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Re: Lake Austin Guide
[Re: Hook'Em 79]
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11/03/15 12:57 AM
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Jersey Dan
Guido
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Guido
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Every time I was on Lake Austin with my Legend, I saw another guide with a Legend near by. Go with Brian Parker, he is on the water more than anyone else and has caught giants this year.
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Re: Lake Austin Guide
[Re: Hook'Em 79]
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11/03/15 12:58 AM
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Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 1,474
MagFluker
Extreme Angler
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Extreme Angler
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Would love to promote the Lake Austin Guides but the lake is just not fishing well. Grab a Centex guide and head to LBJ, I'm sure they'll put you on fish.
Last edited by MagFluker; 11/03/15 12:59 AM.
Kyle in NC
PB 11.1
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Re: Lake Austin Guide
[Re: MagFluker]
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11/03/15 05:48 PM
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Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,262
McCloud
Extreme Angler
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Extreme Angler
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Would love to promote the Lake Austin Guides but the lake is just not fishing well. Grab a Centex guide and head to LBJ, I'm sure they'll put you on fish. THIS!
14.478 SHARELUNKER
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Re: Lake Austin Guide
[Re: Hook'Em 79]
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11/04/15 03:45 AM
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Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 1,075
fishnbuds
Extreme Angler
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Extreme Angler
Joined: Nov 2009
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For anyone looking for a guide that stumbles upon this post in the future...please rest assured that the negative post you see above about Charles Whited is the polar opposite of what I know to be true. Charles is good people and has a long list of happy customers that continues to grow almost daily! Book him with confidence
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Re: Lake Austin Guide
[Re: Hook'Em 79]
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11/04/15 05:07 AM
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Posts: 1,467
Chris Coufal
Extreme Angler
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Extreme Angler
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Agreed....Charles is a great guide and a great person. I wouldn't let that single comment sway you from him.
-Chris-
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Re: Lake Austin Guide
[Re: John Peebles]
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11/04/15 05:54 AM
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Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 3,336
T54
TFF Team Angler
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TFF Team Angler
Joined: Dec 2007
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Worst guide I ever hired was Charles Whited.......I have been on trips with numerous guides and this was by far the worst experience I have had. Fished Town Lake for half day we caught 0 fish and dude just keeps making excuses and looking at his watch. He literally dropped us off on the bank at exactly 4 hrs. Not only did he act like he didn't want to be there he was talking trash about another guide I told him I had considered. It was so bad that my buddy was pissed at me for hiring him. Never again.
Fish Tight, John This is honestly the first time in my life that I have heard a negative word said about Charles.
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Re: Lake Austin Guide
[Re: John Peebles]
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11/04/15 05:26 PM
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Joined: May 2005
Posts: 4,582
ChampionDon (SkeeterDon)
TFF Team Angler
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TFF Team Angler
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Worst guide I ever hired was Charles Whited.......I have been on trips with numerous guides and this was by far the worst experience I have had. Fished Town Lake for half day we caught 0 fish and dude just keeps making excuses and looking at his watch. He literally dropped us off on the bank at exactly 4 hrs. Not only did he act like he didn't want to be there he was talking trash about another guide I told him I had considered. It was so bad that my buddy was pissed at me for hiring him. Never again.
Fish Tight, John Seriously? I bet you have him mixed up with someone else. Never heard a bad word about this guide, period.
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Re: Lake Austin Guide
[Re: Hook'Em 79]
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11/04/15 10:56 PM
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Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 583
charlieecho
Pro Angler
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Pro Angler
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Have used Charlie as well. Great guy. I'm sure everyone including yourself has had a bad day at work John so I'm not saying you have fabricated your story, but I can assure you there are many more happy than upset customers who fish with Charles. We had a rough day with him as well a few years ago, but the lake was fishing tough (not Lake Austin) at that time. He helped me understand the graphs and fishing techniques as well. This guy fishes A TON to support his family so I can imagine every now and then may not be his best day.
Would 100% recommend Charlie any day.
If you ain't first you're last.
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Re: Lake Austin Guide
[Re: Hook'Em 79]
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11/04/15 11:42 PM
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Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 378
Todd Ivins
Angler
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Angler
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Posts: 378 |
Every now and then someone comes on the forum and blasts a great guide because they can't catch fish that day. News flash - even guides have days they can't catch them! If you think the bad fishing day is his fault you are really deluded. The guide who earns his living on the water has the best chance to get something done then anybody. Sometimes they just won't cooperate...its called fishing.
Charles is one of the top guides in the hill country and knows every lake around us.
peace!
"My Dad taught me how fish relate to structure....he left out how women relate to fishing."
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Re: Lake Austin Guide
[Re: Hook'Em 79]
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11/05/15 12:38 AM
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Posts: 3,313
John Peebles
TFF Team Angler
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TFF Team Angler
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The reason I hired Charles in the first place was because of all the good things I had heard about him on this forum and from looking at his tournament results. I'm just telling you the experience I had. I've fished my whole life, won (and lost) big tournaments as a co-angler and professional so I know that on any given day, anyone can get skunked. And I've fished with many guides and know how that should go as well. Maybe he was having a bad day, maybe he had somewhere to be, maybe he didn't feel good. I don't know. What I do know is, that if I had a client that hired me for the first time, I would bust my butt to make sure they had a good experience. Not hey, your four hours are up, (I literally felt like asking him if he needed to be somewhere, b/c he was checking his watch so often) sorry we didn't catch anything see you next time. To answer below it was an afternoon trip.
Last edited by John Peebles; 11/05/15 03:29 AM.
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Re: Lake Austin Guide
[Re: Hook'Em 79]
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11/05/15 01:41 AM
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Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 3,336
T54
TFF Team Angler
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TFF Team Angler
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You booked a half day, maybe he had another half day scheduled after. In my experience with booking and fishing with guides (a ton), a half day trip typically means exactly that, 4 hours. Maybe he had to pick his kids up, maybe he was checking the time to determine where the best location was to get bit at that time, maybe he just had an off day. I don't know, but I would still confidently recommend him. Dude catches them everywhere and has a long list of satisfied customers.
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