How do you keep track of your number?

[RMcDuffee726]

42 minutes ago, Luna2406 said:

I might have to start a log as well but what all info do you guys keep besides what you caught, what you caught him on, and maybe temperature? could someone maybe put a screenshot of the excel sheet they were talking about or a pic of their log for ideas?? Thanks again!

you beat me to it haha could i get a copy of that!?

For sure, what's your email?

[kickerfish1]

It's not hard to keep track when you don't catch any

[mrmacwvu1]

I used to drink a beer for every bass that I caught. Well then I found senkos. I was fishing out of john boat and all I had were senkos and beer. I loaded the boat with a bunch of beer. I was fishing a three acre pond. Well the Coast Guard showed up three days later as I was still in a drunken stooper.

[S. Sass]

3 hours ago, RMcDuffee726 said:

I got a nice fishing log if anyone wants the excel format to keep track off stuff.

Id like to take a look at it as well if you dont mind. I might try keeping a log if I had a way that was not a PITA.

[Bluebasser86]

I only kept track for one year and used the clicker style counter as well. I skipped most of July and August due to extreme heat in favor of night fishing for big catfish on the rivers. I ended up with 2,776 on the year. I had to actually land each fish, none of them that fell off while landing them or weren't controlled were counted. 

[Neil McCauley]

Keeping track of dinks and sometimes even avg fish is a waste of time imo. It's annoying to spend even the 2 secs landing and unhooking them.

For big fish though I thought about adding a little bass decal to my canoe for each bass caught >20", kind of like nose art on warplanes. Can't find a decal I like though..

[OCdockskipper]

I used to keep track mentally during the day, broken down by lure.  On days when junk fishing was the best method it was a pain - as I'm casting I'm repeating in my head "4,3,12,9,1,1,3".  I found it distracting and I felt like I had OCD.

So, I stopped by Staples & bought a small, cheap dry erase board that has a magnet on the back.  I keep it next to me, stuck on something metal & just make a slash for every fish caught like a jail inmate keeping track of his days in the clink.  Only problem was a windy day, when it blew out of the boat.  With rain, I just put it in a zip-lock bag.

Once I get home, I transfer the numbers along with other pertinent info to an Excel spreadsheet.  It is indeed neat to look back after a few years to compare what worked and results.

[Bankbeater]

I use the voice recorder on my cell phone.  I play it back when I get home, and put the info down on a excel spreadsheet.  Got the idea from someone here on the forum.

[scaleface]

I dont keep score . Th more tore up my thumb the better the day . 

[Raul]

18 hours ago, Goose52 said:

I keep an Excel spreadsheet that contains all my fishing data (catches, tackle, etc.). As far as keeping track of fish caught from my boat, I add bass silhouettes to the hull - each silhouette represents 100 bass caught.  Here's an older photo from last year:

 

Man, if I make use of such a system to keep track of how many I catch I would pretty much need something about as long as a super tanker, just to have it painted every 6 months, I would run out of boat quite fast.

Now back to the OP, if you have time to keep track then you aren't catching that many.

[Goose52]

6 minutes ago, Raul said:

Man, if I make use of such a system to keep track of how many I catch I would pretty much need something about as long as a super tanker, just to have it painted every 6 months, I would run out of boat quite fast.

Now back to the OP, if you have time to keep track then you aren't catching that many.

For sure - this system would take some work to keep up to date in high-yield, fertile fisheries!  It's an easy system to maintain in my home waters: low yield, infertile fisheries. As an example, it is a very RARE event when every two-man boat in a bass tournament manages to catch a total of 5 bass 10" or longer over a 6 or 7 hour tournament. Usually, the bass club only manages to have about 2/3 of the boats in a tournament catch five or more LMB.  A 3 pound LMB will usually get big bass. These kinds of fisheries make the record keeping much easier...  

[FishHard247]

old school notebook. only ones over 3 pounds i log though. 

[CDMeyer]

I will sometimes use the notes app on my phone and take some details down and leave the size and pretend it's my "live-well"  and try to get the bets "bag" (5) at the end of the day.  Yet to be honest most times I stop counting after I catch five. 

[Luna2406]

3 hours ago, Goose52 said:

For sure - this system would take some work to keep up to date in high-yield, fertile fisheries!  It's an easy system to maintain in my home waters: low yield, infertile fisheries. As an example, it is a very RARE event when every two-man boat in a bass tournament manages to catch a total of 5 bass 10" or longer over a 6 or 7 hour tournament. Usually, the bass club only manages to have about 2/3 of the boats in a tournament catch five or more LMB.  A 3 pound LMB will usually get big bass. These kinds of fisheries make the record keeping much easier...  

Im with you on that, the places around here are way over fished and aren't really taken care of. So catching 5 in a day isa good day on waters around here. I like keeping track just to see how many I can catch in a year. Im pretty new at fishing so every fish i catch is an adventure for me haha 

[Montanaro]

Notches in my bedpost

[OkobojiEagle]

I remember the bites I didn't bring to hand...

 

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[Raul]

6 hours ago, Goose52 said:

For sure - this system would take some work to keep up to date in high-yield, fertile fisheries!  It's an easy system to maintain in my home waters: low yield, infertile fisheries. As an example, it is a very RARE event when every two-man boat in a bass tournament manages to catch a total of 5 bass 10" or longer over a 6 or 7 hour tournament. Usually, the bass club only manages to have about 2/3 of the boats in a tournament catch five or more LMB.  A 3 pound LMB will usually get big bass. These kinds of fisheries make the record keeping much easier...  

Man, I mean, them bass marks are 10+ lbers, those are the only ones that really count.  

[Airman4754]

I fish with a guy that weighs, measures, photos, and uses a tape recorder on every fish he catches and he fishes 300 days a year minimum. when I say photo I don't mean like a quick selfie. I mean he lays it down on the ground, carpet, wherever and takes a photo of it. 

If the bite is on I'll have two or three fish in the boat during the time he is back there dicking around with an 11" fish.