Lets hear 'em. The 50 lb king thread got me thinking. I always like to day dream and think about how I can take my fishing experiences to the next level. Go ahead and let it rip. I encourage the crazy ones.
Here's a few of my own:
-Catch a sockeye -Catch a 50+ lb king -Find an awesome fishing hole that NO PERSON HAS EVER FOUND (I mean out there, far from man) -Catch a 20 lb steelhead on a jig I tied myself -Catch a steelhead in the salt -Catch a steelhead on a gummy bear -Catch a fish on a jig that I tied with my own or my dogs hair (my pooch could probably put out some good coho jigs) -Go swimming with a summer steelhead while I play it (goggles and snorkel will be a must) -become a prostaffer................ jk
this one means alot to me:
-Put my bro on some big fish when he gets back from deployment, and someday fish with him at one of our childhood honey holes. Growing up we'd go to my dads in the summertime and fish clear lake in eastern washington. We used to go out at night and put out a floating light at the end of a dock then watch trout munch on our worms/corn. His first son is almost getting old enough to hold a snoop rod too.... It would be something else to recreate that experience.
Edited by Jgrizzle (03/21/1103:38 PM)
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Trips that I will save for RainBows: Jurassic Lake, Lk Illiamma, and its tribs. Salmon: Go with my brothers 51' Ocean Alexandra to Rivers Inlet I have fished Rivers Inlet a few times back in the 80's but have not been back since.
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I am motivated by big fish out of a small boat...
Thresher shark, sturgeon and halibut out of a kayak
I also really want to catch a roosterfish, wahoo and cubera snapper
Someday...
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In the legend of King Arthur, the Fisher King was a renowned angler whose errant ways caused him to be struck dumb in the presence of the sacred chalice. I am no great fisherman, and a steelhead is not the covenant of Christ, but with each of these fish I am rendered speechless.
I've fished most of my bucket list, so I add new ones.
Belize for bonefish and permit; Chile for trout, and maybe steelhead and salmon; Dean River summer runs. And returning to AK for destinations new and old cuz it's not likely I'll tire of it. Oh, and spring steelheading on the Skagit again in my lifetime.
I would love to someday fish Angle Lake for Kokes......
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Here's something that would be sweet to do in a kayak.
They got some vids of them catching tarpons too.
Possibilities: -Catch a nile perch -Catch a giant Russian Atlantic Salmon
Hankster's a pro in Kayak fishing.
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He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.
Registered: 03/08/99
Posts: 3007
Loc: Browns Point,Wa. USA
Tarpon and sailfish in a kayak would be brilliant too...
What a great shot there!
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In the legend of King Arthur, the Fisher King was a renowned angler whose errant ways caused him to be struck dumb in the presence of the sacred chalice. I am no great fisherman, and a steelhead is not the covenant of Christ, but with each of these fish I am rendered speechless.
Top on my list is to catch one of each cutthroat subspecies. I have 4, about 10 to go. Then a golden trout (in its native range), a Dolly, a bull trout, and an Arctic char, a grayling and that probably tops off the coldwater fish.
For warmwater i would probably look for a smallmouth, which i will be chasing this year.
Size doesn't matter; a pretty, colorful fish will be just fine.
I hope to get all of these on flies; eventually on one's i have tied myself.
I am a simpleton regarding this stuff. For a lot of us fishing is sort of a selfish activity, and so I try to maintain that my emphasis is having fun and relaxing.
I would rather spend a lazy afternoon screwing around on a pond with my kids, than catching a 20# steelhead. So my bucket list is simple:
Choose appropriate conditions and locales so that my kids get to go on successful fishing trips, and have a good time. The most important thing to me is showing them that you can have fun doing simple pure activities, and you don't need anything electronic to entertain you (except maybe a trolling motor).
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I'd go back to the Indian Ocean and find that same rock off the Somali Coast and spear whatever the hell that long silver fish was with big teeth that circled me a few times when I was ten. It's been bugging me my whole life, I want a do -over.