I've got pretty simple goals this year.  Stay employed and try to fish once a week.  I know I'm going to take a week in early October to fish the Fishing for Freedom event at Truman Lake.  I'd like to get a couple more multi-day trips this year.  In a perfect world, I'd only have a dozen or so rigs spread out on the deck, but I'm pretty sure that isn't going to happen.

Tyler, I mainly fish a lot of ponds/forest preserves so every outing I have I don't get a huge number of fish so I just take pictures with my phone.  My buddies and I have a saying "pics or it didn't happen".  Plus I like to see all of the fish at years end.  I've seen guys use a counter, but i'll worry about that once I get past 250.

I always take pics of my bigger fish but I might go this route this year and take a picture for every fish.

I'm looking to catch 250 fish this year. Last year I got to 136 and learned a lot of things. Hopefully I'll remember most of it and learn some new things this year.

 

I like the number idea. I think I'll shoot for 100 as I think I only caught about 50 all summer.

The thing that would make my 2014 season a success would be to share as much time on the water with my pop and my boys.  Fishing to me is so much more than catching fish, it is memories shared and bonds formed.  Of course it is always a plus to catch fish, but spending time with loved ones on a quiet morning or evening is what it is about to me.  Hopefully as my boys age and mature they will come realize how truly blessed we are to be able to participate in the sport of fishing.  Personal bests are great, and I do keep a journal of the fish we catch, but fishing to me is much deeper, kind of like a religion.