Batting Average ?

[HarveysMinnow]

Regardless of how good our reflexes are and no matter how sensitive our rods and lines may be, nobody catches each and every fish they encounter. Some we never hook to start with; some escape before we land them. With this in mind, perhaps we each could learn something by keeping a log, listing, spreadsheet, or whatever, in which we can record the net results of our various excursions. It doesn't have to be anything fancy... just write down your total encounters each time you fish (this is the "at bat" column) and in another column enter the total fish you landed (the "base hits" column). Then, for each outing you have listed, divide the fish you landed figure by the total encounters (bites) figure. This decimal fraction will be your "average".

For example, suppose you had 17 'bites' and landed 12 fish.
12/17 = 0.706 (rounded) or just 'seven oh six' in baseball-speak.

Those who enjoy copious data and building spreadsheets to keep such data in can embellish their efforts by breaking down their results by the location, particular technique they were using, the bait, the species they caught, their rod/reel setup, time of day, weather conditions, water conditions, etc, etc. Make it just as simple or complicated as you choose, then at the end of your fishing season for this year, maybe we can all compare notes.

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