2015 recap

[crappiepappy]

I'd have to say that every trip I took was memorable ... seeing as how I never got skunked on any of them !! LOL !!!

Just hoping to get to make many more trips in 2016 !!

... pappy

[12VoltMan]

My first trip to Guntersville and staying in an awesome cabin on Buck Island. Did catch as big of fish as I hoped, but it was cool being on the mecca of bass fishing. I also had a couple of great trips to Barkley with my good friend, Mike.

[hairball]

I was fortunate enough to ring in the new year on New Year's Day with a six pound largemouth on a bubblegum spinnerbait all the way in the back of a creek at Cumberland.

[R19]

Unfortunately my biggest memory of fishing in 2015 was a bad one. In the month of April I had pre-planned enough vacation so I only had to work 7 days the entire month. Of the 23 days I was off it rained about 10-12 of them. 5-6 of those days were heavy rains that pretty much shut down my home lake. Our two biggest snow events were early and late March so the lake was way below normal temperatures by the time April got here. When the rain came in April it rose enough to put it way in the bushes. I know water in the bushes in April sounds good but not when its upper 40's to low 50's, Very muddy and Way up into the tree line. It seems like it was May before my local lake got stable enough to be considered normal for the time of year.

My best memory of 2015 also came in April because there was some light in the tunnel. Since my local lake was trash I fished a lake that I normally do not fish in the spring. I hit the smallmouth at the right time. They were going nuts and I did have a couple of excellent trips.

As of now I only plan on working 9 days in April this year. I may add a couple more days to it before it gets here. Hopefully this year mother nature does not hand me a beating.

[jcb]

Did primarily wade fishing this year and caught some really nice brown fish. Highlights were (a) figuring out a little bit how to catch them in colder water and (b) introducing some really great guys to the joys of creek fishing.

[Drew1233]

I think I weighed at least A fish in about 95% of my tournaments this year. But I would have to say there isn't any individual memory that sticks out because there are so many I made. Guntersville was pretty cool and I did catch a 5 pounder there. I'd have to say most of my memories were made with friends on the road and before tournaments. Never a dull moment with the guys I tournament fish with!

[RiverRunt]

Bonus sightings while fishing the Ohio: Eagles and Bobcat. Two trips on the Ohio with doubles on a Bandit - Smallies and Kentuckies. Also, success with lures from the 50's and 60's on the Ohio.