With 2013 being here now, I've be
thinking of some of the goals that I want to accomplish this year
when it comes to fishing.
My first goal is just to get my back
better. If I don't get my back better then there will be no fishing
for me. I should have a better idea what the future holds for me when
I visit the specialist on the 23rd of this month.
The second goal is to get on the
hardwater. If my back does not get better soon then this goal may not
happen but I going to try. The reason I set this as a goal is because
last year I did not get a chance to get on the ice because there was
no safe ice. We did have a couple of places that had enough ice for
people to get out but the ice was not thick enough for my liking.
When it comes to ice fishing, I will only step on it if there is
about 5 or 6 inches. If I would fall though the ice then I am sinking
like rock. I do not own one of those floating suits. It is one of the
next things on my list to get. I will always play it safe when it
comes to ice fishing. There is no fish worth more than my life.
My next goal is to catch a personal
best (Size) walleye. I plan on heading up to Lake Erie with the mind
set that I will set my personal best. I will have to get up there a
lot more than I did last year to give me a better chance.
Another goal is to catch two new
species. Those two are flathead catfish and steelhead. I have caught
thousands of channel cats in my life. I even caught a blue but the
few times I have targeted flatheads, I've never caught one. This is
the year that I want to catch a flathead. Steelhead is the other fish
I want to catch. I have never been steelhead fishing. There is really
no excuses for not doing it. I just never did it. Well, I hope this
fall I will catch me one.
Another goal is to fish a new stream
and learn it real well. I driven pass this stream many times going to
other streams. Well, I told my self that I am going to fish it this
year. I am not just going to fish it. I am going to learn just about
every inch of that stream. I am looking forward to fishing it.
My last goal may be one of the bigger
goals I have. It is Tenkara fishing. It is a form of fly fishing. I
will have a post about Tenkara fishing at a later time. Why do I want
to learn how to Tenkara fishing you ask. Well, first of all I love
learning different ways to fish. My love for fishing is so big that I
don't want to pin myself to just one way of fishing or targeting just
one type of fish. Couple of years ago I started to learn how to fly
fish. Never did any type of fly fishing before but, like I said
earlier, I wanted to learn different ways to fish. I picked it up ok
but still have a lot of work and learning to do. Well, with me
reading up and trying to learn more about fly fishing, I kept hearing
people talk about Tenkara. After researching it some I felt that this
is something I would really enjoy. It really is a simple way to fly
fish but there also aresome changes. Again, I won't go into great
detail about it today as I will have a post on Tenkara that goes into
great detail in the near future. Feel free to look it up. I feel it
may interest many other people.
Well, that is 6 goals that I hope to
accomplish this year. If my back can get better then I feel I can get
these goals done with the ice fishing goal being the hardest one to
do You can't predict the weather. I love to hear what some of the
goals you guys and ladies have this year. Feel free to post them in
the comment section.
