Fishing Goals 2013

[Redfish12]

Every year I try to set out a few goals for the upcoming season (http://www.snaggedline.com/showthrea...ighlight=Goals & http://www.snaggedline.com/showthrea...ighlight=Goals)

This year I am continuing my quest for a 30" rockfish on the fly with a few others:

- Catch a CBBT sheepshead
- Catch a tog over 22"
- Catch a redfish over 18" on the western shore
- 30"+ Snakehead
- Break 100 participants for the Chesapeake Bay Kayak Anglers Tournament
- Spend more time taking new anglers out
- build first rod

Also I would like to continue my streak of a fish every month. So far since we started keeping track I have had at least one fish every month! (http://www.snaggedline.com/showthrea...ighlight=Goals I started this thread but didnt keep up with it)

How about you guys?

[HokieDJ]

- Citation Tog
- Citation Flounder
- Slot Red
- Snakehead
- 5lb+ Lunker

[russ498]

At least one yak trip per week. It would be truly the ultimate to also catch a fish every week, but these cold weather trips do produce a few skunks.

Try at least ten spots I have not previously fished.

First Snakehead

30'+ Striper

I got to know at least 10 really great people on MKF who I now consider good friends. I would like to add at least that many this year.

Win first place at the Chesapeake Bay Kayak Anglers Tournament next year. (won second this year)

[AbuMasgouf]

Since I'm so new to the kayak fishing world (and fishing in general) my goals are more basic:
I'd like to catch one species of every type of fish in our waters from my kayak. So far I've only caught:
-small striper (would like to catch my first keeper)
-pickerel
-sun fish
-crappie

I'd also like to attend the CBKA tournament as well as fish all the great spots that folks have been talking about in the area.

I have come to understand that kayak fishermen are amongst the most genuine fellows a person could get to know and I've been lucky enough to meet a few great individuals. I look forward to meeting so many more this year.

[DOGFISH]

2013 goals: To just catch more fish than I caught in 2012. Just keeping it fun.

[tufnik]

Me....want.....big.....feesh.....you know.......rippin' spool.....bent pole........sleigh ride........

[kevinfry]

Goals 2013
#1 Keeper flounder in bay
#2 26"+ Rockfish
#3 BIG day of blue cats with my Son....
#4 Overnight camping on lower Hoopers Island, preferably with my fish of choice.....trout.

[kayak456]

I want to flounder fish more near thomas point. We caught a few keepers near thomas point in the summer but that was september. I want to target them in may. That's my goal

[chimo]

My Goals...
Broaden my horizons a bit. Got a yak wet in Key west, Jamaica Bay, and California last year and I will/want to add Massachusetts, Maine, Hawaii, The Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel and maybe hit Florida again.

Like the locations, I want to catch a few new species from the yak. Tog, Snook, a Tarpon, Northern Pike / Muskie, Cod, Steelhead, Sheephead, and land a 35+ inch Snakehead, 40lb+ blue cat and new PB striper (40 inches +).

Kinda ambitious but I'll have fun trying

[Pinch]

Beat Slappy.
30'' Trout
15+'' Spade
44" Bass
Over Slot Drum
Actually make it to the Albie Hole (darn you sandy!)

[coop1486]

New to this form first.Catch more fish'fish more spots,meet new yakers and keep being safety.

[ronaultmtd]

Pretty basic goals- maintain my health so I can fish- I'll turn 67 this spring- noticed that getting old isn't for sissies- more joint stiffness, lots of aches in the knees, hands and shoulders- so staying active and going are as important as catching to me- if I never caught another fish, guys...well, it would just sound like the biggest fish tale you ever heard so I'll just let it go unsaid-

I have had a chance to re-think 2013 goals since first posting- I do have a couple other than just going- one is to really and truly learn to use my new toy, the Elite 5 DSI. From everything I have read in the customer reviews, you really have to learn how to use this unit to make it work like it was designed- fishing shallow water, you have to be in a different mode- shallow, the settings are different,etc. or you will get a lot of surface noise on screen- from all the bad reviews I have taken that the users wanted an automatic fish finder that they just turned on and it did everything w/o any direction- from the five star reviews I have taken that the user is an old time Lowarnce user familiar with the different menu options and able to make adjustments as the conditions change- so all this tells me is that this is an advanced unit requiring an experienced operator to use properly- and like any of the other DSI units, the fish finding feature is not as apparent as the non DSI units- this is primarily a structure finding feature- in an advanced combo chart plotter/gps- as is described as a poor man's structure scan.

[CB kayak 02]

I'm headed back for more college so I'm not sure how that will affect my fishing time, most likely deflate it some but overall I want to continue to help grow the sport with more opportunities for fishing in our area....

1. Most importantly for me this year is to launch/host my new Mid-Atlantic Kayak Bass Fishing Series (April-July) and to repeat one of Redfish's goals get over 100 participants at the CBKA Tournament.

2. Make it up to the flats this year (MSSA is trying to add a kayak division with big prizes to there tournament the 1st week in May)

[Memory Maker]

Beat Slappy.
30'' Trout
15+'' Spade
44" Bass
Over Slot Drum
Actually make it to the Albie Hole (darn you sandy!)

BEAT SLAPPY ............ not even gonna ask

[DanMarino]

1. Figure out how to use a bait caster.
2. Use the bait caster to catch snakeheads and tidal largemouths at Mattawoman and Mallows.
3. Focus on my 3 favorite areas of the Upper Potomac for smallmouth bass.
4. Catch another freshwater striper from Triadelphia Reservoir.