Goals for 2010

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Permalink Reply by Brian Calvert on January 4, 2010 at 6:42pm

1) Leave the poles at home and spend some time on the water learning to better use my electronics.
2) Include my 6yr old in more of my fishing outings
3) Regularly maintain a fishing log.
4) Join a Bass Club - become more interactive with other anglers.
5) Work on the following techniques...
a) Drop Shot
b) Crankbaits / Jerkbaits
c) Jigs
6) Pay off the car so I can start working on getting a better boat.
7) Spend more time fishing Whatcom County lakes.

Permalink Reply by David Parnicky on January 4, 2010 at 9:41pm

Now there is a good answer! It is hard to have the patience to spend enough
time to really learn a lake well with rods in the boat to distract you!

Brian Calvert said:

1) Leave the poles at home and spend some time on the water learning to better use my electronics.

Permalink Reply by Tom Walters on January 5, 2010 at 8:38am

Goal #1. Down size the quantity of fishing gear.
Goal #2. Meet more anglers.
Goal #3. Get into more tournaments
Goal #4. Find a local club to join

Permalink Reply by Jay Johnson on January 5, 2010 at 8:46am

1) Break PB of 4lb 11oz LMB
2) Break PB of 1lb 9oz SMB
3) Learn to fish of my new boat
4) Learn electronics on the boat
5) Become confident in the following techniques
a) Jigs
b) Crankbaits

Just starting my second full year of bass fishing so basically improving on everything that I did last year.

Permalink Reply by Eric DeLay on January 5, 2010 at 12:50pm

Potter only likes tubes if they are made out of meat.

Josh Potter said:

Don't bother putting the tubes back in the boat. They suck!

cody hampton said:

Ya im going to put them back into my aresnal of baits this year, they seem to always produce fish, and quality ones as well.

David Parnicky said:

Same thing happened to me. I used to fish with tubes all the time and do real well on them. Then for some reason I just stopped using them as much over the last couple of years. A couple people that were fishing with me in my boat though whooped up on me pretty bad last year using tubes.

cody hampton said:

I agree with fishing tubes more, i used to use them alot for smallies but idk, just started using other baits.

David Parnicky said:

1) Force myself to keep a DETAILED journal entry for every day I am on the water in 2010!!! I start this every year and only actually do it for a month or two.
2) Make more trips to Washington and Sammamish this year.
3) Catch a largemouth on an 8" + swimbait.
4) Catch a smallmouth on the King Craw. (I failed at this this fall)
5) Gain more confidence in frogs for summer largemouth.
6) Gain more confidence in punching the slop for summer largemouth.
7) Add 5 new baits I have never caught a fish on to the "confidence list" of dropshot lures for smallmouth.
7) Get in a habit of fishing tubes more frequently again.

Permalink Reply by Mike Bess on January 5, 2010 at 1:27pm

I heard the same thing about Grimes....

Eric DeLay said:

Potter only likes tubes if they are made out of meat.

Josh Potter said:

Don't bother putting the tubes back in the boat. They suck!

cody hampton said:

Ya im going to put them back into my aresnal of baits this year, they seem to always produce fish, and quality ones as well.

David Parnicky said:

Same thing happened to me. I used to fish with tubes all the time and do real well on them. Then for some reason I just stopped using them as much over the last couple of years. A couple people that were fishing with me in my boat though whooped up on me pretty bad last year using tubes.

cody hampton said:

I agree with fishing tubes more, i used to use them alot for smallies but idk, just started using other baits.

David Parnicky said:

1) Force myself to keep a DETAILED journal entry for every day I am on the water in 2010!!! I start this every year and only actually do it for a month or two.
2) Make more trips to Washington and Sammamish this year.
3) Catch a largemouth on an 8" + swimbait.
4) Catch a smallmouth on the King Craw. (I failed at this this fall)
5) Gain more confidence in frogs for summer largemouth.
6) Gain more confidence in punching the slop for summer largemouth.
7) Add 5 new baits I have never caught a fish on to the "confidence list" of dropshot lures for smallmouth.
7) Get in a habit of fishing tubes more frequently again.

Permalink Reply by Josh Potter on January 5, 2010 at 1:55pm

Nice!

Mike Bess said:

I heard the same thing about Grimes....

Eric DeLay said:

Potter only likes tubes if they are made out of meat.

Josh Potter said:

Don't bother putting the tubes back in the boat. They suck!

cody hampton said:

Ya im going to put them back into my aresnal of baits this year, they seem to always produce fish, and quality ones as well.

David Parnicky said:

Same thing happened to me. I used to fish with tubes all the time and do real well on them. Then for some reason I just stopped using them as much over the last couple of years. A couple people that were fishing with me in my boat though whooped up on me pretty bad last year using tubes.

cody hampton said:

I agree with fishing tubes more, i used to use them alot for smallies but idk, just started using other baits.

David Parnicky said:

1) Force myself to keep a DETAILED journal entry for every day I am on the water in 2010!!! I start this every year and only actually do it for a month or two.
2) Make more trips to Washington and Sammamish this year.
3) Catch a largemouth on an 8" + swimbait.
4) Catch a smallmouth on the King Craw. (I failed at this this fall)
5) Gain more confidence in frogs for summer largemouth.
6) Gain more confidence in punching the slop for summer largemouth.
7) Add 5 new baits I have never caught a fish on to the "confidence list" of dropshot lures for smallmouth.
7) Get in a habit of fishing tubes more frequently again.

Permalink Reply by T Dot on January 5, 2010 at 11:07pm

1 - fish slower
2 - fish deeper
3 - fish bigger

may sound simple, but they are often a road less travelled

Permalink Reply by BJ Krestian on January 6, 2010 at 9:07am

Just one goal, take my boy fishing who will be 2 in February.

Permalink Reply by Mike Bess on January 6, 2010 at 9:26am

My goals for 2010 are:
1) Place top 5 in T's we fish in
2) Get better at deep water fishing
3) Learn Potholes
4) Realizing that when an area is done, its done.
5) Fish within the allowable distance per tournament rules to Mike and Ron.

Ronald Hobbs, Jr. said:

Here are my goals for 2010
1.) Don't lose any fish during a tourney
2.) Get better at catching deep suspended fish especially during the summer
3.) Top 5 all of my FLW events
4.) Top 3 all local tournaments and win when the opportunity presents itself
5.) Help more people to catch bass
6.) Stay far far away from Delay and Bess

Permalink Reply by BigBass Dez on January 6, 2010 at 10:04am

my goals this year are simple :

A)Spend more time pre fishing

B)catch a darn smallie on a swimbait

C)Get well versed with my Jig stick

D)catch a LMB over 5lbs during a tourney !!!

Permalink Reply by Chad Simon on January 6, 2010 at 11:48am

Take at least 5 new people bass fishing
Win AOY in Nwbass
Make the state team
Figure out Potholes in the summer
Run a profitable tackle company with Steve
Catch a 6lb smallie and a 8lb largie

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