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Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | Someone E-mailed me recently about my catch-frase at the end of the fishing reports I do for a local sporting goods shop. I always end the report with Stay Safe, Fish Smart, and Tight Lines. They wondered about the Fish Smart part and what it meant to me. Here is a snippet from an article I wrote that describes what I meant guite nicely.
Part of my personal fishing strategies for deciding rather it would be worth the time, effort and money for a planned fishing trip, is the waters condition for that river or lake I plan to fish. I don't have to tell anybody who's been fishing long enough, that water conditions can make or break a fishing trip in a hurry. Recognizing what all the different fishing variables are and what they mean when Mother Nature either denies or heaps her bounty all at once on the environment, can be paramount and directly effect both your planned fishing strategies and success. So locating and monitoring any man-made aides to help you determine what these environmental conditions are, is vital in my eyes. It may take a while to familiarize yourself with what is and what is not ideal water flow conditions on each of these bodies of water. As well as become familiar with how the seasons themselves co inside with the water levels during them. But once you have, you'll find the percentage of your successful fishing trips will increase.
Below is a link to the USGS site where you can access virtually any river in the US. Most have Real-Time flow rates that will keep you aware of what that particular river is doing. Once you locate the rivers that effect your body of water, plug them into your buddy list on your PC. Monitor them in conjunction with the fishing reports from your area or your own success during certain fluctuations and seasons. Eventually you'll automatically have an idea about how the fishing is progressing or will be if you decided to go yourself during any time of the season, during any stages in heavy or light water fall amounts. Fish Smart, Capt. Dan. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/rt
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