How many times have you went fishing and wished that you could remember what had worked on previous fishing trips where you had great days and caught several fish?

Chapman Spangler has come up with an idea that I think will help anglers in their fishing endeavor this year and in the years to come. Chapman came up with the idea of a fishing diary that anglers can record fishing trip information in. This diary has a section for each day of the 2002 year.

By keeping accurate records each time that they go fishing, they will be able to look back on previous fishing trips to help in choosing where they will be fishing and what lures have previously been successful under the same circumstances. Just some of the 40 pieces of information that can be recorded from a fishing trip include:

• Lake
• High and Low temperatures for the day
• Water level
• Water clarity
• Lures
• Lure presentation
• Area of lake
• GPS points

The Angler's Fishing Diary 2002 also has a Daily Planner for each day of the month, pages that let you enter information on patterning fish by water temperature and season of the year and also has pages for information on fishing trips by the month.

At $19.95, I think this can be one of the most valuable tools for the Oklahoma Bass Angler.

The Angler's Fishing Diary can be purchased at Backlash Tackle in Tulsa, OK.