First fishing trip of the year!

Well yesterday myself and a friend went out and tried to catch a keeper Sturgeon. When we left the marina it was rainy and windy and cold. At first we had to battle the wind to keep the boat from swinging back and forth moving our bait all over. But as luck would have it the skies cleared the wind stopped and the sun came out for about 3hrs it was wonderful.

We didn't catch anything not even a bite. But it was still nice to be out on the river fishing. I read an article not to long ago that talked about the different stages a hunter goes through and I think its the same for fishermen. The first is you just want to kill/catch something you don't care what. the second is personal best, trophy/limit. Third would be specific hunting an example of that would be it will only count if I shoot a limit of ducks all drakes and with 10 or less shots. And lastly is your just glad to be out there it doesn't matter what you get how you get it or even if you get anything, its just nice to be out hunt/fishing. I hunt with two guys like this its kinda funny to me but pretty cool to. I think I fall into different categories for different things such as Duck hunting I am to the specific hunting stage. Deer hunting I am at the first stage (been along time since I got a deer).
Fishing I am either third or forth depending on the day. I love being on the river. Taking out the boat putting in my headphones and just fishing along. But I do have a few goals for fishing still. Last year I caught an 8'6" sturgeon fulfilling an old goal to catch a fish bigger than me, now I want a 10+ foot sturgeon. As for bass fishing I want the Oregon small mouth record 8lbs 12oz.
But if I don't get those or shoot anything again for another year well I guess I will just have to settle for having a good time.