High Lake Fishing Report suggestions

[mcmahon2005]

I keep my own fishing reports for alpine lakes. I like to make it as extensive as possible. I am alraedy adding the year it was stocked and the moonphase. Does anyone ahve anything else to add. Heres my current report, i hope it will all fit:

Alpine Lakes fishing Report

Lake Name____________Date of Trip ___/___/___ to ___/___/___ County______________ Quality of fishing on a scale of 1-10 _____ Day of week fished ___________ to __________
Fish Activity -Rising on a scale of 1-10 ___ Cruising on a scale of 1 to 10 ___
Fish Condition -Fat__ -Normal__ -Thin __ -Big Head__ -Spawning__
Fish Seen -Dead __ -Fry__
Observed Insects ___________________________ _________________________________ ____________________________________ _____________________________________
_________________________________ _______________________________________
Granite Surronding -yes___ -no_____
Southern exposure -great___ -good___ -ok____ -bad____ -worst____
Length of Hike_____ miles Elevation Gain______’ Elevation of Lake______’
Type of shoreline ________________________________________________________
Depth Contours -Steep__ -Moderate__ -Flat__ Water Condition -Clear__
-Dark__ -Extremely Clear__ -Glacial__ % Frozen______
Structure ________________________ __________________________ ________________________ _______________________ _______________________
Time at Lake ___ days ___ hours ___ minutes Time Fishing – ________________
Camp usage -Heavy__ -Moderate__ -Light__ # of campsites____
Lake Usage -People at lake___ -People Fishing___ -# of Bait Fisherman___
Lake Info _____acres Inlet__ Outlet__ Spawning area on a sale of 1-10 _____
Water Temp ____ degrees Weather ____________________________________
Time of day fished ____:____ to ____:____
Weather Trend__________________________________________________________
Type of bottom_____________________________________________________
Rod ___________________________________________________________________
Reel____________________________________________________________________
Line____________________________________________________________________

Species
Quantity
Size Range
Average size

Comments
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lure info Hookups Strikes Landed Length of time of use Action

Size Weight Species

Size Weight Species

[Brian Curtis]

Here’s a link to the pdf version of the survey form that matches the online form. We developed it in conjunction with the WDFW and have been using it for many years. It was based on the original high lake report card they used to use starting back in the sixties.

If you submit surveys online then you can access all the surveys you’ve submitted. It makes a great diary of all your trips.

http://www.watrailblazers.org/survey/HL%20Fishing%20Report_V4.4.pdf

[edit]Sorry about the copy paste link. I’m not sure why the bbcode isn’t working here.

[mcmahon2005]

Thats where i got a lot of the stuff i put on my report. I just figured out how to do the online survey and will be doing that from now on too. But i also like to keep my own more stensive survey.

[Brian Curtis]

More extensive surveys are always better. Be sure to incorporate that extra info into the comments in your online version.

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