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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | Since the snow is still 2' deep here.....thinking about not only WHERE I'm going fish, but also HOW I'm going to fish. For me, I'm thinking fishing faster with XXs more often (Baldy, get the hint, make the kits!), 9-11" Curly Sues off the edges AND over the weeds, and trolling more often with alot of smaller baits.
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Posts: 5874
| Less Walleye Tourneys for me. More fun fishing days, like the one I spent with my daughter last Father's Day. And hopefully more muskie days, too. |
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Posts: 1764
Location: Ogden, Ut | Plan - More of
More of the short duration, yet frequent trips that made my 2007 so enjoyable.
Well, there's that Vermilion thing too. 
When I have my boys on the boat, we'll probably be doing More trolling; I'll be paying More attention to the graph, they'll be catching More fish. When I have a 'casting is preferable' guest along, we'll do More casting. More use of proven baits/patterns, Less exploratory stuff. When alone, all bets are off; maybe More proven, maybe More exploring, depends on my mood I guess.
I'll be buying Less gas.
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Posts: 32886
Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | More. Everywhere I can. |
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Posts: 8781
| WHERE: Whewrever there is an empty seat and a guy willing to take me!
HOW:
- More deep structure/soft plastic baits for me. It's something I've avoided in the past due to a lack of confidence. I know it works, but I have to force myself to learn to do it well instead of making excuses. Casting at things you can see is great, but there's a whole world off the other side of the boat and down a few feet.
- Give the presentations I have the least confidence in a fair shake. They work, I know this. But I avoid them in favor of the presentations I feel most comfortable with. Less bucktails, crankbaits, and spinnerbaits; more soft plastics and jerkbaits.
- Jig/creature fishing -- want to experiment with this. |
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Posts: 1996
Location: Pelican Lake/Three Lakes Chain | More fishing in 2008, if that is even possible.
I am going to be exploring a whole lot more mid lake structures this year. Rock bars and humps topping out in 15-25' will get a whole lot more attention than they have in the past. I always complain when fishing them that trolling would be alot more efficient...well efficiencies be #*^@ed I'm gonna fish them more.
I am also going to try very hard to avoid fishing in a rut this coming year. Maybe I need to make a Dick Pearson like "think card" to keep me on top of things. |
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Posts: 13688
Location: minocqua, wi. | in 2008 will likely be making more products for users out of factories i'll see soon enough in cities i just heard of full of people who's language i'll try to learn and who's names i'll learn to pronounce. was just thinking about how that could apply to some areas of mississippi i've been in too ... lol
and hopefully some fishing in-between. biggest change this year is that it looks like i'll get my boat sold and move into a new rig and that's kind of exciting. more deep water structure chuckin' for me ... a return to the love of night fishing too. |
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Posts: 159
Location: Stevens Point, WI | More,
experimentation when fishing solo, first ever muskies for people, row-trolling, night fishing, logged muskies, new friends in the boat, time on the water, pure enjoyment of musky fishing. |
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Posts: 1316
Location: Madison, WI | Hopefully the same amount of time on the water as last year, I need to keep the marriage in tact!
More: Names to go the signature below
Less: Bait changes!
Edited by Magruter 2/27/2008 11:58 AM
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Posts: 1906
Location: Oconto Falls, WI | More of:
- Fishing since I won't have a child being born this year keeping me off the water for a month!
- Taking my daughter fishing
- Trolling in the U.P. and trying to learn this art of washing baits
- Time on lakes I have neglected the last few years due to stubborness, and impatience with certain individuals that I continually ran into
- Experimenting/creating new patterns for catching fish in deep water.
Less of:
- Sliding up shallow! There is a time for it, but generally I will force myself to stay in deep water working on new patterns.
- Sleep - who needs 5 hours of sleep anyhow! I already spend very long days in the boat, but on occasion will sleep in until 7:00 am in the morning when I don't have anyone else to be concerned about. No more slipping this year!
- Baits in the boat! Why I bring so many I am not quite sure! |
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| More of: Surface baits trolled and casted, chew, batteries for the MP3 player on four day trips, chew, night-fishing, trolling higher later and later into the fall, Dwight Yoakham, BullDawgs.
Not so much of: 'Groin-Free' $14 rainsuits, sun, driving past good spots, chew, rusty hook files, un-washed soft cooler bags on 4 day trips, Full Throttle/Rockstars. |
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| Also would like to get on the water with any M1st people up in Ontario at anytime in the Georgian Bay Region, I've always got a seat or two. |
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Posts: 227
Location: New Brighton, MN | More time on numbers lakes to get some face time with that Esox fish I hear so much about. Trying new lakes, paying attention to patterns.
Less time getting frustrated. Less time hanging out with lazy fishermen.  |
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Posts: 96
| 1. Hopefully more time fishing with others on this board. I'd like to see how others approach it vs. what I typically do.
2. Fish more bodies of water. Besides my annual Canada trip I spend 99.9% of my time in the Twin cities metro area. |
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Posts: 94
| MORE: Fishing in general, jerkbait fishing and surface bait fishing. Been mostly trolling so far so it'll be fun to try something different.
LESS: Nothing at all, well hopefully less trips with little to no fish caught! |
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Location: Illinois | More: COWBELL
Less: COWGIRL |
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Posts: 305
Location: Illinois | This year I'm going to take a step back, relax and enjoy. Less tourney fishing and more time fishing at dusk with family and friends. I think I'll also fish for other species a bit more, probably smallies.
As for musky fishing, more double 10's, more bulldogs, more planer boards when I troll.
More Indy, Mad town, and GB.
Less sandbar, more Thirsty Turtle. |
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Posts: 2687
Location: Hayward, WI | More new things. I want to try to get more into big soft plastics, double 10 tails, and crankbaits versus regular bucktails and topwater. I want to spend more time fishing on lakes that I know have some muskies, but have been tough to me in the past. Want to catch fish on at least one of these lakes. Spend more time fishing deep breaks and open water, midlake structure, suspended fish. Need to spend some time over the fish cribs that I have been seeing muskies on this winter. Not only do I think the cribs hold fish, they receive little to no pressure from musky fishermen. Spend some time trolling, and make it work. At certain times of the year I know I fish lakes where it will produce better than anything else, but it hasn't worked for me yet and I need to get some confidence in it.
*Catch more muskies than Joe Cal. Or at least catch more per hour than he does, because he is a fishing animal and fishes every day, and I can't compete with that (Just checking to see if you're reading this Joe ).
Less:
Less time spent fishing the lakes that typically go bad in the middle of the summer, or at least MORE time spent trying to use new tactics to catch those fish when they seem to go off the feed.
Less time spent casting to shallow weeds on stained lakes. There are times when that pattern is ON, but there are longer stretches when it is OFF. I need to realize when it is OFF and try new lakes or tactics.
Less wasting time at home when I have a day off, and then only fishing for a few hours at the end of the day. I want to put in some good solid 12-16 hour days on the water this year.
Less getting stuck in a rut and telling myself I can't catch fish on lake A because it doesn't have as many fish as lake B.
I'm sure I have more 'mores' and more 'lesses', but those are the main ones for now.
curleytail
Edited by curleytail 2/27/2008 6:35 PM
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Posts: 294
Location: Bloomer, Wi | Thats a terrific goal you got there but you are going to have your work cut out for you. I still have have a few tricks up my sleeve to get even more fish in the boat. Were going to have to go a litlle bit more because we share alot of the same plans for 2008.
And yeah the key is the cribs! |
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Location: Hayward, WI | Joe Cal - 2/27/2008 8:31 PM
Thats a terrific goal you got there but you are going to have your work cut out for you. I still have have a few tricks up my sleeve to get even more fish in the boat. Were going to have to go a litlle bit more because we share alot of the same plans for 2008.
And yeah the key is the cribs!
Hard to keep any tricks up your sleeve when you never wear shirts with sleeves. I do agree with you on the crib thing though, HAHA!
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Location: Hartford Wi | WOULD LOVE MOOORREE But I am expexting a LITTLE BOY DUE LAST WEEK OF MAY . So till then first part of may everyday on the water that is humanly possible. Over all less fishing but hopefully more guiding and fish catching is always a plus
Edited by Esox2hart 2/27/2008 10:31 PM
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Posts: 556
| more fishing of any kind i fish everyday of the summer for bass and go muskies when my dad can but i want to fish ski's more |
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Posts: 186
| This is going to be my first year of 'true' muskie fishing. I got bit by the bug like everyone else, after catching a 14inch muskie while fishing for pike/bass 
Seeing that I live in prime muskie country (Georgian Bay) hopefully I'll get something a wee bit bigger! |
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Posts: 1046
| More- 160 days on the water this season!
Less- musky fishing and will not pass up the panners/walleyes for eating and the awesome aug/sept. perch and bucketmouth fishing! |
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Posts: 332
Location: Neenah, WI | More fishing on the Bay and less trip up north .
Also exploring lakes closer to home , Shawno ans clover ?
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Posts: 457
| More, I'm spending a month at Vermillion, a couple sconny trips, and of course my local haunts. (Hey, I don't care if they are rarely over 40, musky is a musky is a musky.) |
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Posts: 154
Location: Appleton, WI | All the time in PI I can. The classic has become tradition. All the time I can with my boys who are really coming into the wheel house for fishing. Now I know why my grandfather put up with me so much, it is just way too much fun to be out there with your kids. Most of the time I don't even have a rod in my hands! |
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Posts: 250
Location: Pittsburgh, PA | Im going to do more musky fishing and less walleye & bass fishing |
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Posts: 3867
| More musky time on the water during the spring and fall seasons, but switch over to mostly walleye during the middle 6-8 weeks of summer.
I plan to use more live bait (like 6" suckers) on my jig/creature rod. Very slow presentation.
I want to try flyfishing for muskies.
I want to use a snorkle and fins to swim down and check out weed edges and other cover. (I want to soil my swim trunks when a 60" fish decides to follow me!) |
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Posts: 1287
Location: WI | More guided trips, exploring new areas and techniques. More new people to fish with, I have a few lined up but last fall we just couldn't get the schedules lined up. More trolling, flyfishing, and gliders.
Less complaining about work while fishing with family and friends. I was thinking about how those days when I was crabby and how I never caught anything! Less buying lures and "stuff". Hard to do espicially with the Blaine show in 2 days and half of my tax return burning a hole in my pocket. Less taking pictures of fish; making their health a priority over my ego. |
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Posts: 1887
Location: syracuse indiana | welll as for myself i will be fishing alot.. this is my first year guiding on indiana lakes....bill |
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Posts: 110
Location: Albertville, Minnesota | A lot more this season. With my new job (sales/service rep for a environmental testing laboratory here in MN and WI), I get to get out alot. That and found a lot of clients that like fishing and would rather do a day on the water then golf or lunch. I get to market while doing what I do best.
In addition, any of you guys out there are environmental consultants, waste water or submit soil/ground water/ or samples, let me know on private email or something.
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Posts: 162
Location: East Troy, WI | well i have my usual week in canada planned... lotw this year, thats usually as much as i get out. my dad just bought a bar so im sure he'll be busy with that, so we wont be going on a couple night Flowage trip as we usually do...
so if anyone is in the SE WI or Northern Illinois area, i'd love to get out on the water, i have no boat, but i have money for gas. |
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Posts: 412
Location: Waukesha, WI | more boat control with the new rig; contractions must be getting closer together at the factory.
more fishing and less volleyball.
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2008 Plans - More Of vs. Less Of For Your Fishing?