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.

To me everday fishing almost is a good day.
A great day is if your only keeping fish over 12" and still get tired of cleaning fish. That is rule of mine at on Grapevine in summer anything under 12 is throwback. I normally catch much better quality fish on that lake right in the middle of people sking swimming sailing and generally acting wild and sometimes they actually look over at me when I am realing in giant Slab.
most of them seem pretty preoccupied about how many nice crappie are in that lake. Fished that lake for past 12 years same spot same time day same time year and always always come home with a load.
Can I say it again -wish it was still on the CAT schedule this year.
Sorry for getting off subject there.
Just got emotional, my wife must be rubbing off on me.

A good day of catching is 1+ for me. I don't catch many XD

A good day of fishing is just being around nature.

I expect 20-30 keepers in a half a day. Anyone that says a bad day on the lake is better than a good day at work has never sunk a boat....

lol!

Amen Slewfoot that is exactly why I threw that ALMOST in my sentence. Glad your the one to say it. I Admit have sunk a boat at least once that I will admit too. The others where Accidents.
Lake Monticello a cold Day in December. (Rather be at Work that Day)LOL