Fishing Goals 2024

[Ham]

A little update, I did get Lifelist over 250. I hope to keep pushing that forward.

I did get Freshwater Fly list over 100. Rio Grande Cichlid was the 100th.

I did get Alligator Gar on fly. And I liked it.

im gonna take a beating on some of the other goals

 

[FishnDave]

On 1/1/2024 at 6:04 PM, Ham said:

I want to have Fun! I really got focused on the 100 species on fly thing. I should be a little more foot loose and fancy free this year. 

  

2 hours ago, Ham said:

im gonna take a beating on some of the other goals

You're focused on the 100 species on fly thing again, right?  

[Ham]

yeah….it ain’t easy being me

[FishnDave]

On 1/2/2024 at 8:21 AM, FishnDave said:

Hm.  My list is suspiciously similar.

1.) Northern Sunfish on fly

2.) Northern Snakehead on fly  - DONE!

3.) Striped Bass on fly - DONE!

4.) Alligator Gar on fly  - DONE!

5.) Musky on fly

6.) Rio Grande Cichlid on fly  - DONE!

7.) Blue Catfish on fly - DONE!

Catching any two of these will help me reach my goal of:

8.) 100 U.S. Freshwater Fish on Fly. - DONE!

#2, 3, 4, 6, and 7.... Are "goals accomplished" thus far.... ALL because @Ham researched locations and put us on those fish.  He certainly deserves a great deal of the credit for all of those... and he also gets credit for encouraging me enough to put in the windshield time to go fish with him! 

[Johnsfolly]

I can't believe that it is Aug and the year is 2/3 over🙄.

I was able to recently check two more of the boxes for my 2024 goals.

Caught a Chesapeake Logperch up in PA. This was a new darter species putting me one new darter from completing that goal. It also is #15 Lifer for 2024 just leaving me 4 more to hit my goal of 19 lifers for the year.

I have been pushing my daughter who currently has 27 lifers caught in 2024 with a goal of three more.

#26 for Livie - a cutlip minnow which is one of my favorite minnows.

#27 for Livie Finally a clearnose skate

Not a Lifer but Livie's first rainbow darter in Maryland

[FishnDave]

Knocked another one off the list!  Caught my Flyfer Northern Sunfish!

Drove 8 hours (round trip) on Saturday.  Caught a dozen or so.

That completes this list on fly (which doesn't include the recently separated Longear species):

 

[BilletHead]

2 minutes ago, FishnDave said:

Knocked another one off the list!  Caught my Flyfer Northern Sunfish!

Drove 8 hours (round trip) on Saturday.  Caught a dozen or so.

That completes this list on fly (which doesn't include the recently separated Longear species):

 

Congrats Davy boy! That is one pretty fish. 

[Johnsfolly]

2 hours ago, FishnDave said:

Knocked another one off the list!  Caught my Flyfer Northern Sunfish!

Drove 8 hours (round trip) on Saturday.  Caught a dozen or so.

Sounds like a great day! Congrats on the Lifer!

I still need a Northern and at least the swampland longear. May have to make a 2025 goal😉😁

[FishnDave]

2 minutes ago, Johnsfolly said:

Sounds like a great day! Congrats on the Lifer!

I still need a Northern and at least the swampland longear. May have to make a 2025 goal😉😁

Let me know if you need a spot.  Are there some in your area?

[Johnsfolly]

3 minutes ago, FishnDave said:

Let me know if you need a spot.  Are there some in your area?

Thanks Dave. Sent you a text. Closest to us would be in OH. Anywhere from 7 to 8 hours one way. That whole Appalachian mountain range is a great divide for fish distributions. Though there are northerns found in the northern section of New York or Canada probably due to the St Lawrence River. Still about 8 to 9 hours from us. Though a trip up that way could lead to lifers like central mudminnows, a couple of stickleback species, redside dace, northern redbelly dace, round goby, rudd, lake trout and northern pike 😉