Fishing Logs

[NJSquatch]

One of my goals in 2016 is to keep a fishing log.

Researching online there are a handful of web based sites as well as standardized forms to print out that folks have developed.

Curious as to what others are using in keeping records and what information is the most important.

Thanks in advance.

[SplitShot]

I've been using Fisher's Log the last few years..... good for analyzing the data being kept

[Skunk City]

Last year I kept track of how many Pike, Walleye and Hybrids I landed, date, and location. This year I'm looking to get a little more in-depth. I'm assuming there are some decent apps for this, but I'd like to find one that incorporates weather conditions into the logs without having to manually input it. Anyone have any suggestions?

[SplitShot]

Originally Posted by Skunk City

Last year I kept track of how many Pike, Walleye and Hybrids I landed, date, and location. This year I'm looking to get a little more in-depth. I'm assuming there are some decent apps for this, but I'd like to find one that incorporates weather conditions into the logs without having to manually input it. Anyone have any suggestions?

Fisher's Log does all that for you Skunk.... Water Temp, Air Temp, Wind MPH, Wind direction, Water Clarity, sunny/partly sunny/overcast, you can upload your fish pics into the report and write all the details of that outing. Then you can query any of these details and see how the catching was with those conditions.... it's pretty cool.... It was $19.99 with lifetime license and I have it on my desktop computer

[Chrisper4694]

i've just been literally writing it all down like a school girl does in her journal. I even draw a sketch of the outline of the lake and mark the catch spots, depth, wind direction blah blah everything. this program looks great though. I'll have to check it out.

can i mark the catches on a map with this program? lures that worked and lures that didn't work?

[SplitShot]

Chrisper... you can enter a lot of detail in your trip report. Enter the day and it'll give you the sunrise/sunset times, moonrise/moonset times, moonphase and how many days from or till Full Moon. You can enter if the barometer is steady/falling/rising.

You can also rate the trip from 0-5, lousy to excellent, then type in all the details you want from that trip.

If you draw a map on paper and put x's where you fished, you can then take a pic of it and upload it into the trips details...

I spoke to John Skinner (from Long Island) who wrote the progam before I purchased it and I'm glad I got it.... Check it out.. FishersLog

[Chrisper4694]

I will absolutely try it out and do exactly what you said about taking a pic of a marked up map sketch!

Only problem is i need to buy a new computer cause my crap box from college will probably explode if i attempted to download anything hahaha.

The program even has a 7 day free trial! pretty cool! I'm going to try it for sure.

...i'm tired of laying belly down on my bed in pink slippers after every fishing trip and writing 'dear diary, today i caught a fish...'

[ScowardNJ]

I keep my fishing log using a MSWord document stored in my Dropbox. I can access/update it from anywhere on any device. All my fish pics get uploaded right there also. It's pretty handy and costs nothing.

[acabtp]

years back i used to keep a log, but found it was too much work, so i gave up on it

i've been meaning to get back to it, so i'll have to think about a google doc or check out one of these apps though

Originally Posted by SplitShot

I spoke to John Skinner (from Long Island) who wrote the progam...

that guy's into a lot of different fishing stuff. he has some great videos on his youtube too, like this one of fluke chasing bucktails
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtdaE_XFEW4

[bassnblues]

I use an excel spreadsheet with the following columns:

Date Place Target Tide Wind Air Temp Water Temp Weather Areas Fished Caught Comments Crew