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Revisiting Goals for 2010
So now that the bass fishing season is starting to slow down for many anglers, I thought it would be interesting to revisit everyone's goals for 2010 to see which you met and which you were not able to meet. Here is my rundown for 2010. I met 50% of my goals this year. I hope to meet more goals in 2011!
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.
Fail- I failed epically at this one. I didn't even log a single fishing trip this year!
2) Make more trips to Washington and Sammamish this year.
Fail- 5 trips to Washington and 2 to Sammamish. I would consider this one a fail as well even though I did much better at each lake when I did get around to fishing them than I did in 2009.
3) Catch a largemouth on an 8" + swimbait.
Success- I got a largemouth on an 8" Huddleston Deluxe Trout. I also got a couple smallmouth on an 8" Tru Tungsten Trout custom painted by Black Dog Lure Company in a Kokanee pattern (You would be surprised would you can stumble into online sometimes!).
4) Catch a smallmouth on the King Craw.
Fail- I threw this bait exclusively for 15 solid hours in October and got two bites and 0 hookups on it. I did get some nice largemouth on it during the spring though.
5) Gain more confidence in frogs for summer largemouth.
Success- I had some great days this summer on local largemouth lakes with the Black and Red River2Sea BullyWa frog.
6) Gain more confidence in punching the slop for summer largemouth.
Fail- I just didn't get around to trying this enough this year. I tried it for one day and didn't land any fish in doing so.
7) Add 5 new baits I have never caught a fish on to the "confidence list" of dropshot lures for smallmouth.
Success - Panic Minnow Dropswim, Smallie Beaver, Poor Boy's Goby, 6" Roboworm Zipper Shaking Worm, Jackall SuperPintail
8) Get in a habit of fishing tubes more frequently again.
Success- I had some of my best days on Banks and the Columbia River this year fishing the plain old boring Green Pumpkin Tube.
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Permalink Reply by Joel Alinen on
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1) Fish the Delta as a Co-Angler...signed up but never made it off the wait list...they did call and say I could fish if I found a pro to fish with
2) Focus on the Largies this year, and gain more confidence in catching largemouth...never happened caused I fished too many tourneys this year and most were on smallie lakes
3) Catch at least 6 Largemouth over 5lbs on six different baits...I caught em but they were all on jigs
4) Catch a 5 lb largemouth on an 8" Hudd...no, didnt even throw it
5) Catch a 5lb Largemouth on a 6" Punker...no, didnt even throw it
6) Catch a 5lb Largemouth on a Frog...yes, gotta love potholes...thank you pj and mark
7) Catch a 5 lb Largemouth on a large jig and pig...yes, long lake and pjs custom jigs...color was called potholes special
8) Catch a 5lb Largemouth on a large spinnerbait...no, but I did throw this one
9) Catch a 5lb Largemouth on a 7" Senko...no, but I caught a couple 7 inchers on the 7 inch senko
I would also like to fish with and learn from more bass fisherman, that has helped me so much this year...I did this and then some, I fished tourney for the first time this year and was able to learn a ton! -
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Permalink Reply by Josh Potter on
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That is awesome!
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Permalink Reply by NickBarrFishing.com on
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Gotta love the T-Shirt!!! HAHA Definitely getting myself one.
My goals for 2010:
Start my own Bass Fishing Guide Service:
SUCCESS-averaged 2-5 trips a month which made the boat payments. The best day was on American Lake with 3 smallies over 5lbs. and close to a 20 lb. limit for a salmon fishing client who was new to bass.
Fish FLW Series as a co-angler:
FAIL-was super close on the waiting list for all 4 and never got in.
Finish Top 10 in a large Tourney:
SUCCESS-Took a 9th place finish at the WA Bass Jamboree out of 170 anglers. The extra focus and preperation each day really helped, I talk too much when I fish with other people it seems. Threw confidence baits in high percentage areas and really exhausted myself all 3 days.
Get another Potholes Open Hat:
SUCCESS-23rd place, down from last years 16th but still in hat territory. Thanks to two 6lb. smallmouth in a row.
More time on the water:
FAIL-Girlfriend and getting ready for college kept me off the water more than I would like, but the time I did spend was better quality.
Fishing Log:
FAIL-need to get off my lazy butt when I get home from a tourney and write stuff down.
Swimbait fishing:
FAIL: barely threw it
Start the EWU FISHING CLUB:
SUCESS- We are going full steam ahead! -
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Permalink Reply by Kevin Bye on
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Thanks Tag, I will be devoting some more time into this technique. Then I will be able to get the shirt! haha.
2 other goals were met,pretty simple. One was more fishing trips more often.This was primarily
geared towards getting the family out more,my son had a blast catching bass,granted,they were small but he doesn't care about size. Also, finally joined up with a bass club,now maybe this big dummy(myself) can learn some new skills or at least hope. -
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Permalink Reply by Rodney Heupel on
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My goal this year was to have fun on the water, fish all the club points tournaments with a goal of being in the top 10 at the end of the year. I had lots of fun, and landed the "Angler of the Year" spot.
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