2016 Goals/Plans
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- Esoxonthefly
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2016 Goals/Plans
I'm kinda surprised this topic hasn't shown up yet. What are your goals or plans for the upcoming season?
I'll start with mine:
I'm hoping to get out more than once this year. Between work and three kids getting out has been tough the last few years. More than likely we won't be taking the boat on our annual UP trip so there goes 17 days of possible fishing. My plan at this point is to hopefully wrap up turkey season early and get a trip in late May somewhere close, thinking Campau maybe Murray. Next I'm hoping for one maybe two trips to LSC, mid June and sometime in August.
I'll start with mine:
I'm hoping to get out more than once this year. Between work and three kids getting out has been tough the last few years. More than likely we won't be taking the boat on our annual UP trip so there goes 17 days of possible fishing. My plan at this point is to hopefully wrap up turkey season early and get a trip in late May somewhere close, thinking Campau maybe Murray. Next I'm hoping for one maybe two trips to LSC, mid June and sometime in August.
"I once heard of a guy that caught a 70" muskie weighing 80 lbs...."
- Will Schultz
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Re: 2016 Goals/Plans
I like to set attainable goals each year and this year, like most, I'm keeping it simple:
- Put Tyler on his first 50" casting
- Put a 60" or 60#er in my net
- Put Tyler on his first 50" casting
- Put a 60" or 60#er in my net
Self interest is for the past, common interest is for the future.
Re: 2016 Goals/Plans
I would just like to get out a little more than last year. I hardly fished from August on. Maybe only a few trips, hoping to consistently fish the entire season other than my yearly trip to canada
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Re: 2016 Goals/Plans
2 goals: get on top of a couple Macatawa fish. Catch my first 50".
Re: 2016 Goals/Plans
Simple, put my first fish in the net.
Re: 2016 Goals/Plans
Just one musky goal, and that's to catch, or at least see, one on an unmentionable body of water with a very small population that I have recently discovered.
Ryan Adams
Yeah well ya know, that's just like, your opinion man
Yeah well ya know, that's just like, your opinion man
Re: 2016 Goals/Plans
Goal one is to catch a fish on a body of water that I've never got one on before, hopefully in the North West part of the state.
Goal two is to prove to the DNR they made a mistake on Big Bear.... Two goals one fish
Goal two is to prove to the DNR they made a mistake on Big Bear.... Two goals one fish
A fish in the sewer is better than none in the pool, or something, I think -Duke
- MattG_braith
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Re: 2016 Goals/Plans
3 goals for me this year.
Goal #1 is to catch my new PB (which in my case would be my 1st 50+ incher since my current PB is that mystical 49.75" muskie) and for it to not come from LSC.
Goal #2 is to catch a fish on 1-3 new bodies of water and I have the 3 bodies of water I would prefer already in mind.
Goal #3 is to get someone (either my wife, dad, brother(s), friend(s) or all/some of the above) their first muskie casting.
Goal #1 is to catch my new PB (which in my case would be my 1st 50+ incher since my current PB is that mystical 49.75" muskie) and for it to not come from LSC.
Goal #2 is to catch a fish on 1-3 new bodies of water and I have the 3 bodies of water I would prefer already in mind.
Goal #3 is to get someone (either my wife, dad, brother(s), friend(s) or all/some of the above) their first muskie casting.
Matt
Re: 2016 Goals/Plans
Catch bigger fish this year. Plan is to focus more on spots where the big girls should hang out. Last year too much time was spent on what I now know are marginal areas and as a result all my fish were 38" or less. Also will be more flexible on fishing times. As I tend to be a morning person would usually go out for a few hours in the morning so need to go out more afternoons and evenings during what are supposed to be peak windows.
Tom Meyaard
Re: 2016 Goals/Plans
My goals are pretty simple.. Personally would like to catch a 50+ on the antrim chain, also would like to catch one out of the inland waterway. It's funny how when you get into musky fishing a legal fish seems like a prize, then its 45, then 50, then a natural 50, then one not in LSC... I might get a replica someday Anyhow, for my other goals, I have set up my 9 year old with a casting rod, and picked up some great options at the banquet that he can handle, so getting him a fish casting is next up. Also we started a tradition/goal of trying to get a master angler patch for the species that correlates with the patch each year. This year it is smallmouth bass, we will give it a go on the chain in june, but might have to make a fall trip or two to get it...
“My father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the universe. To him all good things-trout as well as eternal salvation-come by grace and grace comes by art and art does not come easy.”
Re: 2016 Goals/Plans
After not having fished muskie for a few years, and only landing a couple the year I did my goals are small and simple: Catch a legal sized muskie, and catch my first Great Lakes strain on LSC. I'm getting antsy for the season to arrive.
-Dan
-Dan