Do You Have Fishing Goals?

[Skeeter Dan]

This goal is unachievable for us mortals.

This is True. As long as I'm still breathing on my own with out life support. My #1 Goal still remains the same.

[OK Bass Hunter]

My goal is to learn something new every time I'm on the water or confirm some theory I crafted during my off water research time.

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

My only fishing goal is to go more often.

[Murvf]

I have set personal goals for several years now. One year to catch a bass every month in a calendar year. Another was to catch a bass at 25 different locations throughout the year. Last year I set out to catch 2000 lbs. of fish on artificial lures. (All my goals are met using artificial lures) this year I think I'm gonna shoot for catching a fish 183 days in a row. I live in the north, so it's not all easy to do.

[Spankey]

I guess it might be a goal but I want to continue on this season with pitching/flipping and frog’n techniques. I’ve been bass fishing a long time and these areas are not my strong points. They most likely will never be. Been a live and learn experience. But the last couple of years I’ve been going at it harder. Success with fish and the thrill of nice blow-up. These are area I’ve been scared to fish. Why? Inferior tackle to get in there. Buying what I needed to do it solved majority of the problems. I done ok with a hollow body craw jig last year. Got a few more patterns of it from Santa. Looking forward to this technique on the lake and river this year again. I guess you guys call it power fishing. So I guess I’m starting to learn bout it. 

[Michigan Finesse]

I set a goal for myself last year to catch a 3lber. I was fishing with a buddy last june and catching lots of bass on a ned rig, when I hooked into a pretty big one for me. I swore it was over 3, but when I weighed it, it was 2.99lbs ? Im not making goals this year ?...

-Brad

[A-Jay]

Resurrected ~

 

My goal is to fish like I'm going to live forever and die tomorrow, both at the same time.

 

A-Jay

[Bird]

2020 will be my first full year of retirement and have been blessed with outstanding health and it won't be taken for granted. 

My biggest goal.....a HEAVY diet of bass fishing.....preparing for tomorrow as we speak, brrrrrr.

[NYWayfarer]

My goal has been and always will be to catch a fish on each outing.

[the reel ess]

My largemouth bass goal is always the same. A new PB.

I wanted to catch some peacocks in S FL and I got that out of my system.

Back to the new PB!

[Hook2Jaw]

Short term

New PB.

Try to qualify for the KBF NC.

Tarpon from my kayak.  I jumped one last year.  If you've ever wanted to feel like you've got nothing for a fish, hook up with a silver king on a man powered watercraft.

 

Long term

Pass my passion to my 11 month old when the time comes, if he wishes.

[CaptMikeStarrett]

2 hours ago, Bird said:

2020 will be my first full year of retirement and have been blessed with outstanding health and it won't be taken for granted. 

My biggest goal.....a HEAVY diet of bass fishing.....preparing for tomorrow as we speak, brrrrrr.

Same with me.. Just want to guide full time while healthy enough to do it again. 28 years ago I was full time and looking forward to doing it again.

Oh and fish Caddo in 2021.

 

Capt Mike

[WRB]

Old thread 2014 the year I finally decided to retire, my employer kept me around 5 years longer offering benefits I couldn't pass up. Looking back time is more valuable then $$. 

I was going to fish more and ended traveling the world more often. When you think you have all the time needed for everything you tend to waste it. Fishing  becomes a lower priority and getting out of bed at 0 dark 30 when it's cold or bad weather going fishing becomes I will go tomorrow.

Sitting in the ICU with my son hoping he will servive to celebrate his 38th birthday the 17th puts time in perspective....it's precious.

My goal for 2020 is spending every minute possible with my family. I achieved all my fishing goals, now just quite time on the water if I decide to go fishing agian. 

Tom 

[billmac]

I think all goals can be boiled down into one goal:  To get better.  We set goals for the things we don't think we are good enough at yet.  While I suppose it can be overdone, I think for the most part it's a good thing.

[GreenPig]

Get as many of these possible from my boat and beat my states record LM.

[geo g]

My only goal is to have fun and enjoy the experience.  I do things the way I like, fish with people I like, and do it as much as possible.  I don't stay out in heavy winds, or in mid day in hot weather.  When things become a burden, I leave.  It's all about enjoyment.  

[kayaking_kev]

My goals were to catch species I have never caught before and catch 300 fish overall and earn the Master Angler Pin from my State. I ended up catching over 500, and at least a half a dozen new species, and got my pin.

 

This year it they will be the same, but I want a 5 lb. Bass and a 10 lb. Catfish also.

[Shimano_1]

Catch fish...win money. Plan on fishing a lot of tournaments this year so yeah that's the goal

[FishinBuck07]

My goal is to get better at fishing out of the boat.  I have fished from shore my whole life for the most part, until July of 2019.  I didn't have a lot of time last year to really learn how to fish out of my new boat.  This year I am hoping to learn all the nuances of fishing from a boat.  Also to figure out one lake that is local that I have fished since I was a kid.

[Sam]

Yes, my main goal is to return home safely with some wonderful memories.

 

That is all I can ask for.

[JediAmoeba]

On 9/25/2014 at 8:55 PM, Rhino68W said:

I want to enter and place in a bank fishing tournament. All I do is bank fish. I haven't heard of any around my area, but maybe when I move back to Texas there will be some.

You are better off getting a Yak and entering some kayak tournaments.  

[J Francho]

19 minutes ago, JediAmoeba said:

You are better off getting a Yak and entering some kayak tournaments.  

Perhaps in the nearly six years since he posted he's gotten off the bank?

[JediAmoeba]

7 minutes ago, J Francho said:

Perhaps in the nearly six years since he posted he's gotten off the bank?

I didn't notice the date!  Lol. 

[NOC 1]

No real goals for me, though I do aim to enjoy time spent outdoors getting away from the goals and score keeping that I've had to weather over the last 45 years or so of making a living.

 

I like fiddling with the gear, running around in boats and catching fish. I like it more if I'm catching a lot of fish, but even if I get skunked I still will have enjoyed the day fishing more than I would have if I hadn't gone.

 

No better way to ruin something you love doing than taking it seriously or God forbid, trying to make a living at it.

[Will1248]

I think that's just human nature to improve a skill. But at the end of a day I practice to learn a new skill. Some days I will actually just throw one certain color like gray for example. And challenge myself to only use a gray bait today. It surprisingly forces you to discover the best uses for certain colors of certain baits. You discover that brighter colors work better deeper and shallow but not as good in the middle water column. I will challenge myself to only use one type if baits like jigs or swurms to find the best technique to produce more bites. It's called fishing not catching. Catching is the goal, but to say that your success is only determined by that can be misleading. Getting a bite on a bait you dont know how to fish can be just as rewarding than just catching fish on the same thing you knew worked an hour ago and still does.