I have never ever fished live shrimp. I have taken my brother in law a few times and he has bought them but I can't remember him ever fishing with them out of my boat. I do buy minnows nearly every time I go fishing but they are more of a back up plan I also bring 2 or 3 pounds of dead shrimp. If I'm catching trout it's either on plastics or minnows. The shrimp are for catching Reds if the trout are slow. I have fished with a few guides on business trips but they have always targeted Reds. Anybody can catch Reds. I'm not going to pay someone to bring me out to catch Reds. If I'm paying for a guide out of my pocket I want him to teach me something I don't already know.
I have three places I want to go with a guide. I'd love to fish with Capt Hoop just because I think it would be a blast to spend a day in the boat with him. I'd like to make a trip on big lake with "W" to learn from him and I'd like to make a trip on Lake P with a good guide so I can experience fishing there.
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