Fishing Goals Achieved (And Not) in 2021

 

Goals achieved in bold green
Goals not achieved in red
Partly achieved in purple
Commentary in blue
 

Fishing Buddies: 

1. Fish with Dad
2. Fish with Mike Thompson
3. Fish with Jim Bonin
4. Fish with  Mike "Spike" Miller (Fished with Mike in Spirit a few times this summer. Fly free, my friend.)
5. Fish with Jeff and Renee
6. Fish with Todd, Isabelle, and Mallory (28 Trips with Todd)
7.  Fish with Kane Phongsavat
8. Fish with Jaimen Abrahamson
9. Fish with Dave Lindmark
10. Fish with Steve and Devin (28 Trips with Steve)
11. Take Corey Hicks frog fishing.
12. Fish with Jamar at Eddy's (I think fished the same night as Jamar twice, but because fishing was crap he was gone by the time I got there both times.)
13. Fish with Eric Aske
14. Fish with Pete  (Pete got up here twice this year.)
15. Fish With Josh Abrahamson & Ashley Just

Dream Fishing Buddies:
1. Fish with Josh Douglas
2. Fish with Al Lindner
3. Fish With Nattie Up North

Bass Snatcher Goals: 

1.  Win my 1st tournament. (9/26/21 Victory Achieved!)
2. Get "Wood" in at least one tournament. (Got both plaques at Platte/Sullivan)

3. Get "Lunker" in a tournament.   (5.13lber @ Platte/Sullivan biggest bass I ever landed in a tournament. Tuma edged me out for big fish for the year with a 5.19lb smallmouth)
4. Get paired with Chuck Fields. 
5. Finish in the Top 10 at the end of the year. (Pulled it out at Platte/Sullivan. Was a point behind Al who came in 9th)
6. Catch a limit at every tournament of the year.  (I've done this twice, but in 2012 I only fished 4 out of the 6 tournaments due to a bad back.)
7. Pre-fish with at least 3 boaters. (Edward, Leech, Serpent w/Lois and Chuck)
8. List the Rods I'm bringing for each tournament before the tournament.
9.  Win the Co-Angler Challenge at least twice. (Got it once.)
10. Make the Challenge Cup Team

Technique & Tackle Goals:
1. Win something in Fantasy Fishing or Facebook giveaways/contests.
2. Officially Open the Tackle Warehouse this year.
3. Catch Fish On 100 different Lures 
4. Catch 25 fish on a Frenzy Popper
5. Catch 25 fish on a Stanley Phantom

6. Get A Hat Sponsorship

7. Catch bass cranking deep in Sullivan Lake

8. Keep a Lures Lost List

Lures Lost In 2021:

Bear Trax Glow Demon: |||

T.H.E. Jig: ||

Craw Tube: |||| |||| |||| ||||

X-Rap 10: ||

Ultimate Jerk Shad: |

2" Storm Swim Shad: ||

eBay Chatterjig: |||

Berkley Frenzy Popper: |
Hack Attack Jig: ||

Bobby's Perfect: |||| |

Terminator Jr.: |

R2S Rover: |

All Terrain A.T. Jig: |

Terminator Frog: ||
R2S Bubble Walker: |

LiveTarget Frog: |

9. Catch a bass on every frog in my arsenal 

1. Bobby's Perfect 🗹
2. Ish's  🗹
3. Ish's Poppin  🗹
4. Snag Proof Kicker🗹
5. Snag Proof Moss Master 🗹
6. Snag Proof Pro Tournament 🗹
7. Terminator 🗹
8. Terminator Jr. 🗹
9. Terminator Popper 🗹
10. Teckel Sprinker  🗹
11. Teckel Whacker🗹
12. Spro King Daddy 🗹
13. Spro Bronzeye  🗹
14. Spro Popper 🗹
15. Spro Sprinker KO 🗹
16. Spro Shad Sprinker KO🗹
17. R2S Bully Wa 🗹
18. R2S Bully Wa 2 🗹
19. TT Mad Max 🗹
20. LiveTarget Frog ((Pike got it before a bass did)
21. Booyah Pad Crasher  🗹
22. Booyah Toad Runner  🗹
23. BD Frog🗹
24. BD Frog (big)  🗹
25. Evergreen Soft Shell  🗹
26. Blitz Frog  🗹
27. Sumo Frog🗹
28. Teckel Maracker 🗹
29. ScumDog Walker 🗹
30. SnagProof Frogzilla  🗹
31. Scum Frog Trophy   🗹
32. Snag Proof Jr.r 🗹
33.  Paycheck Baits Transporter 🗹
34. LunkerHunt Lunker Frog 🗹

Blogging:

1. Blog about anytime I reach a goal.
2. Record all fishing trips at Fish Swami (330 Trips, New Record!)
3. Fish at least 200 days and blog about them (I've got some work to do this winter only blogged 120 days so far)

Fish Goals:
1. Catch* 4,000 Fish (3,051 caught in 2020)
2. Average 5 fish caught per hour. (3.92 in 2020, 4.40 in 2019, 4.07 in 2018, 3.99 in 2017, 4.08 in 2016, 3.62 in 2015, 3.55 in 2014, 4.41 in 2013, 4.31 in 2012, 2.77 in 2011)
3. Have a 100 fish day.

4. Catch Devin's Birthday Bullhead On May 20th
5. Catch A Fish Every Month
🗹January

🗹February

🗹March

🗹April

🗹May

🗹June

🗹July

🗹 August

🗹 September
🗹 October
🗹 November
🗹 December

Crappie:

1. Catch a new personal best. (Currently 14.25")
2. Catch* over 600 this year. (Caught 834)

3. Catch my personal best number of crappies. (834 is my New Record!)

Dogfish:
1. Win my 3rd Minnesota Bowfin Club Grand Championship
2. Catch an MN State Record fish. (11-4  or 35" x 20")
3. Catch a new personal best.
4. Get the Minnesota Bowfin Club Grand Championship stuff done in a timely manner this year. Still haven't announced that Cyberfish won.

Pike:
1. Catch* over 1,000 this year. (Caught 927 in 2020) 968 Pike, after mediocre summer numbers and size, came on strong in the fall.
2. Catch a 38" or over/personal best.

Bass: 
1. Catch a 21plus inch or 6lb Largemouth (6.5lbs/21" PB)
2. Catch a 21plus inch or 6lb Smallmouth (20.5" PB)
3. Catch* over 1,500 bass this year. Only 1,052
4. Catch* at least 25 smallies. Zero SMB caught this year
5. Catch a 25lb 6 Fish Bag. Top bag was somewhere in the low 20's. I think I had 3 of those.
6. Have a 50 bass day 27Bass on June 15th, just not a good year for numbers.

7. Catch over 500 bass on Frogs
8. Catch 5 bass over  5lbs/20-inches Think I got 3 Fives this year

9. Catch 25 bass over 4lbs/19-inches Think I got in the low or mid-teens
10. Get Steve and Todd at least one 4lber

11. Get Belle Mallory, and Devin a frog fish.

Walleye:
1. Catch at least 100. (Caught 202 in 2020) 62 Eyes, low water collapsed the Fall bite
2. Catch 30"/10lber or new personal best. (28.5 is PB)

* Catch is anything I deem it to be, including follows by pike or smallmouth (while pre-fishing), a pike missing my lure, fish viewed on the Aqua View, and fish that get off before I have them in hand that I can positively identify.  And fish caught by people I am guiding or boater during pre-fish.

A goal that I reached is in bold.
New for 2021 in italics.

2021 Fishing Goals

 

Fishing Buddies: 

1. Fish with Dad
2. Fish with Mike Thompson
3. Fish with Jim Bonin
4. Fish with  Mike "Spike" Miller
5. Fish with Jeff and Renee
6. Fish with Todd, Isabelle, and Mallory
7.  Fish with Kane Phongsavat
8. Fish with Jaimen Abrahamson
9. Fish with Dave Lindmark
10. Fish with Steve and Devin
11. Take Corey Hicks frog fishing.
12. Fish with Jamar at Eddy's
13. Fish with Eric Aske
14. Fish with Pete
15. Fish With Josh Abrahamson & Ashley Just

Dream Fishing Buddies:
1. Fish with Josh Douglas
2. Fish with Al Lindner
3. Fish With Nattie Up North

Bass Snatcher Goals: (Same Goals as 2020)

1.  Win my 1st tournament. 9/26/21 (My best finish to date is 2nd Place.)
2. Get "Wood" in at least one tournament. (1st-3rd Place Finish or Lunker or Co-Angler Challenge) 

3. Get "Lunker" in a tournament.   (Preferably one over 5-8 to win the revolving big bass pot.)
4. Get paired with Chuck Fields.  (He usually only fishes a couple of tournaments a year, so chances of it ever happening are not very good.  I may look into bribing Dennis)
5. Finish in the Top 10 at the end of the year. 
6. Catch a limit at every tournament of the year.  (I've done this twice, but in 2012 I only fished 4 out of the 6 tournaments due to a bad back.)
7. Pre-fish with at least 3 boaters.
8. List the Rods I'm bringing for each tournament before the tournament.
9.  Win the Co-Angler Challenge at least twice
10. Make the Challenge Cup Team

Technique & Tackle Goals:
1. Win something in Fantasy Fishing or Facebook giveaways/contests.
2. Officially Open the Tackle Warehouse this year.
3. Catch Fish On 100 different Lures (94 Lures in 2020)
4. Catch 25 fish on a Frenzy Popper
5. Catch 25 fish on a Stanley Phantom

6. Get A Hat Sponsorship

7. Catch bass cranking deep in Sullivan Lake

8. Keep a Lures Lost List

Lures Lost In 2021:

Bear Trax Glow Demon: |||

T.H.E. Jig: ||

Craw Tube: |||| |||| |||| ||||

X-Rap 10: ||

Ultimate Jerk Shad: |

2" Storm Swim Shad: ||

eBay Chatterjig: |||

Berkley Frenzy Popper: |
Hack Attack Jig: ||

Bobby's Perfect: |||| |

Terminator Jr.: |

R2S Rover: |

All Terrain A.T. Jig: |

Terminator Frog: ||
R2S Bubble Walker: |

LiveTarget Frog: |

9. Catch a bass on every frog in my arsenal 

1. Bobby's Perfect 🗹
2. Ish's  🗹
3. Ish's Poppin  🗹
4. Snag Proof Kicker🗹
5. Snag Proof Moss Master 🗹
6. Snag Proof Pro Tournament 🗹
7. Terminator 🗹
8. Terminator Jr. 🗹
9. Terminator Popper 🗹
10. Teckel Sprinker  🗹
11. Teckel Whacker🗹
12. Spro King Daddy 🗹
13. Spro Bronzeye  🗹
14. Spro Popper 🗹
15. Spro Sprinker KO 🗹
16. Spro Shad Sprinker KO🗹
17. R2S Bully Wa 🗹
18. R2S Bully Wa 2 🗹
19. TT Mad Max 🗹
20. LiveTarget Frog
21. Booyah Pad Crasher  🗹
22. Booyah Toad Runner  🗹
23. BD Frog🗹
24. BD Frog (big)  🗹
25. Evergreen Soft Shell  🗹
26. Blitz Frog  🗹
27. Sumo Frog🗹
28. Teckel Maracker 🗹
29. ScumDog Walker 🗹
30. SnagProof Frogzilla  🗹
31. Scum Frog Trophy   🗹
32. Snag Proof Jr.r 🗹
33.  Paycheck Baits Transporter 🗹
34. LunkerHunt Lunker Frog 🗹

Blogging:

1. Blog about anytime I reach a goal.
2. Record all fishing trips at Fish Swami
3. Fish at least 200 days and blog about them

Fish Goals:
1. Catch* 4,000 Fish (3,051 caught in 2020)
2. Average 5 fish caught per hour. (3.92 in 2020, 4.40 in 2019, 4.07 in 2018, 3.99 in 2017, 4.08 in 2016, 3.62 in 2015, 3.55 in 2014, 4.41 in 2013, 4.31 in 2012, 2.77 in 2011)
3. Have a 100 fish day.

4. Catch Devin's Birthday Bullhead On May 20th
5. Catch A Fish Every Month
🗹January

🗹February

🗹March

🗹April

🗹May

🗹June

🗹July

🗹 August

🗹 September
🗹 October
🗹 November

🗹 December

Crappie:

1. Catch a new personal best. (Currently 14.25")
2. Catch* over 600 this year. (Caught 217 in 2020)

3. Catch my personal best number of crappies.

Dogfish:
1. Win my 3rd Minnesota Bowfin Club Grand Championship
2. Catch an MN State Record fish. (11-4  or 35" x 20")
3. Catch a new personal best.
4. Get the Minnesota Bowfin Club Grand Championship stuff done in a timely manner this year.

Pike:
1. Catch* over 1,000 this year. (Caught 927 in 2020)
2. Catch a 38" or over/personal best.

Bass: 
1. Catch a 21plus inch or 6lb Largemouth (6.5lbs/21" PB)
2. Catch a 21plus inch or 6lb Smallmouth (20.5" PB)
3. Catch* over 1,500 bass this year. (Caught 1,293 in 2020)
4. Catch* at least 25 smallies.  (I caught 4 last year)
5. Catch a 25lb 6 Fish Bag
6. Have a 50 bass day 

7. Catch over 500 bass on Frogs
8. Catch 5 bass over  5lbs/20-inches

9. Catch 25 bass over 4lbs/19-inches
10. Get Steve and Todd at least one 4lber

11. Get Belle, Mallory, and Devin a frog fish.

Walleye:
1. Catch at least 100. (Caught 202 in 2020)
2. Catch 30"/10lber or new personal best. (28.5 is PB)

* Catch is anything I deem it to be, including follows by pike or smallmouth (while pre-fishing), a pike missing my lure, fish viewed on the Aqua View, and fish that get off before I have them in hand that I can positively identify.  And fish caught by people I am guiding or boater during pre-fish.

A goal that I reached is in bold.
New for 2021 in italics.

New Fishing Goals for 2021, Preview #4

I have several new goals in the Bass category this year, they are:

Catch over 500 bass on Frogs
Catch 5 bass over  5lbs/20-inches

Catch 25 bass over 4lbs/19-inches

More from this category tomorrow. 

New Fishing Goals for 2021, Preview #3

 

Comes from the crappie category and I have already achieved it. Every crappie I catch from now until the end of 2021 will be a new personal best for the number of crappies caught in a year 

Fishing Goals for 2021, Preview #2

 One of my new goals for 2021 is to catch a fish in every month of the year.  I didn't wet a line in January or February in 2020. I didn't catch a fish in four months of 2019. I didn't catch a fish in April of 2018. So 2017 was the last time I caught a fish in all 12 months.

Fishing Goals for 2021 Preview #1

I am planning on publishing my fishing goals for 2021 on March 1st. I think I will preview a few of my new goals for this year before I release them in their entirety next Monday.  I did my first fishing goal list here at Bass Pundit back in 2006. I didn't blog another list of goals until 2016. I have done it every year since always releasing them in March.

Under Technique & Tackle Goals I plan on adding 7 new goals for 2021. Among them are catching fish on at least 100 different lures, catching at least 25 fish on a Berkley Frenzy Popper, and catching a bass deep cranking on Sullivan Lake.  

I have only caught fish on a hundred different lures once in my life; That was in 2017. Every year since 2017 I have caught fish on 90 something different lures. I don't know how many different lures I own, but it's got to be north of 250. I've got at least 30 different hollow body frogs. If I've got 'em I might as well use 'em. The Berkley Frenzy Popper is a lure that fell out of favor with me because it doesn't cast as far as some others and deep cranking fell off my radar after moving north. I think I've tried it only once or twice unsuccessfully on Sullivan.