More or Less but larger?

[N.E.T.O.]

I fish a lot, but not as much as I'd like to, and most of the time my destination is the Berry, simply because I can catch numbers AND size there. However, I can have a good time almost anywhere and I like diversity. Over the last few years I have developed my own personal fishing calendar with certain events that happen at certain times of the year. And I try to hit those events mostly for diversity, and in some cases, diversity means BIG fish but FEWER fish. Here are some trips that myself and others try to go on each year:

1. Lake Powell (Wahweap) in April = Stripers
2. Pelican Lake in May = Largemouth and Blugills
3. Flaming Gorge in June = Monster Mackinaw
4. Idaho with Kent (summertime) = Monster Sturgeon

The Flaming Gorge and Idaho Trips may sometimes yield very few fish on any given day...but the ones that ARE caught are big...very big. And well worth the gamble.

So I guess my answer to your question would be...Sometimes I like to fish for BIGGER and FEWER fish, and sometimes I like to fish for SMALLER and MORE fish! Mostly I just like diversity and it's fun to see how many species I can rack up each year. it would be cool to be guaranteed that you would catch fish, and in that case I would definitely go for bigger/fewer fish, but since there is never a guarantee...I fish for both and hope I catch some of each.

One of my annual goals each year (...practically my ONLY goal this year) is to average at least 10 fish per trip, and sometimes that means I'll go catch 20 smaller fish somewhere, so that I can go on another trip to try and catch a Tiger Muskie/Mackinaw/Sturgeon, knowing that I may get blanked...but still maintain my average.
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