Threads should be limited to one page, Thats about when the train jumps the track, and the name-calling begins.

Fishing Guides need love too

How is there not a train emoji....

Page 2 is where the fun starts

I missed the name calling. That's what I'm here for.

When it comes to a bass tournament there is almost no such thing as a level playing field. Someone will have better equipment, someone will have more time on that particular lake, someone will draw lower boat number, someone will get to "their spot" only to find a local not in the tournament already fishing it, etc... If it is within the rules and within your budget to hire a guide, it can help. It is no guarantee that you will win or even catch fish, just like having the most modern electronics doesn't guarantee success. I have fished countless tournaments out of town where some of the competitors had been there fishing all week. I wasn't willing to take the time off of work to put in on the water. That represents a financial investment that I was not willing to make, much like someone paying a guide represents an investment.

This thread is not about liking guides or denying them a living. It is about tournament fishermen hurting one a couple of days or the day before a tournament to show the, where to fish.
Everyone chiming in thinking this is about dissing guides needs to start at the beginning.

i'd do it but I'm liberal and can't find LBGT guides

They don't exist! That's the flat out MYTHICAL Unicorn and fairy fartin' four-leaf clover wearin' leprechaun at the heart of the argument against.