I started keeping a personal journal of my fishing trips about ten years ago. I recorded my impressions of the things I saw, people I met, how many fish I caught - including where, when and under what weather conditions - the hottest lures, water temperature and so on.
If you are anything like me and have trouble remembering what you had for dinner the previous evening, having a journal to look back on has not only put more fish in my boat but has saved me from having the same thing for dinner two or three days in a row more times than I can remember.
These journals have been the source of many of my stories in the Cabin 14 books and, as I continue journaling, will be an important source of information for new stories to come.
Over the coming months I will be posting entries from many of my personal field journals, starting with my trip to Trophy Lodge on Great Bear Lake in July 2008.
I hope you enjoy them - and start journaling !
