How many lakes??

[merc]

I was bored the other day and needed a day off from fishing/golfing (unemployed), so I started adding up the lakes I have fished in my lifetime. This was easy as almost my entire life I have written down the lake, date, people along and amount of fish caught in a book. I came up with 132 lakes fished. Does anyone else have any idea how many they have fished or am I the only crazy person who keeps track?? Just curious!!! Good luck fishing!!

When is the ice coming???

[Mark Christianson]

Youre not the only one. I started a log book for hunting/fishing in March of 1993. I recently had to start a new one, because the 3 ring binder was stuffed to the gills. (No pun intended)
It is a great tool, when you are arguing with a buddy, about who caught more fish that one time back 3 years ago. I grab the book, and bingo, the data is right there.
I have never thought about how many lakes I have fished, but I will have to check it out.
My 6 year old son has started his own log book. He will be happy he did when he gets older. Its fun to look back on who, what, when, where, etc...

[EBass]

I need to get a log book. I try to use my short term memory loss brain and think back. Yep, kinda fuzzy.

No idea how many lakes. Got to be close to 60 or so.

[Mark Christianson]

Hey Merc,
I guess we are the only geek fish guys keeping track.

Seriously though, I would highly recommend to people to take 15 minutes out of an evening and throw down some highlights. You would be amazed at the data that you can use for future outings.

[BLACKJACK]

I've always thought about starting a logbook, but never got 'round to it', after listening to you guys I added a note book to my 'to get' list. Maybe I'll just keep it on the seat of my truck and write in at the end of the day. What info besides weather, location, results do you keep?

[Mark Christianson]

Date Lake name Time fished
Skies
Wind
Surface temp
Air temp

After that, any highlights that happen. The number and species of fish, what worked and what didnt, etc...
If other highlights occur, I put them down too. For example, Last year on the way home from Vermillion, we watched a deer get hit by a minivan, the deer flew all the way over the ditch, and landed in the woods, got up and hobbled off. Not something you see every day.

[Guest]

I started to keep a log book for bout 2 years now. I started when i was 14.

I write down everything.
Date, time fished, Barometer, Water temp, Water Clarity, Overcast, air temp, wind mph and direction, structure and deepth, location i fished, lures used, how many fish caught, extra notes.

I can tell this is paying off already.

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Fish ON!

[Nels]

I started a spreadsheet log 2 years ago.
I record, date, lake/river, time of day, total hours, size/species, baits used, if anyone alse with me caught anything, number of fish kept. Also # of hours using the vexilar.
It is kind of nice to see how many fish I've caught in a given year.
This year i've only been on 16 bodies of water so far.

[merc]

Wow, you guys are out of my league when it comes to your log books. I just do the basics, lake, date, who was along and how many and what kind of fish caught. It's amazing though, I can look back 25 years ago and remember that day of fishing, but I can't remember where I just layed the dang remote down five minutes ago. Oh well I'll just keep watching the sam channel!!

[Mark Christianson]

Merc

You nailed it on the head. I can read a couple sentences, and a lot of them I can remember it as if it were 5 minutes ago.

[merc]

Hey Biglakeba$$,

It's funny, I never remember where I set the remote but I always remember where I set my beer down. Speaking of that, I gotta go!!