[Guest]

<font color='#000000'>When keeping a log book of fishing trips, what would the most important details to keep?

Clive</font>

 

[Fisherman Dean]

<font color='#000000'>when keeping a log i always record the time fished, tide times, fish caught,bait and weather and water clearness
Dean</font>

 

[Manx Fisher]

<font color='#810541'>My log (kept in a spreadsheet) contains :

Date
Location
Fishing time (from, to)
Tide time / state
Weather (including wind direction/speed)
Methods
Baits
Catch
Comments

I find it is sometimes hard to fill in the log after a bad trip, but by doing so you at least know where not to go in future when conditions are the same. &nbsp;A log truly comes into its own in the second year when you can refer back to last year for similar timing/tides/weather.

Would be happy to email you the basic template I am using - drop me a PM</font>

 

[macky1]

<font color='#000000'>tryed this a few times over the years and no 2 years are the same on my local beaches

often the fish turn up when u think they should be a million miles away</font>

 

[Rohan]

<font color='#000000'>YES keeping a log does help, The more information you log the better.  I have been keeping one since 2002 using microsoft access, patterns do start to show up but do not forget that Weather and Tides are never the same.</font>