04-30-2012, 05:03 PM
I started fishing in 2004. In 2005 (my 2nd year) I was trying to remember all the details of my 2004 trips for the same body of water at the same time of year...so I started keeping a log. I think it's a great idea. Mine is a spreadsheet. I keep track of each trip, with the date, and number of species and count of each species caught. I then do a writeup, with all the pertinent details (temp, conditions, what worked, what didn't, motels we stayed at, etc.) and it is saved as a "note" attached to the cell for that trip in the spreadsheet. Another tab keeps track of each species I've caught that year, and what my largest caught specimen was. Sounds more complicated than it is.
I've been mocked before for keeping a detailed log like I do, but even those that do the mocking eventually have to ask me to look up a trip that we've done in the past for details on what worked, etc.!
Plus, I'm a little OCD and can't help it. I've actually tried...and failed...NOT counting fish I've caught.
Randy
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I've been mocked before for keeping a detailed log like I do, but even those that do the mocking eventually have to ask me to look up a trip that we've done in the past for details on what worked, etc.!
Plus, I'm a little OCD and can't help it. I've actually tried...and failed...NOT counting fish I've caught.
Randy
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I used to N.ot have E.nough T.ime O.ff to go fishing. Then I retired. Now I have less time than I had before. Sheesh.