Logbook

[Reef Drifter]

Does anyone else keep one ? I keep one and record every spot time,date,water color, and temp. Its been a help but never see anyone else do this anymore. wondering if yall did

[SUPER SPOOK]

good thing to do.

[TroutSupport]

I did it a long time ago in freshwater.. when I started salt I didn't do it and it may have shortered my saltwater learning curve.

Add some other columns if you haven't already..
barometer
wind direction
Windy side or calm side
bait amount and activity level
speed of retrieve
birds present / not
moon phase

I don't keep one anymore, simplified it way down... one is either in fish or not. Granted a log might help you look in the right area. If one is in fish it's either gonna be tops or plastic or suspend and light, dark, or natural. Gotta weed out the unproductive areas for that day as fast as possilble and read the water to know what's there.

Others have benefitted from the TroutSupport.com DVD's to speed up that process.

[Gilbert]

I use to do it but now with friends that are guides, no need. I just call them up and ask for patterns.

[Curmudgeon]

There are some smartphone apps you can use too. I alwaysliked thre idea of putting it into a spreadsheet so I could analyse it.
Of course with me it's simple:
Sunny- No Fish
Cloudy- No Fish
Windy- No Fish
Rainy- Hardhead

[C4E]

I do it for hunting, more specifically duck hunting, but for fishing I just pick up the phone, lurk on here, or facebook stalk ....usually by using a combo of the 3, mix in some of my own know how from the knowledge bank in my head and I can usually figure a pattern out to plan a trip around at the least....Ill say thats not necessarily a fool proof system but after 2-3weeks of bumpin around every spring I find them and fish often enough to stay on them till september when i go back to chasing fowl.

[Reef Drifter]

I did it a long time ago in freshwater.. when I started salt I didn't do it and it may have shortered my saltwater learning curve.

Add some other columns if you haven't already..
barometer
wind direction
Windy side or calm side
bait amount and activity level
speed of retrieve
birds present / not
moon phase

I don't keep one anymore, simplified it way down... one is either in fish or not. Granted a log might help you look in the right area. If one is in fish it's either gonna be tops or plastic or suspend and light, dark, or natural. Gotta weed out the unproductive areas for that day as fast as possilble and read the water to know what's there.

Others have benefitted from the TroutSupport.com DVD's to speed up that process.

Ya a few years ago hunt-n-fish made a log book and I picked up a few and im down to my last one, it has wind moon barometric bait water color type of fish weight water temp . . . its two pages of log info for each spot if you fill it all out. Ive been thinkin about getting the dvd im on the fence

[WestEndAngler]

There's a log book I wanted to have rights to but they have yet to allow multiple logins from the same account. Meaning I want a "FishWestEnd" logbook. Members who have donated will have rights to the book to upload reports etc. It would slowly grow to a wealth of information.

[Reef Drifter]

that would be sweet !! put it up here where i can keep my unwanted greedy brother in law's hands off of my log books

[plugger]

Smart thing to do . I use to do more in depth . Now, i right down what will fit in the calender day box . I keep my calenders and can look at each year ' s months easily at the same time .

[FP10]

I wish I did.

[TRP150]

I've got a logbook that date's back to 1984 wish I could find it

[Oleander Kayaker]

There's a log book I wanted to have rights to but they have yet to allow multiple logins from the same account. Meaning I want a "FishWestEnd" logbook. Members who have donated will have rights to the book to upload reports etc. It would slowly grow to a wealth of information.

That would be sweet. I've a log, but it always seems to be where I'm not at. An online one would be convenient.

[Reef Drifter]

I've got a logbook that date's back to 1984 wish I could find it

that would be cool to see

[Swells]

If I was in the business, like a charter outfit or something, I'd be sure to have very good records of the catch and the conditions. But nowadays I don't fish as much and I let the whole logbook thing slide - I don't even count the beers any more, lol.