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nor-easter · 12-14-2003, 01:15 AM

A Log Book is perhaps the MOST Important thing a fisherman can have. It is impossible to remember acurattly from year to year to year. I have chased these darn Striped things since I caught my first one when I was five years old and wish I had started a Log Book then.Wether you fish by boat or by shore you cannot remember all you need to remember over the years.
I have been involved in the Charter Fishing Game since I was about 13 years old and didn't realize the value of an acurate Log Book till the mid sixties. Here it is the new century and as each season comes and goes I find myself forgetting more but being able to look at a log book refreshes my slipping mind and keeps me on course.
It pays to write down as much as possible, wind, currents, weather, moon, baits used and what ones worked and didn't.Where you were as the night wore on and at the end of the entry the people who were with you, the fish taken and those released and the expenses, fuel, oil, tackle.
I didn't keep an alaborate log when I was younger and so you younger guys learn from my mistakes. Make your Log Book as informational as you can.
Who knows, when you get to be older you might want to publish a book and it will already be written for you.

12-14-2003, 01:15 AM	#5
nor-easter Old Timer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Full Time RVing- Out on the Road Posts: 403	A Log Book is perhaps the MOST Important thing a fisherman can have. It is impossible to remember acurattly from year to year to year. I have chased these darn Striped things since I caught my first one when I was five years old and wish I had started a Log Book then.Wether you fish by boat or by shore you cannot remember all you need to remember over the years. I have been involved in the Charter Fishing Game since I was about 13 years old and didn't realize the value of an acurate Log Book till the mid sixties. Here it is the new century and as each season comes and goes I find myself forgetting more but being able to look at a log book refreshes my slipping mind and keeps me on course. It pays to write down as much as possible, wind, currents, weather, moon, baits used and what ones worked and didn't.Where you were as the night wore on and at the end of the entry the people who were with you, the fish taken and those released and the expenses, fuel, oil, tackle. I didn't keep an alaborate log when I was younger and so you younger guys learn from my mistakes. Make your Log Book as informational as you can. Who knows, when you get to be older you might want to publish a book and it will already be written for you.
	Capt. Chet