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I just created an excel spreadsheet with all the appropriate headings. I try to update it that day or the next while details are pretty fresh.
Like riprockhound said, I just do a pretty basic log. I have alot of headings, incl. location, tide, wind, weather, etc., but I don't get too crazy with trying to be exact.
I enjoy doing the log, b/c its a way to relive the day, but trying to do too much would be alot of work and I'm out there to have fun.
So I put in the basics and note things I think are important... incoming vs. dropping tide, rough wind direction/speed, general weather like overcast/sunny, water temp when I remember to look.
The most important thing IMO, is to just make observations.
If I think an area is better at the bottom of the outgoing tide, I'll note that in a comments section... or if a nice rip develops during a certain stage of the tide and it tends to hold fish... or if this flat is good for sight fishing for two hours of the incoming when its sunny between 10 and 2 when the angle of the sun is best... those are the types of details I try to make a mental note of when I'm out there and then I'll write them down.
Probably the thing I'm not doing enough is paying attention to water temps. Knowing what temps will draw in or push out the fish as the season goes on is pretty valuable and I don't keep track of that well.
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