O.k I saw someone caught 6 fish in five hours and call a good day, and some stay in the lake all day long caught 1 limit and they call a good day. To me 1 limit in 3 hrs is a good day.
So how many fish for you to call a good day???

Depends on what I LEARN that particular day.


Marc

Not near as many this year as in the past.

RB

One fish or no fish. 10 fish or 50 fish. As long as I'm fishing with my lovely wife/kids/grandkids or friends it's a good day. I don't count a good day by the # of fish I catch. Only count the quality time spent. Catching fish is just a PLUS. If you judge your day by the # of fish caught then it becomes work not enjoyment (Why I haven't become a guide). I enjoy/love fishing...

That's what i'm talkin bout!

Only count the quality time spent. Catching fish is just a PLUS. If you judge your day by the # of fish caught then it becomes work not enjoyment

I agree with DB on this one all the way!!

Mavs

Good answer DBman ! one more question, if you fish by yourself and catch no fish in 3 hrs, do you stay and look for fish or you go home with your wife and kids?

Depends if i got some productivity from my bro-n-law..

Very well said indeed........
Jigum

Hate to follow suit, but I can't say it any better than Dave did

A bad day of fishing is always better than a good day at work. Any day on the lake is a good day, fish or not!

It all depends on time of year and weather conditions...though I agree about anytime on the water is a good day. At certain times of the years a keeper an hour is good..other times it means a limit in 4-5 hours

Yeah, what he said.

one....and he doesn't even have to get to the boat

the quote above nailed it.....

Can't say I disagree with DBman. Just being on the water is enough for me.

However, I usually like to at least try and catch a tourney limit of seven to make me feel like a fisherman but how many are caught a lot of times depends on how well the fish cooperate and the conditions.

Being on the water is good, catching fish is more better. Fishing without catching is suck.

haha ya there are days where you have high hopes, get out on the water and then nothing. Those days are probably not on my list of "good days" as far as fish are concerned but I enjoy them nonetheless.

I usually just let me getting wore out determine when I call it. The good Lord blessed me with some pretty high stamina for fishing and not having to catch anything. More times than not I go about 4 hours if I'm not catchin 'em and until they quit if I'm knockin their boots off.

Everyone is different though my uncle will call it a loss if he don't catch any after an hour and go home lol.

Ain't it funny? Go out for 3 or 4 hrs ,not catch a thing, starve to death in those 4 hrs, get home, wore out, go to bed by 9. Go the next day fish for 8 hrs and catch a limit, fergot you hadn't eat, get to the house and clean fish, watch the 10 o'clock news and half of the tonight show and lay there for the next hour wanting to do it again the next day!

If I am fishing it is a good day.

Can't answer this question. Never had that problem. I always catch on my home lake. I would go to the house and be with the wife if that happened.

Any day on the water is a great day! Catching fish is just a bonus.

That all sounds nice fishing with the family and all but if that were true we would just go skiing and have a picnic.We all want to catch a lake record crappie .(Dont we DBman) I can usally catch 10hd but now 15 everytime is my goal .But really I like it when they are finiky and you have to tick the cover and just wait and makem bite it gives you a sense of overcomeing the odds.Thats a great high for me.Or when your fishing a bridge piling and you just killem and the boat on the next pillar aint catchin nothing .Its little things like that is why I fish

Jerry well said we are going to have to get together and fish.