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 Re: Could you be a guide?
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#10170373
07/28/14 01:35 PM
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Longeye
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I'd be a great guide. I guided my ex wife right in a hog pen.
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Re: Could you be a guide?
[Re: bush hog]
#10170376
07/28/14 01:36 PM
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fouzman
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Coincidence is His way of remaining anonymous.
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Re: Could you be a guide?
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#10170487
07/28/14 02:20 PM
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RBO
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Last edited by RBO; 07/28/14 02:31 PM.
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Re: Could you be a guide?
[Re: bush hog]
#10170534
07/28/14 02:48 PM
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TallBaldCypress
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I was thinking about this the other day. I took a buddy and his kid fishing on Fayette a few weeks ago. I was on fish and just KNEW we could catch them. We went to a few spots throughout the day and they were stacked in there. I caught around 15 solid 3-4# but for the life of me could not help them catch a single fish. It made me realize that if I were a guide they could easily bad mouth me about how the trip sucked, couldn't catch any fish, etc etc but the bottom line is that they just flat sucked. I told them and showed them everything they needed to know to at least catch 1 fish that day and it didn't happen.
So yea.. cheers to all the guides out there making it happen. It'll never be for me.
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Re: Could you be a guide?
[Re: bush hog]
#10170671
07/28/14 03:49 PM
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UTDmiller
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Not only could i not be a guide, but i wouldnt want to. Fishing is where i go to get away from work and relax, having the pressure of putting clients on fish or teaching them how to fish would probably ruin it for me.
But fishing multiple times a week isnt half bad haha
Last edited by UTDmiller; 07/28/14 03:49 PM.
John Miller
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Re: Could you be a guide?
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#10170677
07/28/14 03:50 PM
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Posts: 14,137
Tiltman
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Re: Could you be a guide?
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#10170772
07/28/14 04:24 PM
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Bass6296
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Nope, no boat 
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Re: Could you be a guide?
[Re: TallBaldCypress]
#10170779
07/28/14 04:27 PM
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Posts: 5,273
BMCD
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I was thinking about this the other day. I took a buddy and his kid fishing on Fayette a few weeks ago. I was on fish and just KNEW we could catch them. We went to a few spots throughout the day and they were stacked in there. I caught around 15 solid 3-4# but for the life of me could not help them catch a single fish. It made me realize that if I were a guide they could easily bad mouth me about how the trip sucked, couldn't catch any fish, etc etc but the bottom line is that they just flat sucked. I told them and showed them everything they needed to know to at least catch 1 fish that day and it didn't happen.
So yea.. cheers to all the guides out there making it happen. It'll never be for me. That's the thing I struggle with. I have taken many out, I'm not a guide but I do get paid to do a few trips a year. Its hard finding fish that everyone can catch, even on Fayette, at least for bass that is. Some just want to catch others want to learn. I feel terrible when I do these trips and they catch nothing, I could never do it full time.
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Re: Could you be a guide?
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#10170846
07/28/14 04:47 PM
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kevino
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I used to want to be a fishing guide when I was a teenager. I changed my mind after trying to teach my cousin how to fish and him throwing away about $40 worth of my baits into the lake.
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Re: Could you be a guide?
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#10170969
07/28/14 05:38 PM
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Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 47,426
Ride-or-Fish
TeTelesTai
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I think so. I'd like to be, some day. I think what I really lack is FISHING and finding abilities. I could deal with the people quite well, I believe.
Ephesians 6:10-18..suit up. Jesus saved my life
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Re: Could you be a guide?
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#10171146
07/28/14 06:44 PM
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soonerjake
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Great post, RBO. Lost my dad in 1985. Feel exactly the same way.
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Re: Could you be a guide?
[Re: bush hog]
#10171251
07/28/14 07:26 PM
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Posts: 16,560
ko bass attack 27
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I thought I could in my younger days. Being older and wiser today I know now that it takes alot more skill and patience than I have. I have used several guides and never had a bad trip but some were better than others. Used to have a cabin at PK, guy that lived next door was a striper guide. I have never seen anyone work harder in their life than this guy. He would be up at 3am to go catch bait for his clients,meet them at 6:30am and then take out another group at 1pm. I used to joke with him about joining the Union.
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Re: Could you be a guide?
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#10171310
07/28/14 07:40 PM
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El Skeeter
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Nope, been told I should, but Heck(for lack of a better word)NO.
Have people spill drinks,cigarette burns on seats,Skoal in the carpet,
broken rods etc,HELL NO!!
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Re: Could you be a guide?
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#10171575
07/28/14 09:25 PM
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Posts: 8,106
Rudy Lackey
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You gotta be a people person Long suffering. Did it for 12 years.
Becomes WORK .....
Rudy
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Re: Could you be a guide?
[Re: bush hog]
#10171949
07/28/14 11:27 PM
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Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 9,268
the skipper
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I could do it. Mainly for the reasons RBO stated. Watching someone catch a fish and that smile afterwards is awesome. My only problem would be not fishing while out there. How can you go on the water and not fish? I just can't do it. It would be tough on those days where the fish aren't biting and you have to face a dissatisfied customer. That would probably cause me to go broke because I wouldn't be able to charge them or I would be giving them a free trip.
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