Professional tournament anglers, weekend warriors, and recreational fishermen all have one thing in common; they all want to catch more fish.  No matter if it’s largemouth bass, smallmouth, stripers, white bass, trout, walleye, salmon, tarpon, redfish, or bream.  If it swims, anglers will fish for it; however, not everyone has time to study lake maps or find out where the fish are biting before heading out fishing.  In today’s world more and more anglers are getting fishing information on the web.  Unfortunately, fishing reports are dated and limited in beneficial information.  What caught them last week probably will not catch them this week.  The real key to using the internet for getting fishing information is to have a dependable source of information.  That’s where ProPatterns, a web based database comes in.  ProPatterns is a community of anglers that not only fish for bass, but every species of fish that swim.  What makes ProPatterns different from other social angling network is the ability to share personal fishing information with other members or record them for personal use later.  Unlike fishing reports, ProPatterns database has in-depth information on lure color, water temperature, air temperature, water clarity, time, date, and other essential information.  It’s designed to allow anglers to form patterns or starting points on ponds, rivers, lakes, reservoirs, inshore saltwater, flats, or offshore saltwater they will be fishing.

Another aspect of ProPatterns (http://www.propatterns.com/) that makes it unique from other social networking fishing sites is the community of anglers that are part of it.  ProPatterns Pro Team consists of Bassmaster Elite Series anglers Brian Snowden, Matt Reed, Jami Fralick, and FLW Tour Pro Bryan Thrift.  These seasoned professional anglers input in-depth information on reservoirs that they have just fished tournaments on; however, it’s not just these pros inputting information.  It also includes all the members of ProPatterns who have logged in and make their journal public.  Of course some anglers do not want to share all of their information with other anglers.  That’s okay, you can keep this information separate and only you can view this information. 

Will ProPatterns be beneficial for you?  Absolutely, it does not matter if you are fishing for bass, bream, trout, or tarpon with conventional gear or fly tackle.  “I have kept records for years even before I started entering information on ProPatterns; I had been using a file cabinet with folders for all the lakes and records of each day on the water, now I just enter the information in my journal,” ProPatterns Pro Snowden continued, “I recommend anglers signing up because being part of ProPatterns will help anglers be more successful using the database as a tool to pattern fish.  Anglers can also take advantage of the social interaction sections which is the fun part of the site.  It usually takes me from 8 to 15 minutes to enter my information in the journal.”  ProPatterns Pro Reed found out by entering the data or information, he was becoming a better angler.  “Now, I pay more attention to details of how and why I caught that fish.  It’s also a great tool for giving the novice or weekend angler a starting point before getting on the lake.  Any member can enter the required fields: species, water body, season, and fished from and the program will come up with information on how other anglers caught fish in the same situation.  Anglers can also enter desired information in the optional fields to narrow down possible fishing patterns.  As for entering the data it only takes about 5 to 10 minutes including the information on the bottom.”  Like the other two ProPatterns Pros, Fralick believes being a member has its advantages.  “For any angler going to a new lake ProPatterns helps them get a lot of  information  quick and is very user friendly; I use it to refresh my memory on a  lake that I am fishing a tournament on or when I go to  a new lake,” Fralick continued, “all an angler has to do is input the time of year, what type reservoir, species, water temperature, if the water level is raising or falling, and ProPatterns will tell you what to do and what to throw.”  Like Snowden and Reed, Fralick makes all of his journal entries public so any ProPatterns member can read them.  “It usually doesn’t take me very long to input the information; when I am fishing a tournament, I like to wait until it is over before entering the information,” explained Fralick.
      
How does ProPatterns work?  It’s as simple as signing up for either the Elite Membership or General Membership.  The Elite Membership allows anglers to search all criteria with full results, log personal data,  post up to 50 entries a year to the general database, qualify for drawings, be eligible for discounts, rewards, fantasy fishing contest and prizes.  General membership allows anglers to search all criteria, and be eligible for fantasy fishing and prizes.  The cost of joining depends on level of membership.

ProPatterns is about helping anglers become better fishermen and not only bass fishermen, but anglers fishing for over 40 species of fish all across the USA in freshwater or saltwater.  If it swims, it’s possible that members in ProPatterns have entered data in their journal’s about how, when, where, and what they used to catch it on.  ProPatterns is the ultimate web based social network between anglers who are sharing valuable information to educate others.

Anglers Catch More Fish Using ProPatterns provided by Brad Wiegmann for ProPatterns.com