rating 2008 fishing was it a good year?

[DJD]

2008 will go down as ok for me i did't get to go fishing as much this season alot of personnal things had kept me at bay. But this is how i did!

biggest LM appox 5 pds a few that wt 3to4 pds
biggest cat was only 15 pds thats a far cry 2007 i caught 1 that was 65 pds.
biggest hybrids 2 that wt approx 10 pds .
best day i had i caught 28 nice hybrids on the ohio river back in late may.

how was 2008 for yall ?

It was a good year. Spent time on the water with good friends. Won some tourny's/money and caught some nice catfish on the Ohio as well.
Biggest Bass-approx.4-5lbs
Biggest Catfish-Blue Cat 34lbs
Biggest Carp-10-15lbs?? But it was great to catch
Caught a few FNF fish already and thats a blast!
Caught alot of bass in the Spring on topwater and that in itself made last year great.

[kygorski]

The worst since I was in the service many, many years ago. Health, companions health, kept on the hospital tour most of the good fishing days.Low water on the cumberland river killed my trout fishing, arthritis kept me from those long steep treks up the ramps on cumberland.Only two good fish, lmb about 7+ and asmb about 6one stripe about 15.Old father time is starting to takes it toll.

[JD7.62]

This year I fished less then any year since I was about 6 years old. I got married in July, maybe that had something to do with it?

Over all I didnt do much bass fishing so I didnt catch any LMB or SMB to speak of.

Early in the year I had some awesome trips below McApline catching those saugar and awesome meals afterwards. In the spring I did very well with the hybrids catching some in the 12-15lb range.

[Col Forbin]

My best year so far. I spent more time on the water this year than any other, and it paid off. Caught my personal best smallmouth (had a few close, but never officially weighed) this one was 6.4 in the first tournament of the year. Broke my personal best Largemouth 3 times this year. Finally got one close to 8, but still have not broken that 8 pound mark.


I am going to have to cherish the memories of this year on the water. I have twins coming in April, and doubt I will hit the water too much after that - But somehow I am doubting I will have time to sit around and miss it too much.

[riverrat12]

My best year so far. I spent more time on the water this year than any other, and it paid off. Caught my personal best smallmouth (had a few close, but never officially weighed) this one was 6.4 in the first tournament of the year. Broke my personal best Largemouth 3 times this year. Finally got one close to 8, but still have not broken that 8 pound mark.


I am going to have to cherish the memories of this year on the water. I have twins coming in April, and doubt I will hit the water too much after that - But somehow I am doubting I will have time to sit around and miss it too much.

Congratulations Col. And don't worry you'll have a couple fishin buddies in know time believe me, your life is officially in fast forward...Chuck

[Todd2]

Had a decent fishing year. Got to fish Barkley, Kentucky, Rough, Nolin, KY River and Barren each one time. Fished TVille, Mcneely, and Cedar Creek quite a bit. Mckneely just because it's five mins from my house and the $4 a gallon for gas we had. My 3 biggest came out of Cedar Creek.

[greenriverman1]

I live about 10 min. from the Green River in Mammoth Cave Nat. Park. I have fished it a lot over the years but the past 2 years have not been as good due to low water. I did catch 1 musky about 34" long and 2 smaller. The cat fishing and bass were slow.

Barren River Lake is an awesome lake. Bass were ok but nothing over about 4lb. for me. The cat fishing was nice with a few god channels. Hybrid on Barren was good for me but I never got into the larger fish that I did last year. I did limit out on most nights that I fished for them.

I only fished Nolin River Lake about twice this year with short bass.

We had a trip to Cave Run where we had booked a trip and it rained an unreal amount during the trip with what I think they said the lake was rising about 4" per hr. No luck at all on that trip.

I did find a new fishing buddy who is as ready to go as I and we had many laughs. It was a good year so far.

I’m not done yet!
DA