[The General]

Since this is the "Braggin Board", I thought I'd take a minute and recap my 2009.

This was by far by best year of fishing. I caught my personal best 10-10 largemouth, my personal best 5-8 shoal bass, took numerous float trips with new friends and old friends alike and was able to fish new water in several states.

Here are a collection of some of my favorite photos from 2009.

** Shuttle service from the GA DNR ***



** 5lb 8oz Shoal Bass **





** wading the lower Flint **



** East Pittman Creek (FL) **



** Choctawahatcee River **



** Wrights Creek (FL) in a thunderstorm **



** Camping with Blackwater and DrJohn **



** At that time, seeing my biggest bass, a 9-5 largemouth caught by Junior Dyce's friend on the Wacissa River **



**4lb 13oz largemouth on Wacissa River **



** Fishing with FRF's Rossjj and DrJohn **



** DrJohn on Wacissa **



** With the Florida Wildlife Management (no citation) **



** the obligitory gator shot **



** Quite possibly the best bass fishery on the planet -- the Goose Pasture



** Yours truly on the Wacissa River **



** Loading up for an air boat shuttle because roads were under water **



** Creekstalker showing how it's done **






** Nothing like cooking at a campsite **



** Wacissa River 5lb 5oz largemouth **



** My crown jewel, 10pound 10oz largemouth bass **







** Favorite campsite **



** It is hard having this much fun **



** What it is all about -- taking a kid fishing! Here is FRF's BabeRuth with two bass caught on one lure at the same time **



** BabeRuth with a nice St Mark's largemouth **



** Meeting, fishing, and camping with FRF's Pip **





** Turkeys **



** Holmes Creek Bream **



** Shoal Bass in Florida!!!! **







** Friendly Gator on the Chipola River **



** Fishing with AlabamaRiverFishing buddies **



** Got to love Alabama spots **







** Big old Alabama River Largemouth, 5lb 2oz **



** From the caves of the Chipola River......





to the high bluffs of the Coosa River.....





to the costal waters of the Wakulla....





** Fishing with my brother-in-law, Kyle from Maine **





** Fishing with FRF's PastorRyan **





** The result of all the hard "work" **





Happy New Year!!!


Tight Lines,
The General

[rossjj]

great pics General. hate to say it, but from the pics the fishing is almost secondary to the scenery.

[BlackwaterBill]

Looking ofrward to this spring in the panhandle General, maybe two weeks of time and about 30 derees of temperature and I will be back in action, camping and fishing.

Congratulations to a great friend for a great year.
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I hope you get a good hook set on a big fish.

[Pip]

Nice retrospective General! That was great to scroll through, nice idea. Hopefully everyone has a blessed 2010 full of good times and big bass!

Phillip
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Too many rivers, not enough sick days!

[nickbfishn]

man o man, that's one hek of a good post!

But it was/is very hard to look at this on a day like today (a brisk 18 degrees here)
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work is overrated - unless of course fishing it your job!