• So that you can keep up with fishing patterns
• Look back and see what you caught during a specific time of year and on what
• What lures worked best or didn’t work during certain kayak fishing outings

What information should you keep in your log?

• Date
• Weather
• Water temp
• Water level
• Time of day
• Location, be as specific as possible
• Lure selection, both what worked and what didn’t
• Fish caught
• Ultimately you want to be as detailed as possible about all factors of the day

Here are a couple of options for keeping a fishing log.

• Online fishing log – This is nice because it will you categorize your trip by season, species, weather, location, etc.  I have found http://onlinefishinglog.com/ to be a great resource, it has a pre-populated form for you to fill out and when you go to retrieve your info it will break it up into several different search opportunities.
• Journal – I recommend a water proof one similar to the Rite in the Rain – Sportsman Fishing Journal.
• My personal recommendation would be to carry an actual journal while you are out fishing and then plug the data into an online version just for ease of cataloging your trips.