Saw this writing prompt on another website and thought it was a neat idea. List 10 things you want to do (fishing related) before you die. Here's what I came up with:

1. Make and sell my own lures.

2. Take someone less fortunate than myself fishing - anywhere they want to go.

3. Catch a fish/shark that's the same size as me (either in length or weight).

4. Catch a "Grand Slam" - Walleye, Pike, Lake Trout and Arctic Greyling.

5. Place in the top 10 in a Bassmasters Open or FLW tournament.

6. Fish with a professional angler.

7. Give a random angler a bunch of tackle (rods, reels, lures, a whole outfit).

8. Buy a brand new completely custom Ranger Boat.

9. Fly fish in salt water.

10. Kayak fish a Louisiana marsh for Redfish and Speckled Trout.

1. Make it to atleast an Open tournament

2. Win a Tournament

3. Beat My Father consistently

4.catch a DD LM

5. Get the chance to control a boat by myself

6. Join a bass club

7. Go deep sea fishing with my cousin before he goes to Afganistan

8. Build baits

9. Teach those what i have been taught

10. Take the busdriver from my school fishing

Get dysentery while carrying Larry Dahlberg's gear while on one of his wolf fish expeditions.

Get dysentery while carrying Larry Dahlberg's gear while on one of his wolf fish expeditions.

;D

Get dysentery while carrying Larry Dahlberg's gear while on one of his wolf fish expeditions.

I'll make that number 11 on my list, that sounds like something fun!

1. Make a rod for myself

2. Make/Mold lures.

3. Catch a DD bass

4. Catch a crank fish

5. Buy a fully custom boat.

6. Enter tournament

7. Win tournament

8. Go noodling

9. Fish with KVD, Hank Parker, or Shaw Grigsby, Roland Martin, Jimmy Houston, Bill Dance.

10. Be able to do seminars at expos for fellow fisherman to share knowledge

11. Ike Out over a dink

12. Catch a billion fish

13. Go deep-sea fishing

14. Be the best

15. Be in the running for a BassMaster Classic and AOY.

16. Buy a private fishing lake.

17. Become experienced at reel tech.

18. Learn to cast a fly

19. Go fly fishing

20. Catch something while fly fishing.

Not necessarily  in that order 8-)

1. Make a rod for myself

2. Make/Mold lures.

3. Catch a DD bass

4. Catch a crank fish

5. Buy a fully custom boat.

6. Enter tournament

7. Win tournament

8. Go noodling

9. Fish with KVD, Hank Parker, or Shaw Grigsby, Roland Martin, Jimmy Houston, Bill Dance.10. Be able to do seminars at expos for fellow fisherman to share knowledge

11. Ike Out over a dink

12. Catch a billion fish

13. Go deep-sea fishing

14. Be the best

15. Be in the running for a BassMaster Classic and AOY.

16. Buy a private fishing lake.

17. Become experienced at reel tech.

18. Learn to cast a fly

19. Go fly fishing

20. Catch something while fly fishing.

Not necessarily in that order 8-)

thought it funny that all these guys got T.V. shows

1. Make a rod for myself

2. Make/Mold lures.

3. Catch a DD bass

4. Catch a crank fish

5. Buy a fully custom boat.

6. Enter tournament

7. Win tournament

8. Go noodling

9. Fish with KVD, Hank Parker, or Shaw Grigsby, Roland Martin, Jimmy Houston, Bill Dance.10. Be able to do seminars at expos for fellow fisherman to share knowledge

11. Ike Out over a dink

12. Catch a billion fish

13. Go deep-sea fishing

14. Be the best

15. Be in the running for a BassMaster Classic and AOY.

16. Buy a private fishing lake.

17. Become experienced at reel tech.

18. Learn to cast a fly

19. Go fly fishing

20. Catch something while fly fishing.

Not necessarily in that order 8-)

thought it funny that all these guys got T.V. shows

Aside from all the knowledge i'd gain from them... a little TV time never hurt  :

1. Teach my son to fish, and hopefully help him to enjoy it as much as I do

I just did my top 5, here they are, in no particular order:

Break my state's record for LM (10-8)

Fish Lake Falcon (with Big O)

Catch a 40lb 5 fish bag

Put my best fishing buds onto their PB bass

Teach my son the wonderful world of bass fishing

Nice thread! Here is my list.

1. Catch a +10lb LM Bass

2. Catch a +6lb SM Bass.

3. Catch a +25lb Striped Bass. (I want to catch a striped bass, maybe a 60 pounder.)

4. Catch a +25lb Tarpon.

5. Catch a +25lb Tuna.

6. Catch a +25lb Shark.

7. Catch a +6lb Peacock Bass.

8. Own a nice outfitted bass boat.

9. Own a nice outfitted inshore bay boat.

10. Teach someone less fortunate the joy of fishing.

11. Go fishing with Mr Jig fishing, Denny Brauer.

Mexico

Cuba

Lake Powell

Everglades

Gulf flats

in no real order

Win a Pro level tourny

Beat my largest limit ever(40 pounds 8 oz.)

catch a 13+ pound bass

catch a small mouth

Land a Tarpon

be able to fish as a career(for at least a year)

win my clubs AOY

Win a collegiate national championship(prob. #1 on my list right now)

Win a Collegiate Event

teach other people

there are so many more but that is enough for now.

1. Teach my son to fish, and hopefully help him to enjoy it as much as I do

X2...If I can achieve that, then the rest of my goals are irrelevant.

Catch a smallmouth.

Catch a Muskie.

Get my wife hooked....right now I get up too early and stay too long

Build my own rod arsenal...hope to start soon

Catch a DD in KY...not originally mine but it fits

Go to Guntersville, fork, erie, champ, ky lake, falcon, amistad, clear lake, the delta, and smallie/pike/walleye fishing in Canada

Meet Aaron Martens......to name a few

Oh....and peacocks in South America

Oh I almost forgot,

21. Outfish KVD not once, but twice  8-)

Catch a smallmouth.

Catch a Muskie.

Get my wife hooked....right now I get up too early and stay too long

Build my own rod arsenal...hope to start soon

Catch a DD in KY...not originally mine but it fits

Go to Guntersville, fork, erie, champ, ky lake, falcon, amistad, clear lake, the delta, and smallie/pike/walleye fishing in Canada

Meet Aaron Martens......to name a few

Oh....and peacocks in South America

If you want to do that, come to St. Clair, oh and you'll catch your Muskies too, some of the biggest on the continent. 

own a boat

build a rod

catch a muskie

catch a fish on a homemade bait

salmon fish in Alaska

1. Catch a largemouth in the teens

2. Catch a muskie on one of the baits that I build.

3.Fish Alaska and get a Halibut over 100 and a King over 50

4. Get a Leopard Shark on the fly

5. Brown over 10lbs

6. Taimen on the fly

7. 100+ Tarpon

8. Wild Steelhead on the fly

9. Fly Fish New Zealand

10. Catch a smallmouth over 6.5 on a fly rod with 2lb tippet

ive got one that id love to do.

I want to get good enough to make it to the national championship for my college.

Then i want to win the nation championship us with a huge bag.

Hard to believe nobody from Texas has come up with this one, so I'll add just one item.

Go to Lake Falcon and weighin a record limit .........

Of pirates!   ;D

In no particular order:

1. South America for Peacocks

2. Cairns for a 1000 pound Black Marlin

3. Help my father get his first 1000 pound Marlin

4. 150 pound Tarpon on Fly

5. 20 pound Largemouth

6. Open a tackle shop

7. Have an article published in a major fishing magazine

8. Hook a 50 pound Permit

9. Costa Rica for Rooster Fish

10. Ensure that my daughters have the chance to catch a truly big fish

No particular order but

10+lb Largemouth

8+lb Smallmouth

Alaskan Salmon

South American Peacock

600+lb marlin

175+lb sailfish

300+lb shark(preferably off the Great Barrier)

And to do the same for my son (not yet born)

Fish all the major pro tournaments.

Fish team tournaments with my son.

Watch my son fish tournaments solo.

Great thread!

Hmmm....in no particular order.

-Fish Cuatro Esquinas in Venezuela for giant golden dorado.

-Suriname for wolfies.

-Tarpon in the everglades on bass tackle.

-Africa for tigerfish.

Find a hidden honey hole on the Delta full of 10+ lb monster bass.