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I kept a log last year. I just used an Excel spreadsheet.
where
surf or boat
tide
weather/wind
technique(s)
#fish
size range
comments
The problem I had is that sometimes I'd be out sometimes 6-8 hours and alot of those things changed. I often used the comments area to note conditions when the fish were on, but as I look at the log now... its not detailed enough. For example, I just noted "high - drop" for tide.
But, in September-October, each time I went out in the boat, at some point in the morning, the fish would pop up in the triangle of Moon Head-Long Island-Hangman's... when I look at my log, I would hope to be able to see a pattern. They may have been showing up at roughly the same stage in the tide each day. Without the times of the appearance of the fish and the tide stage, I see no pattern. I also often ignored the tide when I was just out cruising for bird action in the boat. It still could be important, even in open water.
This year I want to note these things and then I should be able to say, "an hour into the drop, the fish show up."
I have some good info which show some patterns, but not necessarily everything I wanted. But, I learned an important lesson about what info I really need.
That is in itself, very good.
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