My goal is to continue to fish as hard as I can without wrecking what I have accomplished so far by fishing too hard, too long and too much (seen it happen to people)
My job keeps me near the coast, but what coast and where when are unknown, so I have a guaranteed 4 years living 2 min from fabled bass grounds and I'd like to make the most of them...
my short term goals; 40 from the beach... 40 from my skiff (39and change and 37 from boat
but no 40)
but as I get to the point of consistenatly catching decent fish, 15-25lbs from shore (not every night, but getting better at finding them) I realize alot of size is luck; dragging an eel/plug past a hungary 50 is luck; hooking and landing that fish is skill;
My other goals; 15lb Tog (ok, really it's 17.5, my old man's mark)
10lb fluke
20lb Blue
As far as exotics go; Tarpon, maybe someday... took my AJ on light tackle last year, so I have experienced their power (very impressive and released her to fight again)
Long term; to continue to fish with people I want to fish with (sometimes that means alone) and to continue to fish with my old man when our schedules allow (mostly blackfishing in the fall)