Speaking of fishing a memory...About two months ago I had an amazing day. Fished this backwater pocket with overhanging trees on a Xcalibur xr50 real gill.  For two weeks after that I fished that memory only to come up with a couple dinks.  So yesterday....I went back to the same spot after letting it rest for a couple weeks.  Threw the same bait I had thrown before and immediately hit the jackpot on a hungry group of fish again.  It wasnt fishing a memory....It was almost fishing DEJA VU.  6.4 lbs, 3.4 lbs, 3.2 lbs, and 5 more between the 1.5 and 2.5 range. 

 

It was great! Same bait, Same cover, same time of day.....BUTTTTT one thing I learned was to not fish a memory.  I wasted two weeks pushing for something that wasnt there instead of thinking and using my currect weather and water conditions.  I thought I was being determined by putting so much time into a spot i knew could produce, but really it was ignorance because I had been overwhelmed by one good day of fishing here.  LEARN FROM EXPERIENCE.....BUT DONT DWELL ON IT

I can dig both major points here, the hostility toward one another seems like a waste of time.

Speaking of fishing a memory...About two months ago I had an amazing day. Fished this backwater pocket with overhanging trees on a Xcalibur xr50 real gill.  For two weeks after that I fished that memory only to come up with a couple dinks.  So yesterday....I went back to the same spot after letting it rest for a couple weeks.  Threw the same bait I had thrown before and immediately hit the jackpot on a hungry group of fish again.  It wasnt fishing a memory....It was almost fishing DEJA VU.  6.4 lbs, 3.4 lbs, 3.2 lbs, and 5 more between the 1.5 and 2.5 range. 

 

It was great! Same bait, Same cover, same time of day.....BUTTTTT one thing I learned was to not fish a memory.  I wasted two weeks pushing for something that wasnt there instead of thinking and using my currect weather and water conditions.  I thought I was being determined by putting so much time into a spot i knew could produce, but really it was ignorance because I had been overwhelmed by one good day of fishing here.  LEARN FROM EXPERIENCE.....BUT DONT DWELL ON IT

 

Discovering that no method and no delivery is bulletproof is all part of the learning process.

We learn just as much from our failures, as we do from our successes.

Memory and recall are critical, because without them we cannot broaden our knowledge base.

 

Roger

Sure you have to take into account the conditions of the day but if you don't pre plan with the knowledge you have of the lake you are also making a mistake. If you have fished a lake long enough and pre plan with weather reports and other known conditions. Why then keep records of your trips.