frawlz
11-06-2012, 06:27 PM
Have been making a list of the things I'd really like to achieve in my personal fishing journey. It's not complete. I need suggestions and education. I'm sure there are things more experienced anglers hold as great personal achievements which i have never even imagined as a goal and I'd like to know about them.
The important thing for my list is that it's achievable (for me), and measurable. I want my list of things to be challengeing and rewarding and I want to look back when I'm finished (whenever that may be) and feel happy about doing it.
I need my list to be achieveable without requiring equipment or expenses outside my means.
Assuming that a bloke has a tinny of their own, reasonable fishing gear and an average wage/pension and the usual family committments, what would you add/detract from my list?
Here is my list so far.
Each achievement has a title.
Some of them can be completed simultaneously/adjacently.
Wherever this is a ? I need more suggestions.
-The one that got away;
Catch a
>1m wild murray cod
>1m Barra
>1m Jewfish/Mulloway
>60cm Bass
>60cm Yellowbelly
>1kg Murray crayfish (thx Mrs Ronnie H (http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/member.php?34908-Mrs-Ronnie-H))
-Bread and butter;-
Bag out on each of the following species of fish....
Whiting
Bream
flatty
Yellowbelly
Bass
Tailor
-Fresh is best -
catch one of each of the following freshwater species,
Yellowbelly
Bass
Spangled perch
Eeltail catfish
Saratoga
Barra
Redfin (thx Mrs Ronnie H (http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/member.php?34908-Mrs-Ronnie-H))
?
-Estuarine lurker -
catch one of each of the following
Summer whiting
Winter whiting
flathead
bream
garfish
estuary cod
trevally
queenfish
Threadfin Salmon
Mangrove Jack
Old man and the sea;
Catch one of each of the following
tailor
red emporer
snapper
mackerel
Bluefin Tuna (thx Lucky Loz (http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/member.php?95545-Lucky-Loz))
Coral Trout (thx Lucky Loz (http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/member.php?95545-Lucky-Loz))
?
-light touch;
Catch something bigger than 6lb on a 4lb line.
-skull drag;
Catch something bigger than 25lb on a handline.
-Winners are grinners
win a fishing competition
-all over red rover;
catch a fish in each of the following locations
a dam
a river
a reef
off the rocks
off the beach
?
-explorer
travel more than 1000ks to a fishing spot
-Fishy state of affairs
Catch a fish in every Australian state.
-Dam it;
catch a fish in at least 10 different stocked impoundments
-Mr Pinchy
bag out on redclaw
-Destructor destruction
bag out on yabbies (blueclaw)
-case of the crabs
bag out on muddies
-come the raw prawn
catch prawn with a cast net
-eating the bait
catch and eat -mullet, prawns, pippis, blueclaw yabbies, ?
-big bro
take a kid fishing and they catch a fish
-Old man river
catch a fish each in at least 20 separate Australian river systems.
-fish wife
Take your wife fishing and have her catch a trophy(in her opinion) fish.
ED- Jumping Jack Flash
Catch a Mangrove Jack on a cast lure. thx STUIE63 (http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/member.php?41915-STUIE63)
ED-Plastic Fantastic
Catch five different species on plastics thx Tunaticer (http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/member.php?42773-tunaticer)
ED- A hard body is good to find
Catch five different species on hardbaits thx Tunaticer (http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/member.php?42773-tunaticer)
? to be listed
ED- Spin cycle
Catch five different species on spinners thx Tunaticer (http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/member.php?42773-tunaticer)
ED- Fly Blown
Learn how to flyfish.
Tie a fly
Catch a fish on my own fly
Catch a Saratoga on a fly
Catch a Trout on a fly
thx Tunaticer (http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/member.php?42773-tunaticer)
ED- Camp Cook
Cook the catch for mates on at least 5 trips.
Cook a wild river fish on coals on the banks of the river from which it was caught.
Cook a reef fish in palm leaves
thx Sheik (http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/member.php?35760-Sheik)
ED- A recipe for trouble.
Find five different ways to cook redclaw
Find five different ways to BBQ your catch
Prepare 10 different species in ten different ways.
thx Sheik (http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/member.php?35760-Sheik)
Really looking forward to any and all suggestions.
ED: assume a 10yr sort of timeframe
ED: keep em coming
The important thing for my list is that it's achievable (for me), and measurable. I want my list of things to be challengeing and rewarding and I want to look back when I'm finished (whenever that may be) and feel happy about doing it.
I need my list to be achieveable without requiring equipment or expenses outside my means.
Assuming that a bloke has a tinny of their own, reasonable fishing gear and an average wage/pension and the usual family committments, what would you add/detract from my list?
Here is my list so far.
Each achievement has a title.
Some of them can be completed simultaneously/adjacently.
Wherever this is a ? I need more suggestions.
-The one that got away;
Catch a
>1m wild murray cod
>1m Barra
>1m Jewfish/Mulloway
>60cm Bass
>60cm Yellowbelly
>1kg Murray crayfish (thx Mrs Ronnie H (http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/member.php?34908-Mrs-Ronnie-H))
-Bread and butter;-
Bag out on each of the following species of fish....
Whiting
Bream
flatty
Yellowbelly
Bass
Tailor
-Fresh is best -
catch one of each of the following freshwater species,
Yellowbelly
Bass
Spangled perch
Eeltail catfish
Saratoga
Barra
Redfin (thx Mrs Ronnie H (http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/member.php?34908-Mrs-Ronnie-H))
?
-Estuarine lurker -
catch one of each of the following
Summer whiting
Winter whiting
flathead
bream
garfish
estuary cod
trevally
queenfish
Threadfin Salmon
Mangrove Jack
Old man and the sea;
Catch one of each of the following
tailor
red emporer
snapper
mackerel
Bluefin Tuna (thx Lucky Loz (http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/member.php?95545-Lucky-Loz))
Coral Trout (thx Lucky Loz (http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/member.php?95545-Lucky-Loz))
?
-light touch;
Catch something bigger than 6lb on a 4lb line.
-skull drag;
Catch something bigger than 25lb on a handline.
-Winners are grinners
win a fishing competition
-all over red rover;
catch a fish in each of the following locations
a dam
a river
a reef
off the rocks
off the beach
?
-explorer
travel more than 1000ks to a fishing spot
-Fishy state of affairs
Catch a fish in every Australian state.
-Dam it;
catch a fish in at least 10 different stocked impoundments
-Mr Pinchy
bag out on redclaw
-Destructor destruction
bag out on yabbies (blueclaw)
-case of the crabs
bag out on muddies
-come the raw prawn
catch prawn with a cast net
-eating the bait
catch and eat -mullet, prawns, pippis, blueclaw yabbies, ?
-big bro
take a kid fishing and they catch a fish
-Old man river
catch a fish each in at least 20 separate Australian river systems.
-fish wife
Take your wife fishing and have her catch a trophy(in her opinion) fish.
ED- Jumping Jack Flash
Catch a Mangrove Jack on a cast lure. thx STUIE63 (http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/member.php?41915-STUIE63)
ED-Plastic Fantastic
Catch five different species on plastics thx Tunaticer (http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/member.php?42773-tunaticer)
ED- A hard body is good to find
Catch five different species on hardbaits thx Tunaticer (http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/member.php?42773-tunaticer)
? to be listed
ED- Spin cycle
Catch five different species on spinners thx Tunaticer (http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/member.php?42773-tunaticer)
ED- Fly Blown
Learn how to flyfish.
Tie a fly
Catch a fish on my own fly
Catch a Saratoga on a fly
Catch a Trout on a fly
thx Tunaticer (http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/member.php?42773-tunaticer)
ED- Camp Cook
Cook the catch for mates on at least 5 trips.
Cook a wild river fish on coals on the banks of the river from which it was caught.
Cook a reef fish in palm leaves
thx Sheik (http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/member.php?35760-Sheik)
ED- A recipe for trouble.
Find five different ways to cook redclaw
Find five different ways to BBQ your catch
Prepare 10 different species in ten different ways.
thx Sheik (http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/member.php?35760-Sheik)
Really looking forward to any and all suggestions.
ED: assume a 10yr sort of timeframe
ED: keep em coming