Fishing Log

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Fishing Log

This is a sample of our log we keep to track out catches. You can make one and customize it to your likeing

Date & Time

Description of catch

Location

water temp

08/24/05

2215 hours

40 pound blue cat, live eel, drop off by main channel, last two hours of out going tide

pump house, James River

78 deg.

09/17/05

2030 hours

37 pound blue cat, cut shad mid section, drop off next to gravel flat, hour one of incoming tide

mixing bowl, James River

83 deg.

03/18/06

1000 hours

39 pound blue cat, cut fall fish, drop off at bank edge, slack tide

Exxon pump station, James River

63 deg.

03/18/06

1430 hours

78 pound blue cat, cut fall fish, hour 3 of incoming tide, gravel flat

barge pit, James River

73 deg.

04/08/06

1350 hours

40 crappie, all on small minnows, off flats from bank

swift creek res.

53 deg

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By keeping a log of your catches you can track the productive holes and pattern the fish. There is more information that can be added to the log to help customize it to better suit your needs. Moon phase, weather conditions, barometer reading, tackle used, and so forth. A log like this will allow you to go back and select areas to fish when time is a factor, such as, tournaments, outings with the family, taking that friend that has never caught a big catfish before. Also a log like this can allow you to track citations from your local game department for awards. Just always remember to write down the information while out on the water, don’t try to rely on memory as with the excitement of landing a big fish details tend to get cloudy. A simple $ .50 note pad and pencil is all that is needed to keep it straight. Then when you return home, just log it into your chart and at a glance you can see what you have accomplished

these are just examples of my logs, the actual log is much more detailed and goes deeper in depth on alot of information, I showed this simplified version to get you started. Feel free to copy this log or use it a a pattern to start your own fishing log.

I keep a different log for each body of water I fish, this way I can refer to a specific log book when heading out. I enter G.P.S. points in my log for target areas where I know trophy fish hang out so when tournaments come up I can go straight to these locations and set up. However, for a location to have a G.P.S. plot point it must have produced several trophy fish in the past. I will log the G.P.S. way points in my notebook for reference but will wait to log them on the fishing log till they produce. This keeps the log neater and simpler to read for the quick reference. Also there are special G.P.S. points logged for special times, like when it is going to rain and I still want to go, these points have a sheltered cove of structure where I can get the boat out of the weather some and still enjoy a day fishing.

Fish over 10 pounds are breeders not eaters