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Started by doc henderson, May 04, 2024, 05:46:35 AM

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caveman

I had some young stockbroker types on the boat today.  They booked a fishing trip from 130-330, which is about the toughest time of day to get bass to eat.  They were around fish the whole time.  All three caught at least one bass and missed several.  One dude caught a 3lber and a 7lber.  I later took five of them to shoot bows and arrows and four on sporting clays.  They had a good time, but the high-roller young boss's tip was not commensurate with the service/experience they received.  I suspect tomorrow will be better.  I'll saw Wednesday, Thursday and possibly Friday. 

One of these clowns hooked a gator too.  I suspect we'll have to get one or two removed due to their aggressive nature.  I knocked a solar light off of the dock at the beginning of today's trip with the Bimini top.  I told my good friend/boss.  He saw the light in the Lili pads at the end of his trip.  A gator got it off of the bottom of the pit and decided it was not palatable and deposited it near the shore.  

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Quote from: caveman on December 09, 2024, 09:24:54 PMyoung boss's tip was not commensurate with the service/experience they received
Some folks do not realize/understand that all any guide can do is get the clients to the game.  What happens afterwards is dependent upon the game and the clients.

I guided Elk hunting clients in Colorado for several years.  It can be very rewarding and pleasurable, but it can be otherwise.  I have watched hunters that initially boasted heavily, fall flat.
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    I have traveled all over the world and into many very remote areas and I have always said the guide is the best and most important investment you make on a big trip. On most of our trips we had a private guide, driver and vehicle. Often the guide was the driver. In many cases we had a trip guide who would be with us 1-2 weeks for the entire trip. He/She would normally find a local guide at each different location we visited who knew the specific area and had access to places no outsider could go.

    My barber hunts elk and mule deer and such out west and we have had that discussion many times and he says the same thing. The guide out there can get him access to private land and has already located several big deer/elk before he ever gets there. He talks about the guide telling him about local places to eat and how good the food is. Last time the guide took him to the VFW who were having a dinner or such and he met people there who invited him to hunt their property and come stay with them and such. He says he always brings a big tip for his guide and if he kills a big bull/elk the guide is compensated accordingly.

   I can't believe/understand people who will spend a small fortune on a vacation or hunt or such and not hire a guide to get them to see the things they most wanted to see and do. 
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During the depression years, the guides on the Tobique River drainage always had work. When hunting and fishing was out of season they could trap and cut wood. My grandfather's brother worked for the rail road through those years and never missed a pay cheque.  But to hear him talk, you'd think he had hard times. He never knew what hard times was, except scarcity of certain goods, but not money wise. That only meant he had less to buy, not less money. That made him an old penny pincher for opposite reasons that most had.  ffcheesy
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