Thread: The spawn as I've learned it

IMO The best thing to do to stay on fish consistently is keep a detailed fishing log. There's not a fishing report or science that can give you exactly what the fish are going to do. Nobody knows what a crappie is thinking but another crappie. You can get within a few days and sometimes hit it year to date almost every time when the weather conditions/water conditions are similar from a previous year with a log. This allows you to ALWAYS hit it when a particular area is having fish move in there, and not be a day or 2 late and hit that area after Joe told you about it and the fish are on their way out of that area. ( He went and caught 40, you got up there 3 days later after getting his report and caught 3). If you hit every good hole on the lake spot on the date they begin moving in there to feed, you're in for one heck of a year. With this documented, you're likely to repeat year after year. Technology today (Smartphones) allow somebody to have that info in a spreadsheet for availability while on the lake. I just find this to work way better than going off of what other fishermen say the fish are doing as you know the exact coordinates basically as to where you were that day, others don't. Often times this matters greatly. Way more rewarding and you waste a lot less time looking for fish.

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