2014 Open Water Goals?

[Skunk City]

Figured while the fishing in our state is in a transition period while we await iceout, it'd be fun to see some of your freshwater goals for open water season. Keep as them as reasonable or as wild as you'd like .

Mine are:
1.) More time spent kayaking and exploring the Raritan River. I will be looking for my first Raritan River Walleye, but would take my 2nd Raritan River Muskie any day.
2.) Set some new personal bests. Would love to top my 38.5" Pike, 29" Walleye, 27.5" Hybrid Striper, or a Bass larger than 6lbs.
3.) Conquer Monksville. My 5+ year struggle for a Walleye out of this place WILL come to an end by the time 2015 comes. Mark my words!!!

[kcritch]

Those are some serious goals there Skunk....I've got total confidence in you dude...go get'em.

As for me...with the way every friggin weekend is filling up with family stuff friends kids weddings and crap I can't belive I have to go to....at this point my goal is to actually get to fish a couple of times from my boat!

The good thing is that I have a 5 day fishing trip to Alaska planned for the end of June. Can't wait!

[skippy]

Skunk, You ever try Monksville at night for Walleye? They bust the surface all the time and can be caught easier at night. Just my 2cents.

[gnuisance]

My 2014 goals:

30 pound big d flathead

30 pound raritan bay striper

Greenwood lake muskie

passaic river pike

largemouth over 6 pounds

[15FOOTER]

Catch a 7lb smallie
Catch 20lb steelhead
Catch 7lb plus brown trout
Catch 15lb plus laker
And last but not least..hide from Bigfishy's wife and not piss her off too much lol

[bigfishy]

@ 15FOOTER-hahahahah good luck buddy

I will pray for your last goal as it affects me too

I can def see you hitting two of ur fish goals, just not tellin ya which two...
The other two, HIGHLY unlikely
Don't advertise that i'm married....thats gonna turn off all the HOT babes that lurk on this site....

My 1st goal is to only fish for bass on the trout opener...

[basspilot]

One goal really...GET MY FIRST SKI!

[Jigman13]

Originally Posted by basspilot

One goal really...GET MY FIRST SKI!

BP, that's what I'm aiming for, too.

Already checked off the monster pike for the year And my toad LMB... The ice was nice to me this year!

I'd like to add my first laker and walleye to my fish bucket list. Seems feasible... 5 lb smallie wouldn't be a bad goal either.

[gwl2oneida]

I wanna take a few species of my bucket list. Walleye is definitely one of them along with a nice carp.

[Mikey topaz]

My goal 1)atlantic salmon over swingin flies on my spey rod,
2) walleye outta the raritan river
3)muskie
4)hybrid on top water-wink wink ROB!!!!!