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Originally Posted by evidrine
Maybe i'm way off, but I kinda thought the whole point of hireing a guide was so that you could fill the boat with fish? Hence "Guide", not "fishing instructor"! Most who get guides just want to catch fish!
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I was a guide on Calcasieu for 5 years, and there are both kinds of customers. I had those that expected to catch a limit when they went and those that did not.
Some would ask questions, "Why are we fishing here?", "What is better on incoming tide?', "What holds fish?", etc. Many of those were people that had fished before and just wanted to learn more.
Some would come just for a day on the lake.
I had one customer that came 12 times a year. Knew the lake almost as good as I did. I asked him why don't you buy you a boat and save some money? His response was he couldn't pay a note, upkeep, repairs on a boat for what he spent to come with me and I was on the lake enough that I knew where the fish were.
So, people go with guides for many reasons.