fishing log - in excel or other

[Iwannakeeper]

Originally posted by bloocrab
The important thing is creating the hard copy. Be honest, who's really going to feel like entering this stuff into a spreadsheet after fishing for 6 hours in the middle of the night? By the time you get around to it..(a few days later) some of the facts may be blurred. You can't beat a hard copy. People generally ONLY log good trips...the best information is the freshest info- like when you get back to the truck, reach into the glove box and write it all down....tide/water temp/clarity/wind/etc......whatever YOU think is important.




You gotta be nutz....I can see it now, all the S.B. moderators at our favorite spots at the right tides....

I think a combination of hard and soft copy is the key. have a printout with empty columns/rows. Fill those rows/colums in, out of the glove box, then during some down time, do the data entry into the computer, so you can search,etc.



FWW - what advantage does the databae have over a spreadsheet? While I am a techy - haven't done a lot with Databases and was wondering why you'd select a database, my assumption is search capabilities are more comprehensive in a database