2018 Goals

[Freedom55]

Recover my expenses- at least- at a walleye tournament.

[Red Bullets]

I'm going to be setting a few crayfish traps and have a crayfish feast.

[WayneChristie]

Originally Posted by Red Bullets

I'm going to be setting a few crayfish traps and have a crayfish feast.

Awesome they changed the regs this year?

[RavYak]

Originally Posted by WayneChristie

Awesome they changed the regs this year?

Yes they made it so you can use a dip net, seine net or minnow trap to catch crayfish(along with catching them by hand or by angling).

You must still kill the crayfish immediately and can't use them for bait same as before.

[dodger]

This thread has been a fun read!! Now if we could only get on with spring.

Dodger.

[WayneChristie]

Originally Posted by RavYak

Yes they made it so you can use a dip net, seine net or minnow trap to catch crayfish(along with catching them by hand or by angling).

You must still kill the crayfish immediately and can't use them for bait same as before.

Nice its about time. Havent picked up my new license and regs yet guess its about time !

[RavYak]

Originally Posted by WayneChristie

Nice its about time. Havent picked up my new license and regs yet guess its about time !

I was just recently told they still haven't printed the new regs yet. They are available online though.

[millsboy79]

Still no bait in the minnow traps though so don't get your hopes too high

[Fishwhere]

Love to get on some perch at least once, and try my luck at open water whitefish

[WayneChristie]

Originally Posted by millsboy79

Still no bait in the minnow traps though so don't get your hopes too high

I suppose no one would ever think to bury fish remains after a nice shore lunch in a shallow hole in the gravel cover it with a thin layer of gravel so that you arent chumming and set an empty trap on top of it. I know I wouldnt Im not that clever

[Walleyedude]

Mine is pretty simple, same as every year - get out on the water more!

If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my quest to never stop learning, it’s that there’s simply no better teacher than time on the water. The trick is to not fish memories and to constantly try to step out of your “comfort zone”, try new techniques, re-try things you couldn’t get to work in the past, and just continue to dial things in.

Uggg, is there ever going to open water?????

[MDR]

To catch an Inconnu and to do some more fly fishing.

[SNAPFisher]

Originally Posted by MDR

To catch an Inconnu and to do some more fly fishing.

Inconnu you say.... Yukon?
Any plans to find them, lake wise or otherwise?

[guru fisher]

Hope the price of gas goes
Down else might not
Be any fishing trips. ☹️

[Red Bullets]

Inconnu have always intrigued me. I remember watching an old outdoors show in the 70's and the guys were catching 50+ lb. inconnu in a Yukon river that was half the size of the north saskatchewan river. Big bucket mouths. I always thought they would be neat to catch. Supposed to be great smoked.

[Red Bullets]

Originally Posted by millsboy79

Still no bait in the minnow traps though so don't get your hopes too high

Crayfish in the tributaries of the NS river start congregating in late summer to October when they spawn. They should be easier to target when they are congregating. Not so sure about the eating the crayfish from the river. They might be not as clean. I think I would prefer to get some from the lakes.

[-JR-]

Find a good fishing partner I can go fishing with every weekend.

[dryflyguy]

1. Get a trailer for my tinner
2. Fly fish the Elk River in BC
3. Find some nice perch on the open water

[GoneFishingEDM]

I'm hoping to get out to some new lakes this year. I bought a new 7'6" one piece rod and a new baitcaster reel too go with it. Now just have tip catch some big ones.

[FlyTheory]

Originally Posted by MDR

To catch an Inconnu and to do some more fly fishing.

That’s on of my bucket list fish!

[MDR]

Originally Posted by SNAPFisher

Inconnu you say.... Yukon?
Any plans to find them, lake wise or otherwise?

Yupper. River fishing in the eddies where tributaries join. I've also been given directions to some areas that are supposed to be hotspots.

[EZM]

After today's snowstorm .......... I'd settle for fishing open water with my boat on may long weekend !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have a trip planned into Meadow Lakes provincial on June 2,3,4,5,6th and hoping the ice will be off the lake !!!!!

[Stryker2]

I've been retired for 5 years and fly fishing for 4, I've yet to catch a Brown trout.
So my goals are to catch me a nice Brown.
Try and get over my fear of bears and cougars and do some stream fishing!
Catch that 10lbs+ pike that I lost on the fly last summer because of stupid decisions!
Just get out more this season, because the open water seasons are getting shorter and I'm getting older! (btw this is the only place I smoke!)

[Bushleague]

Right now I'm just jacked about fishing big deadbaits for pike, I haven't done that since I was a kid but I remember it being one of the best ways to hook up with big pike. A late ice off is looking inevitable so it should be a good spring for it.

Strung up a new rig for throwing big hunks of meat, hopefully I'll get to hear that old Mitchell sing a few times.

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[McLeod]

To avoid Grizzly Bears !

[Looper]

Originally Posted by WayneChristie

Awesome they changed the regs this year?

You always could pal. The local F&W officer in Brooks will not only tell you that, he will tell you the best place in SAB to catch big ones, the best way to catch them, and how to prepare them for the table. He's originally from Ont.

He was clear though, do not leave the water body with any live ones. They take that extremely seriously and no breaks will be given.


Looper

[Looper]

Originally Posted by millsboy79

Still no bait in the minnow traps though so don't get your hopes too high

Call a F&W officer to be sure of that rule.

Down here they say giver with the bait if your going to use those minnows in the same body of water you catch them in.

A minnow trap without bait is an egg basket.


Looper

[1shotwade]

Headed to northern Manitoba. Maybe Up my best walleye and pike and first lake trout!!!!!!

[millsboy79]

Originally Posted by Looper

Call a F&W officer to be sure of that rule.

Down here they say giver with the bait if your going to use those minnows in the same body of water you catch them in.

A minnow trap without bait is an egg basket.


Looper

Seems pretty cut and dry in the regs to me ... perhaps they should just make it clearer.

[Straightgun]

Beat my personal best out of pigeon. 24". 4 pounds wally. achieved in 2016.