• Working on posts; Cross Lake posts

I've got almost all I need to start writing my post on the Hula Popper. I only need to take a couple of pictures. I also need to start taking pictures for the Tracker speedometer fix post. The other upcoming posts are going to require some of the same things, but I have yet to start on any of them. I've also come up with a few new ideas for posts. Based on a couple of Google searches, I will discuss trailer hooks, some Zebco spincast tips, and rigging frog hooks. I'll keep paying attention to where visitors are coming from and hopefully help future visitors by providing the info they need without a lot of fuss.

I have also started including a link to the Cross Lake label/tag at the top of every fishing report I post for Cross Lake. I noticed several visitors from Google were searching for Cross Lake reports and ended up landing on posts from December and February. They didn't bother clicking on the labels to see if any more recent reports had been posted. Just another example illustrating how my target audience is not all that familiar with the concept of a blog. No wonder forums are the method of choice for reaching this crowd. Any thoughts? What would make these kinds of visitors make an extra effort to click around a bit? It's almost like having to place a jig right in front of a bass before it decides to make the effort to eat it. Part of the problem appears to be related to Google's indexing or the lack thereof. Part of my reasoning behind including the Cross Lake/Shreveport, Louisiana info at the top of my reports is because Google has indexed similar posts in the past and ignored others. That's another obstacle I'm trying to overcome. After all, the Google search is my bread and butter for this blog.