Fishing Goals 2026

[Ham]

1) 4000 fish on hook and line

2) 20 Snakehead

3) a missouri Snakehead

4) 25 Bowfin

5) 30 inch bowfin on fly

6) 100 species on fly

7) get Lifetime on fly to 200 species (I am at 163 now)

I plan on fishing 1/1//2026 so Let’s Go!

[Quillback]

3 hours ago, Ham said:

1) 4000 fish on hook and line

2) 20 Snakehead

3) a missouri Snakehead

4) 25 Bowfin

5) 30 inch bowfin on fly

6) 100 species on fly

7) get Lifetime on fly to 200 species (I am at 163 now)

I plan on fishing 1/1//2026 so Let’s Go!

Come on over to Indian Creek on Beaver 1/1 to mess with the smallmouth.  

[Ham]

Well, I think my wife is gonna keep me up late on NYE so I might better stay local and see if I can catch a few fish here. 
I do have a lot of interest in the walleye run below Beaver Lake. And above. 

[Johnsfolly]

My 2026 list of goals/targets has some carryover from 2025 and prior. I have a few business trips planned that I will tack on days to fish. A March trip to SD is my most exciting scheduled trip. I based my lifer target based upon getting close to ten or more lifers on that trip alone.

1) NJ / NY Lifer Exotic - 

2) Redfish / Conger Eel / Flounder

3) Lifer Bullhead / madtom - snail or spotted / tadpole - 

4) Skate / Ray / Shark 

5) 2 Darters / sculpin

6) 25 Lifers

A couple of side quests😉

Catch PB Striper / Flounder / Blackfish

Catch 75 Shad 

Catch a Trout from 6 new MD locations 

[Devan S.]

I'm going to simplify:

5 new trout states

1 Arkansas Master Angler

1 state trout slam

2 new species

[Flysmallie]

Geez. After today my goal is just to catch a fish in 2026. Hopefully put that to rest on Thursday but I'm not real confident!

[Ham]

I did get my 100 th species on the fly for 2026 last Thursday. skipjack shad. I missed one on the first cast of the day and caught one in the second cast. 
I have also gotten the Lifelist on fly to like 208 if I am remembering correctly 

Life is getting in the way of my fishing so all my other stuff is kinda unlikely at this point. 

[FishnDave]

100th flyrod species of 2026... before mid-May???  That's so incredible! 😃

And 208 Flyfers!  That's Super-Elite Status!  

Keep it going!!