Fishing Software...
Ok, with all the great suggestions that I had not though about, I'm going to
have to start from scratch again to get everything I need on the form.
Here's what people have asked for so far...Name of (body of water)
Water Clarity
Water Temp
Depth Weather (Sky) Conditions
Ambiant Temperature
Wind Direction
Wind Speed Time
Date Fish Caught
Length
Girth
Weight (can calculate based on length and girth) GPS Co-ordinates
Waypoint Name Tackle Used (Baitcast/Spinning/whatever)
Bait Used (Crankbait/Spinnerbait/Worm/Jig/etc...)
Line Size Details of your experience. Is this TOO much information?
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Charles
Sep 23
2004
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| I would also like a spot for the picture of the fish. I think at season's
end I could easily spend a day looking at others logs to see what worked for
them. That would be cool...but only if it included a picture spot :-) |
alwaysfishking
Sep 23
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| Charles,
Since you are using a db lookup, why not put a link to a thumbnail pic
and then to a picture of the fish that were caught there? You could even
link to pictures on abfp or outdoorfrontiers. pat |
pat
Sep 23
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| I really thought about the pictures, but when you consider that you already
have the image on your hard drive... why would you want to duplicate it and
store it in a database file? That would also make for one huge db file,
slowing the program down. Right now, I say we keep this simple and make updates/upgrades as needed.
Also, if anyone else here knows anything about Visual Basic, I'll be glad to
share the source code when I'm finished. |
Charles
Sep 23
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| It wouldn't enlarge the db file if you put a link to the pic, whether it
is stored on the hard drive, or somewhere in cyberspace. It would only
add a line or maybe two to the query response. pat Look at this for more GPS stuff. https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=58972&package_id=73995 |
pat
Sep 23
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| I'd like to get the source code when you're done if you don't mind. I
learned VB in college a few years back so it would be a good refresher
to try and customize the application for my personal use. Thanks! Dre On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 10:06:44 -0500, "Charles Summers" |
Dre
Sep 23
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| Yeah, but if you move or rename it... it can do strange things to a program. |
Charles
Sep 23
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| A section for opinions or impressions would be good. |
lurebuilder
Sep 23
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| I don't think so, after all, it's not a problem to leave a space blank. |
Henry
Sep 23
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| I think having the picture to go along with the facts looks pretty cool. The
one freebie I got "Fishing Buddy" has it and it's pretty neat, especially
since my wife wants me to keep all those dam fish pictures together :-) |
alwaysfishking
Sep 23
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| Charles,
If you check for the existence of the picture file before calling an
operation to display it, you can prevent unwanted consequences by calling a
msgbox and exiting the routine instead of allowing a run-time error. |
Andrew
Sep 24
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| In a word Charles, Yes. |
Dan
Sep 23
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| If you'll allow me to interject a thought, I've been doing this (recording
my fishing efforts/results in a database for 35 years. My first db wasn't
even on a computer, but was done with punched index cards. Worked pretty
well, too, although as soon as I got my hot little hands into a CPM machine
back in the 70s, I went that way with it. Anyway, my db is constantly being rewritten as I find new things to keep
track of. And the key for me is to record EVERYTHING. EG, weather trends
are at least as important as the current weather conditions, so I record
the weather every day, whether I go fishing or not. I also record the
approx time of weather changes during the day and any changes I note in the
fishing that might be related to them. When I come home from 2 days at
Champlain, it often takes me 90 minutes or more just to enter the data. An
awful lot of what I've written over the years is the result of the time
spent entering the data. I think that's the real benefit. Entering the data
forces you to think about the conditions and the perceived changes in the
fish activity that follow them. But be sure, if you're going to do this, to use it to record EVERYTHING you
can think of that might matter, and even things you don't really think will
matter. RichZ©
www.richz.com/fishing |
RichZ
Sep 24
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| The best log is a handwritten one (Notebook). It is portable and personalized.
If you keep to narrative there is no compelling format to follow. Entering data
in a DB detracts from the fishing experience and i'm not sure that fish will
follow database trends. JMHO |
lurebuilder
Sep 24
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| Lure Builder, Lets see how quick you can compile a list of all the fish you caught when
the water temp was between 35 and 40 degrees in April on a Junebug lizard
during a full moon and a West Wind.
It all depends on why you save your data. If you want it just for memories
then yeah your notebook would work great (I had one for a couple years until
I wrote my fishing journal software), but if you want to use it to make
yourself a better fisherman and have "quick" access to data (if you don't
have hours to sort through years of written logs) then electronic is the
way to go (IMHO). Chris |
Chris
Sep 24
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| I wouldn't need that level of detail. I want it for memories and ease of entry.
I look at it for fish caught and what date as an encouragement to go fishing
for instance early in the season. Sometimes the most relevant info is just
where and when but moon phase is not important. My lure choice will be
determined by real time conditions out on the water and what i have in my
tackle box.. A computer and software can be a SOW and turn fishing into work. |
lurebuilder
Sep 24
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| In your opinion, but it can also improve efficiency, you could choose a lure
in real-time, but maybe you are missing something in the whole picture.
Maybe you are choosing the wrong lure. I see it time and time again, a
person caught a fish on a lure in a specific instance, and so now that is
all they throw thinking that this is the lure. Because you catch 2 fish in
a spot doesn't mean you have found what they are eating, why didn't you
catch 5 or 10 or 15.
This may be unrealistic, but if I don't hook every fish in a given area I
didn't do enough, so that keeps me on my toes and keeps me striving to do
better. For instance, If I am fishing a deep hole for Steelhead, and I
catch 10, and I see a guy across the river fishing the same hole catch one,
I forget about the 10 I just landed and start wondering why I didn't catch
that fish. This is what drives me in fishing, and I will never stop until I
reach the point to where I can completely clean out an area, so this is
obviously a life long journey :-D, and I will use every single resource to
improve my efficiency. Chris |
Chris
Sep 24
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| My strategy is dogged determination. I fish as often as possible and look at
current conditions in the real time. I change lures frequently and retie each
time. All bases are covered and with this strategy fish are caught. The log is
a historical account of what happened |
lurebuilder
Sep 24
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| Lure builder, now this is a intellectual reply to a post. So I know you are
capable, which tells me that you do the idiotic posts on purpose just to get
a rise out of people. Why not just stay on the intelligent side of the
line and contribute to this group. There are some great people here, and
people you can learn from. Instead you opt to make stupid comments. You
can compare and contrast your posts, and I know that you are not the idiot
you pose as 90% of the time here. To me, I can care less, I just can't
believe you would spend so much time and effort trying to get a rise out of
people. Maybe my goals are different, but wouldn't you want people to look
at your posts as valid, and not roll their eyes the second they see your
name and not even read your posts? Oh well, to each his own. Chris |
Chris
Sep 24
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| Chris, you realize that your pattern has now been recorded in the idiot's
notebook as a reliable, early-fall trolling one... Warren ;-) |
go-bassn
Sep 24
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| I guess I believe there is always something you could say to make people
reflect on their actions and make them realize the time they spend on
certain things could be better used in other ways. For some people that is
just not possible. Oh well, I won't lose any sleep :-) Chris |
Chris
Sep 24
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| Now that's funny and I don't care who you are. I can see Al writing it down |
alwaysfishking
Sep 24
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