What are your fishing goals for 2019??

[Terrierman]

16 minutes ago, Ham said:

Define “lunker” Trout ? 

To me, lunker freshwater fish other than crappie and other panfish are 5 lb. plus.  They are out there, but rare.  That's what makes them a lunker.  A 5 lb catfish of anything other than bullhead is most assuredly NOT a lunker.  Those guys start at 15 to 25 depending on the species.  A lunker paddlefish is 70 plus.

[jdmidwest]

Spend more time on the water.  This year I wasted alot of time catching up for lost time in 2017.

[Ham]

I haven’t really thought about it a ton. I have plans for a Spring Trip with cajunangler in April or May , a trip to Langara in July, an extended trip with Johns Folly in October, At least two overnight float trips, and hopefully I get that trip to Venice in as well. 

How about > 3000 fish , > 1000 trout, fish in 7 states, 10 new “life time” species caught?

[Terrierman]

4 minutes ago, Ham said:

I haven’t really thought about it a ton. I have plans for a Spring Trip with cajunangler in April or May , a trip to Langara in July, an extended trip with Johns Folly in October, At least two overnight float trips, and hopefully I get that trip to Venice in as well. 

How about > 3000 fish , > 1000 trout, fish in 7 states, 10 new “life time” species caught?

That's about ten days on the White River in good conditions for you.  Pretty modest.

[Terrierman]

9 minutes ago, jdmidwest said:

Spend more time on the water.  This year I wasted alot of time catching up for lost time in 2017.

Wasted?  Or spent?

[BilletHead]

          Good thread and enjoying all the responses,

    My first  goal consists of fishing more than I did last year. After loosing my long time fishing buddy it took the wind out of my sails some. It was good to get out and fish from his boat last Summer and remember him. Gets better each time I step into his boat. It did not matter which boat I was in I or the Mrs. and I passed places where he and I fished together and I could tell a story of that spot. I did get to take two of Richard's grandsons and his widow on a run to one of his favorite spots last Spring on the kids spring break. They both helped me operate Grandpa's boat. Cold miserable day.

           The second thing I hope to do is fish with more Ozark Anglers members. I'm putting it out there ladies and gentlemen. We should fish together. We might catch, we might not but fish we will! 

     BilletHead

[Terrierman]

35 minutes ago, BilletHead said:

          Good thread and enjoying all the responses,

    My first  goal consists of fishing more than I did last year. After loosing my long time fishing buddy it took the wind out of my sails some. It was good to get out and fish from his boat last Summer and remember him. Gets better each time I step into his boat. It did not matter which boat I was in I or the Mrs. and I passed places where he and I fished together and I could tell a story of that spot. I did get to take two of Richard's grandsons and his widow on a run to one of his favorite spots last Spring on the kids spring break. They both helped me operate Grandpa's boat. Cold miserable day.

           The second thing I hope to do is fish with more Ozark Anglers members. I'm putting it out there ladies and gentlemen. We should fish together. We might catch, we might not but fish we will! 

     BilletHead

I want to fish with you below Stockton some day this year.  You tell me the day and time and place.

[Johnsfolly]

My 2018 goals were varied: Previous years I tracked based upon the Missouri fishing license year from March 1 to Feb 28th. This year I will switch to the calendar year. So all of these achievements were done since March 1 of 2018 and will end Dec 31st.

Catch 4 new darter species - I caught three only  did not catch any in Maryland

Catch 4 new minnow, topminnow species - I caught three only

Catch 1 new sculpin - did not achieve that one  none in Maryland and did not fish in Maine for a large marine species.

Catch 15 new life list species - caught 21

Catch a fish in six new states - caught only in 4 - Rain had kept me from fishing in Illinois and West Virginia

Catch a PB striper - lost my biggest one to-date

Catch a Taney brown trout - did achieve that one

Catch a brook trout in Maryland - did achieve that one

Help others achieve their goals:

Daughter wanted to catch 40 different species - helped her catch 53 different species

Help Ham get to 52 different species - only helped him catch a few different species

showed Daryk Campbell how to microfish - he caught a great looking rainbow darter

I also caught 64 different species this year which is the greatest number of species in a given year. I am working on trying to get at least one more .

[Terrierman]

2 minutes ago, Johnsfolly said:

My 2018 goals were varied: Previous years I tracked based upon the Missouri fishing license year from March 1 to Feb 28th. This year I will switch to the calendar year. So all of these achievements were done since March 1 of 2018 and will end Dec 31st.

Catch 4 new darter species - I caught three only  did not catch any in Maryland

Catch 4 new minnow, topminnow species - I caught three only

Catch 1 new sculpin - did not achieve that one  none in Maryland and did not fish in Maine for a large marine species.

Catch 15 new life list species - caught 21

Catch a fish in six new states - caught only in 4 - Rain had kept me from fishing in Illinois and West Virginia

Catch a PB striper - lost my biggest one to-date

Catch a Taney brown trout - did achieve that one

Catch a brook trout in Maryland - did achieve that one

Help others achieve their goals:

Daughter wanted to catch 40 different species - helped her catch 53 different species

Help Ham get to 52 different species - only helped him catch a few different species

showed Daryk Campbell how to microfish - he caught a great looking rainbow darter

Are you retarded?  This is for 2019 fishing goals....

[Ham]

1 hour ago, Terrierman said:

That's about ten days on the White River in good conditions for you.  Pretty modest.

Well, I guess so, but I might or might not fish The White that much in 2019. 

I adopted a distraction last Friday.