Thoughts of this past year... and plans for the upcoming season???

[Mikey topaz]

Well... another year has past, I hope everyone enjoyed the time with their family and friends and got some real cool new fishing toys. Right now at this time I feel myself like I do every year reflecting on this past season so far... I like to sit and compare how fishing was to previous years and look at some logs I keep...was there something I coulda did better to be more successful on the water? Did I learn anything new about the places I’ve fished.. ? Or the new techniques I used and worked how well did they work compared to the normal way I’ve fished and caught in the past?? And then think what do I wanna do different this year... any new places I wanna try to learn or fish this year or try some new techniques??? And what goals do I want to set for myself for the upcoming season... I don’t know maybe I’m just weird 🤣 I’m always trying new things and trying to find fish by myself in spots and ways most people don’t...right now the mamba is in the barn getting some much needed tlc and upgrades and setting it up a little different for some new ways I wanna fish this year. I’m curious to see what everyone else thinks and has tried anything new and some of their goals for the upcoming new season.

Some new things I’ve tried this year and was successful was fishing with the copper line for lakers at the valley and Merrill mostly. I bought a lot lures and different spoons I tried but nothing new I tried worked.

I learned a lot of new water to me on the south branch close to my new house parts I never fished before and did really well.

Found some new points on hopatcong for hybrids and a few good rock piles for walleye all should be really good spots in the spring as well...

Overall for me fishing was ok but no real killer bites like the years in the past,
Things I wanna do for the upcoming season new is I wanna step up my laker game at the valley and figure out how I can have four bottom bouncer rods going at one time for lakers.

I wanna troll with the planner boards the way I do at the valley with leadcore at hopatcong in the summer months for walleye with stick baits and worms rigs.

I used to fish a lot of spots as a kid and did really well I wanna go back and revisit some of these spot that used to be really good to me.

Let’s hear it ya maniacs what did you learn this year? Anything new? And what’s your goals for the new season?