Well, after many starts and stops, I finally went a whole year keeping good track of my trips. I thought y’all might be interested to see what a whole year in the life of a live scoper is like. With that said, I’d call myself fair to good with it. I’m no where near as good as a lot of those guys that guide, not by a long shot. Wind will absolutely ruin me still. Anything over 7 and my success rate goes way down. I’ve caught fish in as high as 20 as long as I can get a break from the waves, but it’s absolutely no fun.

Now, I’m not bragging here and I don’t keep fish with any regularity. Matter of fact, on my highest day, I released them all. And since half way through 22, any fish 2.00 or better gets released. I’m guessing I kept about 400 this year total. And while the totals may sound impressive, there were 2 blanks and dozens of single digit days - 41 actually, or 44%

93 Trips – Grenada 54, Enid 33, Sardis 5, Arkabutla 2. One trip I fished Grenada in AM and Enid in PM.
1,111 Keepers total
Limited 25 times (26.9%)
Multiple Limits 6 times
Highest keeper count 53
Big fish 2.93#
Blank trips – 2 – both short and wind related
Average keepers per trip 11.95
Average keepers per hour 2.58 (started tracking hours fished in September)
Highest keepers per hour 8.83 (also my highest day)
Keepers 1st 6 months of year – 576 (45 trips)
Keepers 2nd 6 months of year – 535 (48 trips)


Anyway, thought I’d share.

Wannabe…


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