so with the new year upon us, I as I'm sure many of you also have set a goal for next year my goals being catching a tiger, catching a tiger on a fly as I have read it is amazing to catch one with a fly, and to catch a sturgon.. Those are my main goals one is a carry over as I didn't acheav it this year but I know I will this coming year... And some of my other goals is to start fishing some places I have forgotten about more.. And with that being said what is every one elses goal for the coming year...
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buck owens had a song " catch a tiger by the tail " but catching one on a fly ? will the fly resemble a gopher or something? i have never even caught a house cat on a fly much less a tiger! better have LOTS of backing on your reel !. just kidding ![sly] good luck on the musky !
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my main goal is to get familiar with more resevoirs this coming year, and do a tubing tour of multiple resevoirs in a day.[fishin]
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Catching a golden is back on the list, was halted by rolling a quad on my legs and dislocating toes in september and a shattered nose in october.
Finally fish henrys, lived within 75 miles of it for 24 years, about time i head up and see what its all about.
Fish the Gallatin, Big wood, and maybe just maybe fish silver creek .
I get so stuck on all the great places within an our of home that it makes it hard to get out and fish new spots.
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a sturgeon and then catch and photograph a walleye that is out of Ririe.
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mine will be to nail a steelhead on a fly rod.(cant weight for the eight weight my wife ordered me for christmas to get here.) i have caught so many using spinning and baitcasting that its time to move on to a new method. also going to try and catch a sturgeon this year on the snake.
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1. Lake Trout
2. pike through the ice
3. at least 5 new species of fish
4. 20 inch west slope cutt
5. 30 inch bull
6. steelhead over 36" (my best so far)
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My goal is to do a lot more fishing over the next year.
As far as specific fish...
15" crappie and perch
Sturgeon (never fished for them before)
Walleye (ditto)
Channel cat 15+ pounds
Chinook 15+ pounds
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Since 2011 will only be my second year back to fishing, my goals are a lot less specific. I want to ice fish and start fly fishing.
I'll give those a go before I start getting specific about size/species.
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[quote mattpeace]my main goal is to get familiar with more resevoirs this coming year, and do a tubing tour of multiple resevoirs in a day.[fishin][/quote] Ah yes I think ima be on this tour with you 8 res in a day is going to be tough but we will get it I would like to throw in 3 more that are within that same stretch though make it 11 res in the whole tour... We will call it the tube tour..
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my brother and i always take a five day weekend in june and go on a bass tour. we start fishing at black canyon res, then on to paddock res, then spangler or mann creek depending on your choice of name, then to brownlee dam, then to my favorite c benn ross. this year we are going to add a couple days and add crane creek res and come down 55 and fish cascade for smallies. make a loop out of it as we live in boise.
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Sounds like a fun loop.
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[quote ditchbanker]Since 2011 will only be my second year back to fishing, my goals are a lot less specific. I want to ice fish and start fly fishing.
I'll give those a go before I start getting specific about size
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what part of the state you in? If im around in the summer, I would be glad to help with the flyfishing.
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I want to catch a 40" steelhead and my first salmon out of the Salmon River. I will also have to find some creeks and lakes to fish around Salmon. Will be an adventurous summer. I can't wait.
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Canyon County (just a bit west of Boise).
I'd love to have any help I could get.
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I always have great ideas about what I want to accomplish fishing wise, but things come up and plans get changed so my ideas are becoming more simple.
I want to get back to the windrivers. Even though that is my handle I haven't been there in a couple of years.
I also would like to use my eight weight to fish specifically for carp.
Now that I understand more about smallie fishing, I would like to start concentrating on them with my fly rod.
I want to explore more small streams and out of the way places.
I want to explore the northeast corner of Yellowstone as far as the fishing goes.
Windriver
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if you want to catch some salmon and you ever feel really adventur ready I could show you a spot I know in wyoming to catch some monster chinook, and coho.. It is a drive but if you want to hook into some big salmon it is well worth it.. If any one wants to know pm me I don't want to say in fear of the lurkness monsters seeing and swarming the place
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Chinook and Coho in Wyoming? They must be land locked?
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I'm tired of running out of fish to eat in the middle of the winter. My goal is simple, Put enough Channel Cats & Crappie in the freezer to last all winter. I may have to Stalk Idaho Ron or Avery's Adventure to figure out how they do it but, a man without fish in the freezer has been known to do crazy things.[cool]
A Tuna trip out of Depoe Bay is probably in order as well.
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Fish three new lakes:
Fort Peck- MT
Kookanusa-MT/Canada
Pend Oreille
I've learned a lot the last 3 yrs about jiggin/trolling and we've had some amazing trips with lots of nice fish. Fly fished exclusively for almost 25 yrs but now I have a hard time not fishing deep out of the boat!
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