal.
(https://i.imgur.com/OvYcEhgh.jpg)
Pretty epic croaker bite in late May, tying my 18 year PB croaker twice in a week (17.5").
(https://i.imgur.com/ht3lFRsh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/3mY4TLwh.jpg)
Two of these early on was whack in the inflatable...
(https://i.imgur.com/AE2lMrWh.jpg)
Was aiming for 365 fish or more for the year but landed somewhere in the mid 200s, since the late season surf fishing really shut down hard. I fell off my fishing log somewhere in November as my skunks started piling up. I fished about 70 times.
Two new species in Needlefish and Green Sunfish.
And ~26 species total.
Excellent Jeremy! I always laugh when I see the TEMU reel.
That Crow was a cow!