Originally Posted by Gottogo49 (Post 638807)

As a sport/client, what was your worst experience with a guide?
Mine was with a guide who took us to the Cameron jetties, we stayed in one spot the whole trip and caught trout on live shrimp. I wasn't paying for the trip so I couldn't complain too much. The other guys in our boat didn't fish much so they were just happy to catch fish. The guy who paid for the trip fished topwater in West Cove with another guide from the same service. That would have been more fun to me. We caught more fish than they did but I was pretty bored.

My best trip with a guide was out of Fourchon, He didn't even touch his rod. He found a place and anchored and we were steadily catching fish. His grandson was the deck hand and the kid netted most every fish and took them off so our hands did not even get slimy. Then the guide said reel in this is too slow! He took us to another spot where the action was faster and the fish were bigger. The kid couldn't keep up and I wanted to feel a little slime anyway. This guide was a perfect host, he tried to ensure that everyone caught fish and had a good time. I suppose that is what most guides try to do. I see lots of guides who seem like they are the primary fisherman on the boat, they catch most of the fish and the sport has to net the guides fish if it is big. If the sport hooks a big fish the guide will come and net the fish other wise the sport is on his own.
Not tryng to high-jack your thread just giving the sports a chance to respond.

Originally Posted by Gottogo49 (Post 638807)

As a sport/client, what was your worst experience with a guide?
Mine was with a guide who took us to the Cameron jetties, we stayed in one spot the whole trip and caught trout on live shrimp. I wasn't paying for the trip so I couldn't complain too much. The other guys in our boat didn't fish much so they were just happy to catch fish. The guy who paid for the trip fished topwater in West Cove with another guide from the same service. That would have been more fun to me. We caught more fish than they did but I was pretty bored.

My best trip with a guide was out of Fourchon, He didn't even touch his rod. He found a place and anchored and we were steadily catching fish. His grandson was the deck hand and the kid netted most every fish and took them off so our hands did not even get slimy. Then the guide said reel in this is too slow! He took us to another spot where the action was faster and the fish were bigger. The kid couldn't keep up and I wanted to feel a little slime anyway. This guide was a perfect host, he tried to ensure that everyone caught fish and had a good time. I suppose that is what most guides try to do. I see lots of guides who seem like they are the primary fisherman on the boat, they catch most of the fish and the sport has to net the guides fish if it is big. If the sport hooks a big fish the guide will come and net the fish other wise the sport is on his own.
Not tryng to high-jack your thread just giving the sports a chance to respond.

Originally Posted by meaux fishing (Post 638853)

I think I would have asked him to give me some money...

Originally Posted by "W" (Post 638873)

Well I can tell u this, 1st Im no life long guide who does this everyday so I have a way different attitude than some

As far as guide fishing, here in Big Lake its not like the east side where everyday you can go sit on anchor and catch 200 dink trout with a pop n cork
I fish to find fish, buy when I get on them good, i set anchor and usually just net or take fish off. But most of the time we have to fish

I guide for fun and rather teach someone something than sit with live bait. I dont use live bait unless requested and then I still try to talk out of!!







But on this hand, as far as guys who do this for a living I can see where it geta tiring and old. After fishing x amount of days in a row some just get live bait to sit and catch fish and thats it ( you learn nothing, you see nothing, you get no knowledge)

Originally Posted by boatdriver (Post 638872)

So you accepted an invitation to a "fishing trip" and caught lots of fish? You were bored because you didn't catch on topwater? So, what would your reaction had been if you would've caught less fish than your buddy, but on topwater? Just curious. No offense, but it's customers like that which makes a guide's life a little tougher. Never happy. Not enough fish, fish are too small, keepers, but small. EVERY trip I went on I was asked "what's the plan Cap?" And my response was always "Let's just go fishing and see how the day plays out."

Originally Posted by bgizzle (Post 638892)

Ever had someone ask you to net their gaftop? Bc they wanted to mount it?


"Go ahead, share your opinion! I won't cry"

Originally Posted by boatdriver (Post 638900)

Nah, can't say I've ever had the happen. I literally cut every line on a gafftop. It's faster for me to cut and retie than to get the hook out of the slimeball and mess up a good towel!

Originally Posted by Duck Butter (Post 638915)

Used to go with a guide outta Fourchon area for several years. He got big into tournaments and we figured him out - he was scouting most the time for big fish. If we ever got into a bunch of good fish, he would leave em and take us to the rocks to catch the 12" fish:rotfl: Deckhand ended up guiding after that and we went with him from then on.

My boss went to Delacroix last year and said it was the best/worst trip of his life. Got there at daylight and guide found the fish, dropped anchor and they caught their 100 trout in about an hour and that was it, time to go in:eek: They were back at ramp and fish cleaned by 9:30. Guide had an afternoon trip to get ready for

Originally Posted by "W" (Post 638952)

Catch 100 trout by 930 what possibly more could you want??? Sounds like a successful guided trip

Originally Posted by YellaBlazer (Post 639055)

Let your guide know beforehand that you want to catch and release. Nothing like bringing in a box full of fish, clean and bag everything, then hear "You're going to take all of these fish, right?"

Originally Posted by Salty (Post 639040)

Damn....there are only 12" trout over here on the "east side"? All the 13" and bigger ones are in Big Lake? :eek:

Originally Posted by Superspook (Post 639062)

We all know that there are big trout caught in places like ponchatrain, Brenton sound, and Venice but those places don't produce big fish (7 lbs and up) consistently especially on artificials like big lake, sabine, and other bay systems in Texas. The only place that comes close is ponchatrain. I came up fishing on the east side and still do but I enjoy a different type of fishing now and prefer to fish the style of fishing that the west side provides.