Super User senile1 Posted February 21, 2018 Super User Posted February 21, 2018 It was a terrible year for me. My Father lived about 6 hours from me and was on his last legs so when I had free time I was visiting him (12 - 13 hour round trip). He died New Years Day, 2018. I don't keep an exact account of all fish, but I know that I had 100 bass by May. I caught between 150 and 200 bass and it was probably closer to the lower end of that range. I did not keep track of the assorted walleye, catfish, crappie, and white bass that I caught. Quote
Florida Cracker2 Posted February 21, 2018 Posted February 21, 2018 Wow, I'm almost too embarrassed to say after those totals. Maybe 20-25 at 5-6lbs and lower. But I did catch a lot of snapper and quite a few snook during my saltwater excursions. I started keeping a log book a few years ago, but didn't keep up with it. When I get my house addition done I will have more time to beat the water a little harder. Quote
Super User everythingthatswims Posted February 22, 2018 Super User Posted February 22, 2018 The only time I have ever been diligent enough to tally fish for an entire year was in 2013. I caught 446 largemouth 116 smallmouth, 659 crappies, and 557 bluegill. With all other species, the total came out to be over 3500 fish. That was back before I even started bass fishing, I think it's safe to say I catch a few more than that now 1 Quote
WolfyBrandon Posted February 26, 2018 Posted February 26, 2018 I just finished putting together a project which shows every single bass I caught, when I caught it, and on what type of bait, for the entire 2017 season. _____Context_____ In 2017 I made a total of 18 fishing trips between the dates of May 08, 2017 to September 25, 2017. I never solo fished, I always fished with my buddy Jeremy in his boat being the backseater 98% of the time. We even had a third person in the boat for 5 of the trips. It was a combined effort on where we fish, and when. The majority of the trips were done after work, (past 2:00pm) where we had anywhere between 3-5 hours to fish. A hand full of trips were done on weekends, where we made it to the lake early (around 7:30am) and had between 8-10 hours to fish. There is also a good chunk of time taken out of every day which is dedicated as an investment to my fishing log to measure & weigh every fish, document lake conditions, as well as locations fished, bait selection, etc, via pictures/video/audio to create a highly detailed fishing log to both learn from, as well as preserve personal fishing memories. My primary goal (as always) was to be consistent and catch at least 1 bass every day no matter the size - which I accomplished 100% for the 18 trips in 2017. My secondary goal was to catch 5 bass if possible. Given my situation and goals, bait selection & location planning was critical, and a huge part of my success. I also developed a tackle system this year to help minimize the large quantity of unused tackle I take with me due to the limited space, and time to fish. Though to be completely honest, I still had a large assortment of unused baits that I could cut down even further. If I can say one thing, this year I really learned that even though I have thousands of baits, "there is only so much time in the day". Honestly with the 3 combos I used, and the time I had to fish, I threw a maximum of 3-7 different baits per trip. (Not like that's going to stop my love for tackle, I'll just have to plan for Lots of fishing trips.) I'm someone who will commit to using a bait for a good amount of time without getting bit, if I feel the bait is right and should work. If I changed baits, it would mostly be due to conditions like Shallow/Deep, Clear/Weedy, etc. I will say I did feel limited only using 3 combos. I would normally rig up [Combo 1] - Finesse Soft Plastic (confidence bait) for casting to targets. [Combo 2] - A type of Search Bait, to cover water. [Combo 3] - Misc Bait, which could be anything from another soft plastic or search bait option, to a new bait I would like to test out. I found myself mostly using what I had already pre-rigged up prior to the fishing trip, which were sometimes the baits already rigged up from the previous trip that were successful. I would have liked 2 more combos just in terms of "fun" to give me the option to throw more stuff. These are the results for all the different types of baits I used and was successful with. I did throw a hand full of other baits that are not listed as they didn't produce any results. Disclaimer: This is by no means a reflection on what I think are the best baits, or only what works, it is only a simple list of data on what I decided to use that had results. I did not spend an even amount of time using each bait, I threw what I personally thought might work or what I wanted to use on a given day, in a given situation. This lead to the following results that are ranked by what bait type caught the most, down to what bait type caught the least... _____Results_____ [Quick List] Rank. Bait Type (Number Caught) 01. Tubes (36) 02. Grubs (25) 03. Finesse Worms (20) 04. Soft Plastic Buzz Frogs (10) 05. 15ft+ Diving Crankbaits (08) 06. Ribbon Tail Worms (07) 07. Squarebill Crankbaits (06) 08. Small Swimbaits (03) 09a. Lipless Crankbaits (02) 09b. Beavers (02) 09c. Topwater Poppers (02) 10a. Swim Jigs (01) 10b. Topwater Walking Baits (01) - Total # Successful Bait Types in 2017 = 13 - Largest Bass of 2017 = 5lb 00oz, 20 & 3/4'' - Largemouth Bass (Ribbon Tail Worm) - Total # Bass Caught in 2017 = 123 [Detailed List] Rank. Bait Type (Number Caught) - Fish Number (Date Caught) 01. Tubes (36) - 01 (05-22-2017) - 02 (05-22-2017) - 03 (05-22-2017) - 04 (05-22-2017) - 05 (05-22-2017) - 06 (05-22-2017) - 07 (05-22-2017) - 08 (05-31-2017) - 09 (05-31-2017) - 10 (05-31-2017) - 11 (05-31-2017) - 12 (06-07-2017) - 13 (06-07-2017) - 14 (06-07-2017) - 15 (06-07-2017) - 16 (06-07-2017) - 17 (06-14-2017) - 18 (06-14-2017) - 19 (06-14-2017) - 20 (06-14-2017) - 21 (06-14-2017) - 22 (06-14-2017) - 23 (06-14-2017) - 24 (07-19-2017) - 25 (07-19-2017) - 26 (07-19-2017) - 27 (07-19-2017) - 28 (07-19-2017) - 29 (07-19-2017) - 30 (07-19-2017) - 31 (07-19-2017) - 32 (07-19-2017) - 33 (07-19-2017) - 34 (08-21-2017) - 35 (08-21-2017) - 36 (08-21-2017) 02. Grubs (25) - 01 (05-08-2017) - (First Bass of 2017) - 02 (06-19-2017) - 03 (06-19-2017) - 04 (06-19-2017) - 05 (06-19-2017) - 06 (06-19-2017) - 07 (06-21-2017) - 08 (06-21-2017) - 09 (06-21-2017) - 10 (06-21-2017) - 11 (06-21-2017) - 12 (06-21-2017) - 13 (06-21-2017) - 14 (06-21-2017) - 15 (06-21-2017) - 16 (06-26-2017) - 17 (06-29-2017) - 18 (07-03-2017) - 19 (07-03-2017) - 20 (07-03-2017) - 21 (08-21-2017) - 22 (08-21-2017) - 23 (08-21-2017) - 24 (09-25-2017) - 25 (09-25-2017) - (Last Bass of 2017) 03. Finesse Worms (20) - 01 (06-26-2017) - 02 (06-26-2017) - 03 (06-26-2017) - 04 (06-26-2017) - 05 (06-26-2017) - 06 (06-26-2017) - 07 (06-26-2017) - 08 (06-26-2017) - 09 (06-26-2017) - 10 (06-29-2017) - 11 (06-29-2017) - 12 (06-29-2017) - 13 (06-29-2017) - 14 (06-29-2017) - 15 (07-03-2017) - 16 (07-03-2017) - 17 (07-03-2017) - 18 (07-03-2017) - 19 (07-03-2017) - 20 (07-03-2017) 04. Soft Plastic Buzz Frogs (10) - 01 (06-26-2017) - 02 (06-26-2017) - 03 (06-26-2017) - 04 (06-29-2017) - 05 (06-29-2017) - 06 (07-03-2017) - 07 (07-26-2017) - 08 (08-09-2017) - 09 (08-09-2017) - 10 (08-28-2017) 05. 15ft+ Diving Crankbaits (08) - 01 (08-21-2017) - 02 (08-21-2017) - 03 (08-21-2017) - 04 (09-13-2017) - 05 (09-13-2017) - 06 (09-25-2017) - 07 (09-25-2017) - 08 (09-25-2017) 06. Ribbon Tail Worms (07) - 01 (08-09-2017) - (Largest Bass of 2017 - 5lb 00oz, 20 & 3/4'' - Largemouth Bass) - 02 (08-09-2017) - 03 (08-09-2017) - 04 (08-09-2017) - 05 (08-09-2017) - 06 (08-28-2017) - 07 (08-30-2017) 07. Squarebill Crankbaits (06) - 01 (05-22-2017) - 02 (05-31-2017) - 03 (05-31-2017) - 04 (05-31-2017) - 05 (06-14-2017) - 06 (06-21-2017) 08. Small Swimbaits (03) - 01 (06-07-2017) - 02 (06-07-2017) - 03 (06-19-2017) 09a. Lipless Crankbaits (02) - 01 (05-22-2017) - 02 (05-22-2017) 09b. Beavers (02) - 01 (07-26-2017) - 02 (07-26-2017) 09c. Topwater Poppers (02) - 01 (08-21-2017) - 02 (08-28-2017) 10a. Swim Jigs (01) - 01 (06-29-2017) 10b. Topwater Walking Baits (01) - 01 (07-19-2017) 1 Quote
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