Elites offering guide trips?

I overheard Jamie Hartman say he was hanging around for this upcoming week to guide on Rayburn. I guess that makes sense being they have a week off, but is this common? This would be a great opportunity for someone to take a guide trip with an elite guy.

He's been on Toledo doing trips for couple weeks now. It's honestly his only source of income if he don't cut checks

Gotta respect a guy that's hustling.

Stetson Blaylock was doing the same recently at Fork.

James Niggemeyer has been guiding for years on Fork.

id book with him

I saw Jamie at the expo and he said he's got 3 days open next week as of now. I guess it's a pretty good gig when you have an extra week inbetween events and can pick up an extra $800-1000.

best definition I've heard of a guide is "a guy who is unemployed and has got a boat".....

Any guy who guides full time works his butt off. I don't see how they do it honestly. They are hardly unemployed

back in the early days they used to say a pro was anybody with a week off and a boat....

Seems like you gotta work at least 50 hrs/wk just to break even. It's almost not a good decision. LOL

I know some guides who get 600-700 a trip +tips for crappie. Much easier than trying to keep people happy with bass. Do that for 6-7 months and it's a pretty good living.

600-700 + tips for crappie good lord you would have to be plum crazy to pay that.

Crappie trips can be 7-10 people you do realize. It's not a bass boat with 1 or 2 guys. More people do crappie trips, it's cheaper per person, kids stay catching. It's big with families

Not sure about that, most of us would love to fish every day. But no way in heck I could ever be a guide!

They are crazy if they don't,...I'm surprised they don't do pro-ams like golf,..

I don't see a problem but he'll need some kind of commercial fishing guide license.I can't find the correct license required. Back in the 70's I had to go to Rush Tx, and get a permit to legally guide while living on Toledo Bend.
Back then as now, there are probably a lot of unlicensed guides.

165 dollars to get the permit to guide