Useless fishing data

[RUGER]

Yes, I am bored.
No, I am not bragging.
Yes, I am a useless data junkie.

Started keeping a spreadsheet of all my fishing trips this year.
I find it interesting to go back and look at what I caught and when.
If you have no interest knowing what I caught and when look no further. LOL

Monthly totals (this is all species)
January 34
February 19
March 87
April 393
May 377
June 273
July 477
August 257
September 184
October 6

I made 102 trips so far this year.
Caught fish number 1,000 on June 10
Caught fish number 2,000 on September 7

I have caught 2,107 fish so far.
Co-anglers have caught 444
I have kept 845 fish this year.

Top three species:
Bream 984
Crappie 860
Largemouth 142

Highlights:
7 TARP bream, heaviest was 1 pound 6 ounces (the largest was out of public water)
1 TARP crappie, weighed 2 pounds 6 ounces (public water)
Caught a TARP bream in the second trip in my new boat. The first ever from that body of water. The first time @rem270 ever fished with me. #sfmafia
Best two numbers days were 131 and 157.
The 157 was a two lake, one day total of 8 hours on the water.

Caught a total of 15 different species.

Been a good ride.
With duck season starting I am probably very near the end for this year but plan on at least a few more trips.

 

[pockets]

Yea, but how many with the livescope?

 

[rem270]

You're kind of a big deal!

 

[WTM]

very nice.

how is that guys big bluegill lake doing? i was thinking about that when i saw some ponds around here almost dry and some dry as a bone.

 

[RUGER]

Yea, but how many with the livescope?

A CRAP TON of them.
Almost all the crappie were due to it.

 

[RUGER]

very nice.

how is that guys big bluegill lake doing? i was thinking about that when i saw some ponds around here almost dry and some dry as a bone.

Talked to him the other day and he said he believes you could just reach out with a dipnet and scoop them up. :(
He went on to say, I have a whole house generator but still don't have a well for my pond.

 

[RUGER]

Yea, but how many with the livescope?

I might add that out of all those crappie I probably didn't keep 50.
The day I caught the big one that was number 130 for the day and it was the only keeper I caught. LOL
I put it back too, I just couldn't be the one to kill a crappie that big out of what is basically a large pond. :D

 

[WTM]

Talked to him the other day and he said he believes you could just reach out with a dipnet and scoop them up. :(
He went on to say, I have a whole house generator but still don't have a well for my pond.

man i hate that. i was hoping yall had more rain up that way. aome of these cattle farms are going to be in trouble if they dont get rain to fill up their ponds.

kind of crazy, carroll lake is gushing water over the spillway. must have an underground spring feeding it.

 

[RUGER]

man i hate that. i was hoping yall had more rain up that way. aome of these cattle farms are going to be in trouble if they dont get rain to fill up their ponds.

kind of crazy, carroll lake is gushing water over the spillway. must have an underground spring feeding it.

I haven't been by there in a while, but oddly enough the same guy asked me where the pump was that fed Carroll Lake back this Summer. LOL
He said there has to be one because it always has water running out. LOL

I talked to a guy that lives near there and he said way in the back and to the East there are several springs back there.

It's bigtime dry here.
The pond I fish near the house is showing about 6 feet of "bank" that is normally not there.
Fish seem to be doing ok though, they installed a fountain deal this Summer, actually 2 of them, that spray water about 20' in the air.
I was sure glad to see that.

 

[gasman]

How many were caught while using a 50lb anchor?

 

[RUGER]

How many were caught while using a 50lb anchor?

Mine only weighs 18 pounds. :D

 

[woodsman04]

Interesting. Why so few in winter and or fall? Did you go less? I would think August would be the lowest number. Or early September.

I like fishing every month except for August pretty much.

Cool data.

 

[TNReb]

Awesome!

If I kept a log of every trip at least half of them would be blank!

I swear I don't know why I even keep fishing!

 

[Mcboom]

Awesome!

If I kept a log of every trip at least half of them would be blank!

I swear I don't know why I even keep fishing!

Lol I can relate

 

[RUGER]

Awesome!

If I kept a log of every trip at least half of them would be blank!

I swear I don't know why I even keep fishing!

I meant to add to the sheet,
I was skunked twice in January and twice in March.

 

[RUGER]

Interesting. Why so few in winter and or fall? Did you go less? I would think August would be the lowest number. Or early September.

I like fishing every month except for August pretty much.

Cool data.

In both cases it was due to lack of trips.
In January I only went 5 times and got skunked two of those.
February only 5 times.
March I went 13 times but got skunked twice and my numbers were pretty low.
September was pretty good but I dropped off quick after that, only been twice in October.

 

[Headhunter]

How many were caught while using a 50lb anchor?

It takes a man to use a 50 lb anchor.

 

[RUGER]

It takes a man to use a 50 lb anchor.

DANG right. LOL
Too much for my wimpy arse. :D

 

[Dbllunger]

A CRAP TON of them.
Almost all the crappie were due to it.

I like it. Never apologize to these knuckleheads.

 

[RUGER]

I like it. Never apologize to these knuckleheads.

I wasn't apologizing for sure. LOL
I absolutely LOVE that thing.

 

[Headhunter]

DANG right. LOL
Too much for my wimpy arse. :D

Glad I got a ghost though, anchor hasn't been in the boat since.

 

[Headhunter]

Yes, I am bored.
No, I am not bragging.
Yes, I am a useless data junkie.

Started keeping a spreadsheet of all my fishing trips this year.
I find it interesting to go back and look at what I caught and when.
If you have no interest knowing what I caught and when look no further. LOL

Monthly totals (this is all species)
January 34
February 19
March 87
April 393
May 377
June 273
July 477
August 257
September 184
October 6

I made 102 trips so far this year.
Caught fish number 1,000 on June 10
Caught fish number 2,000 on September 7

I have caught 2,107 fish so far.
Co-anglers have caught 444
I have kept 845 fish this year.

Top three species:
Bream 984
Crappie 860
Largemouth 142

Highlights:
7 TARP bream, heaviest was 1 pound 6 ounces (the largest was out of public water)
1 TARP crappie, weighed 2 pounds 6 ounces (public water)
Caught a TARP bream in the second trip in my new boat. The first ever from that body of water. The first time @rem270 ever fished with me. #sfmafia
Best two numbers days were 131 and 157.
The 157 was a two lake, one day total of 8 hours on the water.

Caught a total of 15 different species.

Been a good ride.
With duck season starting I am probably very near the end for this year but plan on at least a few more trips.

Ok, I am going to try this next year. Do you keep a book in the boat, wait til you get home to log trips, etc.? Of course, I have so many times not only do I not catch a fish, I do not even get a bite, if I could remember correctly I could use those trips to update the info.

 

[RUGER]

Ok, I am going to try this next year. Do you keep a book in the boat, wait til you get home to log trips, etc.? Of course, I have so many times not only do I not catch a fish, I do not even get a bite, if I could remember correctly I could use those trips to update the info.

I normally have one clicker for bream and one for crappie.

Any off-species I catch I write it down on a dry erase board I keep in the boat.

I click all my keepers and then document the throw backs on the board so I can keep up with what I keep v/s what I catch.
It's the other way around with crappie. LOL
At the end of the trip I tally everything up and change from hash marks to numbers then take a picture of it.
Load it on my spreadsheet the next day I work.

 

[RUGER]

Glad I got a ghost though, anchor hasn't been in the boat since.

My plan was to sell my old boat and buy either talons or a trolling motor with spot lock.
Didn't have any luck selling, yet, but now I need a four wheeler worse than a trolling motor. :D

 

[Headhunter]

I normally have one clicker for bream and one for crappie.

Any off-species I catch I write it down on a dry erase board I keep in the boat.

I click all my keepers and then document the throw backs on the board so I can keep up with what I keep v/s what I catch.
It's the other way around with crappie. LOL
At the end of the trip I tally everything up and change from hash marks to numbers then take a picture of it.
Load it on my spreadsheet the next day I work.

thank you, now to find a couple clickers. I was thinking about the pads and pens they sell that write even in the rain.

 

[Headhunter]

My plan was to sell my old boat and buy either talons or a trolling motor with spot lock.
Didn't have any luck selling, yet, but now I need a four wheeler worse than a trolling motor. :D

I might need a 4 wheeler myself. Never owned one, but may have to try find one.

 

[FLTENNHUNTER1]

Well done Ruger. Well done!

 

[hoghunter65]

My son keeps a log with how many, what kind where he caught them, water level and clarity, bait used he is always around 2000 for any given year