Whats your fishing goals?
Mine are:
Largemouth: 10lb
Striper: 20lb
Catfish: 10lb
Same as always.... Don't drown, don't break anything expensive, and get my kids out as much as I can. The fishing takes care of itself.
Just being out on the lake. Anything else is a plus
Only one more surgery....and more and more days on water.
Fish more, work less. Win more tournaments, stop losing so many so many lures. And understand the bass in the lakes I fish better.
For this year?
We measure our fish by length rather than weight, but here goes.
20"+ smallmouth bass
18"+ largemouth bass (largies are rare up here)
24"+ walleye
My first crappie and white bass.
Hopefully I'll stay away from the northern pike!
I just wanna go fishing.
My 60th is right around the corner and I'm hoping for the gift of my life (so far) 1 mine you, just 1 - 10+ large mouth, 1 - 8lb. spot - 1 - 6+ smallie. Not much to ask for, right?
To fish before april 1. Its snowing here and like 5 degrees
Fish more.
My goals are:
1). Have as much fun as possible.
2).Share the experience with as many friends as possible.
3).Go out as often as the wife will allow, and she never said no yet.
4).Learn something new on every trip.
5).Leave for home as soon as it starts feeling like work.
Do well in my tournaments.
Fish more, and catch more.
1) have fun
2) catch a bunch of fish
3) use the stuff I have learned on here and other places over the winter
4) win some tournaments
5) don't get hit by lightning ( this one is always on my list )
Mitch
1. Break my personal best largemouth of 3.75lbs.
2. 5lb largemouth
3. Catch first smallie ever
4. Get off the bank
5. Improve my flippin/pitchin and catch my first jig fish
6. Help my little brother catch his first bass
7. Catch a tiger muskie
8. Fish as much as possible
#1 is to get the wife on the lake more. Last year she only got out once which was brutal. I'll be chasing a 7lb MN largie as well.
Catch a 5+lb bass on West Lake my lake
Start flipping
Join a tournament
Land a salmon or trout from Duffins Creek
Stop smoking. Lose twenty-five pounds.
Catch new PBs and win high school bass fishing championship!
On 3/4/2014 at 11:18 AM, mnbassman23 said:#1 is to get the wife on the lake more. Last year she only got out once which was brutal. I'll be chasing a 7lb MN largie as well.
If you want a great chance at a 7+ lb large mouth try leech lake, especially since you like to jig, it is pretty much jigs and frogs...
Mitch
1) Catch a bass every month (December always gets me... I have 9 months to prepare!)
2) Successfully use my electronics to find fish and get away from the bank.
3) Get out more often!
On 3/4/2014 at 11:56 AM, mjseverson24 said:If you want a great chance at a 7+ lb large mouth try leech lake, especially since you like to jig, it is pretty much jigs and frogs...
Mitch
Thanks man I have always wanted to make a trip up to Leech, wish it was a few hours closer. I know a few guys up in that area that nail some giants on jigs and chucking frogs in the wild rice every year.
Fish more. Learn more. Catch more.
My goals:
Largemouth - 7lb
Smallmouth - 5lb
Spot - 3lb
Blue cat - 50 lb
Flathead - 50lb
Channel - 15lb
Striper - 50lb
Wiper - 20lb
White - big?
Sauger - 3lb
Walleye - 7lb
The Ohio River is awesome!
1. Fill freezer with meat (bass, crappie, catfish)
2. Get boat
3. Start tournament fishing.
I'm going to focus a little more on finesse this year. Brewer sliders & Ned rigs (research the In-fisherman web site for more info on Ned rigs) I'm going to try to hone my deductive skills this year, so that I spend more time fishing and less time searching.
I've got a decent frog rig, but I didn't use it much last year. This year I am going to buy a better set of frogs and spend a little more time fishing in the slop (mid summer goal.)
Fishing deeper grass beds is a weakness of mine. I'd like to get better at fishing the deeper grass beds.
On 3/4/2014 at 7:42 AM, macmichael said:I just wanna go fishing.
Now that's what it is all about.
My goal is to be productive with jigs more this year than ever. I've got a box full of Siebert jigs and RageTails....so i'm set!
I feel that I've done an astute job of learning the craft of frogging. I love fishing slop and heavy cover, I'm not an open-water guy. So I'd like to focus on those presentations. Punching, jig, etc.
I don't have a weight specifically, but I usually like to break my previous personal best by a pound, so this year I'll be searching for a 6-pounder.
LM: 10 lbs (might be a little unrealistic because I live up north. My current PB is over 5)
SM: 6 lbs (my current PB stands at 5.1)
Northern Pike: 20 lbs. (current PB is over 10)
Get better at tournament fishing. Its hard for me to get a limit. Also to build confidence with spinnerbaits and jerkbaits.
This year I'm going to try and accomplish the following:
beat my personal best LM of 3lbs
get confidence in crankbaits and spinnerbaits (actually achieved my goal of gaining confidence in plastics and jigs from last year)
catch a SM that i can actually say is a personal best
get a boat (and maybe a house so i can store it there instead of my buddies property)
My fishing goals are the same this year as they were last year...NONE.
Just gonna' go and enjoy my time on the water this year...
-T9