EMAIL#2 April 29, 2007 - How Fishlogix works
Hello! Thanks so much for signing up to get the news about Fishlogix. Fishlogix will be made available to the public in just over 2 weeks, on May 15th. Between now and then I'll send several messages about this new product, and if you've got any questions at any time please don't hesitate to send me an e-mail.
Today I want to let you in on part of the technology. It's hard to imagine how a computer program can tell you where the fish will be and what will catch them, but when you really think about what effects fish behavior, it makes perfect sense. In fact it really is the same sort of thinking that professional guides use to make sure their clients catch fish.
What goes through the mind of a guide when planning a fishing trip? If you could read a guide's mind you mind hear something like this:
"My client for tomorrow doesn't care what species we fish for as long as we get some fast action. At the river the water will probably be about 46 degrees. That means the walleyes will be in the thick of spawning. That would make them easy to find, since I know they'll be in rocky shallows with a moderate current, but they won't be biting as well as they were last week when they were stacking up in deeper water near the spawning sites.
Hmm… Lets target something else. The smallmouth bass will be in their pre-spawn areas, but they'll still be just a little sluggish at that temperature. They'll be catchable, but they'll get a lot more active in a couple of weeks. It's supposed to be sunny so the water will be a couple degrees warmer by dusk, so late in the day will be the best time for them. They'll be along rip-rapped banks, but further off shore than they'll be when they get closer to spawning. The water level has been dropping, and that will also keep them off the shoreline more than usual for this time of year. A medium running crankbait will bounce off the rock bottoms there and draw some strikes. We'll want to focus on water around 4 to 7 feet deep. We should stick to a moderately slow retrieve and a relatively small lure size since they're not going to be terribly active. And this time of year, the baitfish they'll be feeding on are small, too. Since it's supposed to be sunny we'll start with some light colors. The water's pretty murky, so we'll pick something highly visible like chartreuse, and we'll make sure it's a lure with rattles so they have an easier time finding it. Casting with spinning gear and line around 6 pound test is great for those smaller crankbaits, and it'll be heavy enough to deal with the cover.
That'll work for the evening. What about earlier? We could definitely catch a few northern pike in those conditions, especially using live suckers for bait, but the action wouldn't be very fast. Catfish will be pretty slow, too. Perch will be fairly active all day, though. They'll be in bays and on flats, and we can catch them easily with worms under slip bobbers, or with slip sinker rigs. Better yet, drop shot rigs since the perch will be holding right near the bottom and we can put the bait right in front of them that way and feel the bite before they've swallowed the hook. Most people don't consider drop shot rigs for perch, or for relatively shallow water, but it's a deadly system for perch hugging the bottom. That's a chance to teach my client something new.
So that's the plan: Perch through the morning and into the afternoon, then switching to smallmouth bass until dusk. Time to load the gear in the boat."
That's exactly the thinking that goes on under the hood in Fishlogix. Just like a guide it understands how everything from water temperature and clarity to changing water levels and weather patterns effect different kinds of fish, and how that changes with the time of year and time of day. It considers the features of the particular lake or river. Once it works out where the fish are most likely to be and how active they'll be it builds fishing strategies that will catch them. It takes only a few seconds for Fishlogix to create your custom fishing plan, so you might be surprised to learn that in those few seconds it actually considers hundreds of thousands or even millions of possible scenarios and fishing tactics. It evaluates them all using a vast collection of fishing facts, fishing tips, rules of thumb and other forms of fishing know-how. The plans that you see are the best of the best, the ones that beat out all the others and offer the very best chance of catching the fish that you want to catch.
I'll write again in the next few days to share some quotes from people who have had a chance to try out Fishlogix before the release. Please keep an eye out for the next message with Fishlogix in the subject.
I also want to thank all of you who have helped to spread the word about Fishlogix! On the day it goes on sale there will be a one-time discount and I'll let you know the details of how to get that deal before that day. If you have other fishing friends and family members who would be interested, please invite them to come to OutdoorIntellect.com and sign up for the Fishlogix e-mails soon so they'll have a chance to get in on the discount too.
Dedicated to your fishing success,
Paul Halter
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The winner gets a crank out of me and a bag of worms from you 
