Reports Down

[Grumpy]

I never have figured out why so many people place so much emphysis on fishing reports or even why they ask on the discussion board "what are they hitting on?" (or some such nonsense).

I am far from an expert fisherman, and don't even consider myself to be a "good fisherman", but I have learned enough about CATCHING to know that no matter when I go I "shouldda been here yesterday!!"

I have seen more days than I can count, when a pattern I found in the morning doesn't hold for later in the day. That tells me that what they were hitting on yesterday and where they were at yesterday is not likely to be the same today, much less the same when a "report" is a few days old.

To me, half the fun of fishing is trying to figure out where the fish will be and what they will be hitting on TODAY. I have found that there are very few times when the all the fishing condtions are exactly the same today as they were yesterday; however, when I put my thinking cap on and try to remember a day similiar to today and what I did that day THAT WORKED in catching fish, then I try the same things today and see of it works. If it doesn't work I change lures or change locations until I find the fish and what they are hitting.

Unfortunately, I have been SKUNKED more times than I care to remember and that is why I said I am not even a good fisherman. However, as they say: "A bad day fishing is better that a good day at work anytime!"

Grumpy

[21ssExtreme]

I totally agree with you grumpy, but I think his point is if the reports are going to be on the site they should be current or remove them. But it is not only this site I went to the COE site yesterday and they have the surface temp at Dale Hollow listed as mid 70's. If the report is bad then say it is bad, if nothing more that just to let guys know what ramps are open, lake level, temp, etc. could help guys plan where they might like to go.