Cristo Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 (edited) For me actually getting back onto the water. To aid in my efforts I just procured a new Toothy Fishman XL Swimbait Lure Retriever. Although it's of the same mold as my old knocker the Toothy definitely beats the hell out of my old one I've also will pair that up with a new scuba reel that will help deploy and retrieve it before I was having to do the process free hand so having to deploy and retrieve without some sort of equipment made it pretty tedious when getting a bait hung up. I'm super stoked on that new pairing Another one would also have to be the megabass mega dog master that's going to find its way here eventually Edited January 5 by Cristo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnybass64 Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 54 minutes ago, bassturds said: WHAT A 30 lbs bag in a night! ID LOVE TO DO THAT!! It’s funny I don’t catch many fish when I catch a giant. I’ll get a 7 and that’s it. When I got my 8 that’s the 2nd fish I caught that day. But I couldn’t really breathe after I got my Pb cuz I was chasing it for so long! I got a 7-5 and 5 one day only 2 fish I caught no other fish. It’s either dinks and a good one or just a biggon. See honestly I’ve found the opposite. If I catch one I usually can grind out another. The first that night was a 6+ and I told myself if I kept going I’d catch another. Ended up definitely being the case haha bassturds 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Efrain Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 (edited) Buy less baits and use the ones I have not opened from previous years. Catch a calico bass on the tyrant 10 Edited January 5 by Efrain bassturds and Cristo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevro1et Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 Need to just fish more. Water conditions were terrible last year so it was pretty discouraging, didn't get out as much as previous years. bassturds 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgash Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 Actually go out and fish different places. I've been hitting up the same spot all of last year without going to other areas to check out and explore. bassturds 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristo Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 35 minutes ago, Efrain said: Buy less baits and use the ones I have not opened from previous years. Catch a calico bass on the tyrant 10 Definitely can agree with that with less baits and use the ones that are in the Arsenal already unopened or otherwise bassturds and Efrain 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim137a Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 Simply to go out and have as much fun as possible on the water with a few good friends - the fish are the bonus. bassturds, Jonnybass64 and Mossyback Angler 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimbait_Jeff Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 9 pound largemouth and get yelled at by the wife less ! Mossyback Angler and bassturds 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splitshot Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 At least attempt to catch a fish on every one of my baits I picked op last year . I know this probably won’t happen but at least expand on my confidence baits. Experiment more pay more attention work on developing patterns. bassturds and chevro1et 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrahtDog Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 Catch my first double digit largemouth. Have a trip planned in Feb to the best trophy lake in the state. I also have plans to learn a new lake thats about an hour and a half away with really good genetics. Then fish the local stuff every chance I get. chevro1et and bassturds 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warsaw Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 2024 Goals: Looking for a teener. Need to beat 55lbs for top 5. More than 5 DD’s for the year. Single day of 50lbs. 35 Fish over 8Lbs for the year. Trailer my boat out of Florida and get giants in other states. Jonnybass64 and bassturds 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossyback Angler Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 (edited) 2024 Goals: -Get my wife her first swimbait largemouth or smallmouth bass, and her PB. -Fish with my son and daughter more. -Definitely spend more time learning my “home waters”. - Dial in my electronics. -Learn and gain confidence in using glide baits effectively.(This one eludes me every season, but not this one). More importantly hopefully, to meetup and fish with a few people I call “friends” even though we have not had the opportunity to meet face to face. Their support has been invaluable over the past few seasons. Good luck to all of you & SU Community in attaining your 2024 goals! Let’s support each other and help each of us reach them. Chris~~~ Edited January 8 by Mossyback Angler bassturds, chevro1et and BoatSquirrel 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassturds Posted January 8 Author Report Share Posted January 8 8 hours ago, Warsaw said: 2024 Goals: Looking for a teener. Need to beat 55lbs for top 5. More than 5 DD’s for the year. Single day of 50lbs. 35 Fish over 8Lbs for the year. Trailer my boat out of Florida and get giants in other states. Damn where the hell do you live! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warsaw Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 3 hours ago, bassturds said: Damn where the hell do you live! In Florida These were my final stats for 2023 that spurred my new years fishing resolutions. 33 fish over 7lbs: 13ea 7’s, 11ea 8’s, 5ea 9’s, 2ea 10’s, 1ea 11 & 1ea 12. Best 5 went 53.55lbs Best single bag went 42.85lbs. Jonnybass64, 22RangerZ520R and bassbass 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassturds Posted January 8 Author Report Share Posted January 8 13 minutes ago, Warsaw said: In Florida These were my final stats for 2023 that spurred my new years fishing resolutions. 33 fish over 7lbs: 13ea 7’s, 11ea 8’s, 5ea 9’s, 2ea 10’s, 1ea 11 & 1ea 12. Best 5 went 53.55lbs Best single bag went 42.85lbs. That’s incredible! I live in MA. Only caught 7 fish over 7 lbs in my life. Best bag I like 20 or so pounds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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