hey don , i did this a few years back, my wife picked up a fishing log at gander mt. for like 5 or 6 dollers as a stocking stuffer at x-mas time it has all the things in it like time of day , date , weather wind directoin and speed , port ,people on the crew, water temp,lures and presitations for the day and so on ,i beleive it helps out greatly i just keep it in the boat so i can look throught it on tough days to refresh my memorie to get thing going but a spread sheet sounds like a good idea also and yes there is nothing wrong with compititoin:thumb: