How many days did you fish in 2023

[Susky River Rat]

6 hours ago, gimruis said:

Why is it so difficult to believe that some people write down the number of days they go fishing?

When I was die hard into musky I had a note book of location,  date, time, moon phase, major/minor,  bait, bait color, bait depth, what structure it was caught on, lure retrieval and how big the fish was. I also added in any follows or lost fish. 
 

 

I do not think I’d be married anymore if I fished as much as some of you! She’s understand but, not that understanding. I do generally travel 45-60 minutes to fish. Sometimes up to 2 hours.

[bowhunter63]

Not near enough Turned 60 in July This working all the time is getting to be BS Come spring it’s time for a change 

[MIbassyaker]

8 hours ago, Zcoker said:

Like I said, to each their own. I live in Florida the fishing capital of the world and I haven’t heard much of anyone doing it, or at least with the guys I know. Probably more prevalent in freshwater fishing up north? But, hey, nothing against it! If it makes you a better fisherman, then more power to ya!

 

I record information mostly so I can calculate catch rates and average sizes for the 40-something different places In my area that I have fished, under various conditions and times of the year.  This is very useful for identifying where and when I should spend my limited fishing time.

[gulfcaptain]

So probably 180+ days. Then again I fish for a living so every day working is a day fishing. Then when I'm off I'm still fishing. 

[Swamp Girl]

13 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

The more days I go out on the water, the less I know about predicting when the fish will be biting. 

 

I wonder if a computer, if the software were written and enough data were entered, could one day predict when and what bass would eat. Weather forecasting is so much more accurate than when I was young because computers are doing the predicting and every day, more data is fed to them, making them ever more accurate. 

 

I don't know if knowing would be a good thing. I like the guessing and failing some days to make the days I don't fail ever sweeter. 

 

I envy your 250 days, Alex. I will be soooooooo happy the day you boat your beshemoth!

[AlabamaSpothunter]

Agree Katie, one would think one of these days the power of computing, weather forecasting, and predictive modeling will yield an accurate Bass fishing forecast.

 

There is a video I just watched that uses data to make some pretty good assumptions, not with regard to weather but to baits and locations.    

 

Check YT for "25 Years of Data Reveals Best Winter Bait For Bass Fishing".    

 

 

[LrgmouthShad]

250 days? @AlabamaSpothunter you need to look into some tournaments 

[DogBone_384]

I got out 132 times this season, and I'm probably not done yet.

 

I target smallmouth bass most of the time, but take what I can get.  I fish freshwater 90% of the time even though I live on a peninsula, 1/2 a block from the ocean where I can launch my kayak.  

[TheSwearingAngler]

Fish pictures start showing up on my phone 3/26 I imagine I went 10-15 times before 3/26… from first fish to

last (11/5) I went everyday at lunch, most mornings before work, most evening after and every Saturday and Sunday… I’ve been about 15 times since 11/5 without a bite… so what’s that 250ish days?.. final answer.

 

I fished for stocked trout a couple times.. not for me.

[TnRiver46]

3 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Agree Katie, one would think one of these days the power of computing, weather forecasting, and predictive modeling will yield an accurate Bass fishing forecast.

 

There is a video I just watched that uses data to make some pretty good assumptions, not with regard to weather but to baits and locations.    

 

Check YT for "25 Years of Data Reveals Best Winter Bait For Bass Fishing".    

 

 

Customers always think there’s a magic wand they can wave to make their squirrels go away too , just takes work. Computer models don’t do jack when it comes to wildlife and fish 

 

they all show me their supersonic devices they bought on Amazon that scared the squirrels away….. for a couple days 

[Boomstick]

Not that many. I had a lot of stuff going on early in the year, then I ran into health issues. I did make it out a lot late in the year - and it remained warm too

[padlin]

This is like when my grandsons asked me how many fish I normally catch, I don’t count those either.

 

WAG for fish is 20

WAG for times fishing is 50

 

I don’t ice fish so I’m done till April.

 

[OmegaDPW]

I'm at 42 right now. Started up again around 6 months ago after a few years of life getting in the way. Fishing through the winter this go-round. 

 

EW

[813basstard]

On 12/19/2023 at 7:20 PM, 928JLH said:

Not enough.  Had to move out away from my wife. NEVER let a family member with fentanyl and meth addiction move in with you.

Oh…I thought you were going to say never let a family member get in the way of your fishing…that went left quick

[Fishin Dad]

Living in Minnesota is tough.  Open water season I fished 68 days.  Many seasons I add another 15 days or so of ice fishing as well.  There has been some seasons with about 100 combined.  Having summers off helps a lot. 

[Eric 26]

Not enough 😕

[TnRiver46]

28 minutes ago, Eric 26 said:

Not enough 😕

Never enough 

[PBBrandon]

I usually try to go twice a week, work typically keeps me at once a week though lol. About half of those days from shore and half from the yak. So in total probably about 60-70 times. Maybe 10 of those were catfishing at my local pond and the others mostly bass/striper fishing at texoma