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Posts: 113
| Does anybody have any goals in particular for the season?
My top goals...........
Catch 50 muskies this year
Catch 25 of those fish in Colorado
Catch a 45" CO tiger
Get at least three people there first musky
Break my PB, 55"
www.coloradomuskies.com
www.fishexplorer.com
www.fittantereplicas.com
www.smithcamps.com |
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Posts: 55
Location: SW Michigan | To catch my first Musky. I've had some close encounters while walleye fishing etc..., but was always under gunned. But not this year. I'm gearing up to intentionally land one. I've been studdying this site for month's & really appreciate all the info I've gotten. Can't wait 'till the opener to try some of it out!!!!!! |
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Posts: 8865
| fitty'd be nifty!
Really just looking to fish. Like to catch a few. Like to get a 48. Have some fun, throw some lures... |
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Posts: 37
Location: searchin for the first legal. | hopeing to catch that first legal muskie. and also to get a few more fish. i've caught some but they were all small. |
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Posts: 80
Location: Waukesha, WI | More muskies in the boat. Troll more. Learn more, and fish more. 
Mike Warren
Edited by Muskies Vs Mike 2/28/2007 10:05 AM
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Posts: 1462
Location: Davenport, IA | 10 muskies
1 of which 48" or larger
more time on the water
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Posts: 32958
Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | More time on the water. Two weeks on the Goon. More time on Moen, Pelican, and George.
Meet a couple people up close and personal.
More time on the water with Slamr as my net man. OK, I'll net his fish too.
More time on the water with Sue. Need to up her personal best, a 45 would be a good start. |
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Posts: 2024
| 45"+ from IL
Replica worthy HORSE - 53"+
Get out with some new (and old) folks this year
Challenge myself to spend more time on lakes I have difficulty on versus being tempted by the "action" places. |
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Posts: 572
| top goals....
more time on the water with my grandson who will be 11 this summer.
netting a mid to upper 40" or larger muskie for my grandson.
fish with lures over 9"
learn more about fishing with suckers.
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Posts: 199
Location: Anchorage | Put 3 friends, who want to see what the hell all the fuss is about, on their first fish, and get my 50. I don't care if it's the only fish of the year, one 50 is my goal. |
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Posts: 2089
| 1.Fish with fiends more!
2.Rivers.
3.Take my kids on a "one after another" adventure.Minnesota or Canada.
4.Net Tawni's first muskie.
5.Catch the Minnesota State Record.Notice I said catch.Release?Yeah, after it's official by the DNR.I may have to sit in the water with the fish in the Kahuna for awhile, but that's ok.We'll bond.
6.Learn, study, learn ,study...repeat
7.Net my brothers 1st 50".
8.Finally get my Dad out on Mille Lacs for smallies.
Steve
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Posts: 3242
Location: Racine, Wi | Get my newly addicted nephew on the water more this year and help him learn. He got his first two fish last season (37 and 43) and I got him a Muskies Inc membership for this year, so he's 11 and ready to rock.
Other than that, get out with my dad more, get my daughter out in the playpen, have fun, catch a few fish, catch a few sunrises, moon rises, moon sets, and sunsets.
Oh yeah, get some more salmon with Slamr and the boys. |
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Posts: 1636
| Get a more gas efficient vehicle, catch 100 muskies for the year, net esox50's personal best, and have a good time. |
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Posts: 167
Location: Minnesota | 1. Net my little brother's first 50+, he's 12.
2. Catch my own 50+
3. Have fun and Learn a ton
Edited by dfree 2/28/2007 1:32 PM
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Posts: 96
| Get my first 50" in the boat. Try some new stuff & tactics. Continue to have fun fishing. A new tow vehicle would be nice. |
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Posts: 427
Location: Wausau | To feel confident - Less personal pressure and more confidence in choices.
Buy less baits... |
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| 50 in the boat, get my second 50"+ |
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Posts: 2323
Location: Stevens Point, WI | To fish with friends and family with whom I care about and just have a good time.
Just getting on the water is all that matters to me! The more the merryier.
Get my dad out of the office more and on the water! |
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Location: Contrarian Island | A 50 out of the Madison chain would be nice
50+ releases again, try for the 40"+ avg.
Another MN big heavy
3 peat Matchfishing? only if my partner wants to fish it...
Fish hard, have fun, and not fall out of the boat |
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Posts: 327
| Most of all , fish with my son !! I want him to get his first in the boat this year !!! I just hope to have as much fun as last year , learn more , meet some new people , and stick a few fish !!! Really looking forward to spending time on the water with the family , kids are growing up fast !!! If i can catch more fish than last year it will be a bonus .... if I can beat my PB it would be awesome !!! |
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Posts: 16632
Location: The desert | Make it out to Utah safetly. Fish with Sorenson as much as he will let me. Learn a bit about catching trout. Catch a decent tiger musky and have a fun summer that goes by fast so I can get back to school and fish the muskies around Point in the Fall. I'd like to beat my PB but I'll just let that come I'm not going to put myself under the pressure to accomplish that. |
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Posts: 670
Location: Minnetonka , MN. | Have fun and fish a lot more. |
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Posts: 2865
Location: Brookfield, WI | I need to get my daughter, who will be 10, out on the golf course and in a boat. I'm hoping she has so much fun golfing with me she takes some interest in fishing. Sort of a bait and switch, or switch to bait. Whatever the case may be.
As for me, I'm going to try and take myself much more seriously. I feel with one year on the water under my belt, it's time to start developing an ego. It's the accelerated muskie fisherman development plan.
Kevin
Smithers, release the hounds. |
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Posts: 143
| Catch some of these Utah tigers. a 40"+ would be nice, and i don't think unrealistic.
also would like to break my PB of 44" when i go back home.
EDIT: also need to get goal #1: buy a boat.
Edited by butterwheels 2/28/2007 3:41 PM
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Posts: 8865
| We like you just the way you are Kevin. And I know you're kidding, because taking yourself too seriously will take the fun out of musky fishing like letting the air out of a balloon. *PBHBHBHBHBHBHBHBHBHBHBHBHBHBHBHBHBHBHBHB puh*
We go out there and cast all day long to catch what is arguably the ugliest lookin thing in the lake, then we hold it up for a picture "Hey, lookit me with this ugly lookin thing, ain't I pretty? Mine's biggern yers!" Then we let it go. And we keep doing this? How can anbody who stops for one second to think about what we're doing out there take themselves that seriously? I'm revising my musky fishing goals for this year:
I wanna FISH. And I want to have fun doing it. I can be serious if I need to, like if the boat's sinkin or I wind up with a hook in me arse, or there's money on the line, but I'm out to have fun first.
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Location: Medford, WI | butter, I'm with you as the #1 goal to get a boat! I've been watching for some cheaper used ones, but for now I'll keep using my grandma and grandpa's.
Fishing with my dad and getting him some nice fish would be really nice. He's always run the trolling motor (transom mount) so I probably get about 5 casts to his 2. I've caughten a few nice ones, but he's only got one over 40 so I want to get him his first mid to upper 40" fish this year.
Try to get my girlfriend out to fish with me a little bit, but between work and travel that's going to be a tuff one.
Definitely want to have some more productive fish & camp lakeside trips this year and LEARN everything I can.
Last, but not least, I want to venture into bucktail-making; I've been thinking about it for so long and now it's a matter of getting the materials. Started to airbrush baits this winter and that is going good so I want to continue that.
It's nice to see all of the newer guys on here that are looking for their first or getting their friend, family member, etc. their first! That's what it's all about...being out on the water with the people who you care about and having fun regardless of what you catch.
Wish everyone luck in 2007!!!
-Jake Bucki |
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Posts: 13688
Location: minocqua, wi. | not waste time or money on dating
regain the swagger er uh personal cockiness on the water (i did say on the water)
win the rhinelander musky league or at least place in top 3 teams
place in top 3 in at least one wmt event
qualify for the wmt final
become proficient in boat control on some key eagle lake spots
more time in the river than last year and learn more about the details of the haunted spot
break my mille lac pb of 47
pb's for all 4 kids
pb's for the 2 scrawney little neighbor kids
find lots of time to fish with bette, andy and bigmo .... the best friends a guy could ever have to share a boat with.
Edited by jonnysled 2/28/2007 4:24 PM
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Posts: 1060
Location: Palm Coast, FL | Same as last year except increase average size...
300 for the boat
150 personal
Put many clients on their personal best and first muskies
Becoming a Big Brother
Getting sworn in as ALD |
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Posts: 2686
Location: Hayward, WI | Put a 45" or better in the boat.
Put at least 20 muskies in the boat myself (caught 9 last year, but I feel good about next year).
Catch fish on more than 1 lake like I did last year.
Be more versatile.
I could probably think of 100 goals, but those are the ones at the top of the list.
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Posts: 185
Location: Pound, WI | I would just like to CPR one fish over 40". Sounds simple enough, right?
Brian |
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Posts: 2037
Location: lansing, il | last year my goal was to have fun...it worked..... i think ill stick with the same plan! maybe add in getting my son over the 40" mark too! |
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Posts: 1243
Location: Musky Tackle Online, MN | -Put more time on the water than I did in '06.
-Topping my personal best is always a goal.
-Learn more about the lakes that I currently fish and put it to good use.
-Put in some legitimate time after dark and finally put one in the boat at night.
Aaron |
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Location: Madison, WI | -Whore myself out to as many people that will share their boat with me.
-Add a couple more names on to my signature.
-With the 4 guided trips planned this year (Mike Koepp, Joel Michel, Jeff Winters, and Lee Tauchen) put some quality fish in the boat.
-Net my dad's first fish with Koepp
-I'm not setting a number this year, I'm just happy to get out
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Posts: 23
| being a rookie, i've got a lot of learning and fun doing it! will fish a day with patricia strutz; signed up for university of esox, can't wait for that - love the name [ my wife thinks i'm nuts - you're doing what, a fishing school, never heard of such?! i hope to get her in the boat ] ; then fish a day with pete stoltman; will spend a day w/ dennis radloff in green bay - he hooked me up w/ kevin mahlberg of oconomac, kevin got me my first beast on peewaukee in november. i'm hooked for sure! thanks kevin, dennis went all crazy, bought a boat [ thanks patricia] and a pile of goodies; can't wait to get time on the water! don frisch |
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Posts: 4080
Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion |
I have seven (7) kids, ranging from age 22-10, and it would be a true joy to help them get a 40"+ muskie in the boat this year !!
And spend more time out on the water for sure.
Jerome |
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Posts: 476
Location: WI | 40" average
40 muskies
Team Horseshoe- Three Peat...I'm in....
Have Fun
Catch Fish
Learn some new water
48" WI fish
Drink lots of Coffee
Talk a lot in bn's boat
boo-yah
GotOne
GotOne |
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Posts: 54
| -Continue the learning curve
- Catch 10+ fish for the year
-catch 2+ in one day |
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Posts: 89
| Hey Guys,
Some of my goals for 2007 include:
1. Try to Catch 10 or More Muskies.
2. Try to catch a fish on a Bulldawg.
3. Try to catch a fish on a Walk the Dog topwater.
4. Just have some fun fishing. |
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Posts: 793
Location: Ames, Iowa | Get out for some muskie fishing with my wife Tammy so that she might get hooked, even though she did catch the first muskie in the family.
Help my 15 year old get his first fish
Help my 12 year old get his first fish
Be a smarter troller
Fish shallow water smarter
Better boat control
djwilliams |
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Posts: 305
Location: Illinois | Put my 8 yr. old on his first musky
Advance to the PMTT Championship at the Cave
To fish with more new people this year
Stay healthy |
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Posts: 2112
Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water | 1) Throw baits other than gliders (I threw them way too much last year).
2) Top my PB
3) Put Lori on her PB
4) Get Vanessa a musky (It's gonna be a trolling or a sucker fish). |
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Posts: 331
Location: Stevens Point, Wisconsin | 1) get 2 50's in one day on LOTW....last year a 49 and 52 so close but no cigar!
2) get a 50 on top water.
3) fish more in Aug, planing trips to Vermillion and Mille lacs in Aug
4) make it to WMT championship again this year.
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| -wake up every mornin
-go to sleep every nite next to my wife.in other words live another year.at least
-in between learn as much as possible about these crazy i moved up here to catch
-meet people from this site
-learn,learn,learn
-and finally catch a legal after 40 off and on years of trying.2 years solid
-good luck all if ever on shish in minocqua pull up to the tracker and say howdy beers always cold and coffes alwaays hot
lunker1952 |
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Location: Illinois | My goals for 2007:
1)Fish every weekend, from April to December!
2)C.P.R. ten forty-inch muskellunges
3)net a fifty incher
4)catch a legal river muskellunge
5)become a more skilled fisherman
Cool post! Best of luck on everyone's goals!! Mike |
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Location: Northern Wisconsin | 10 muskies, break my pb of 41 inches, |
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2007 goals