This actually happened

[fishinnut 3446]

Originally Posted by v-bay gord

Too bad about the bad experience with the red guide boat (why you would take someone to Niven Bay to fish walleye in September is really the question). Just so you don't feel singled out, some of my guests have reported similar bad experiences with a black Tuffy guided boat on the Vermilion Bay end of things. I know where that boat is from, but don't know off hand anyone who uses Crestliners..........but the same mentality, just idiots with big egos.

Would that be the same dip chit that had a Lund last yr.

[go dart]

Originally Posted by ftfarms

You can't be for real.

Why not? The post seems exaggerated as well. I've never seen a guide take 3 in a boat so lets dispel the guide myth. You believe everything you read?

[dutchboy]

If you have never seen a guide with 3 in a boat you need to get out more.

[go dart]

Originally Posted by Brian Hoffies

If you have never seen a guide with 3 in a boat you need to get out more.

I've hired many. Now would a guide on the board state he would guide 3 out of a what, 18' boat? I mean a real guide.

[Fisherman Ted]

This is not uncommon at all. We recommend 2 fishermen per guide per boat but if a guest wants to load up the boat so be it. A lot of times they all want to fish together.

[go dart]

Originally Posted by Fisherman Ted

This is not uncommon at all. We recommend 2 fishermen per guide per boat but if a guest wants to load up the boat so be it. A lot of times they all want to fish together.

You're a guide in Boston? So are you fishing the sea?

[Fisherman Ted]

Originally Posted by go dart

You're a guide in Boston? So are you fishing the sea?

I live in Boston in the off-season (September to May 1st) but own and run Hawk Lake Lodge in NW Ontario.

-FT

[dutchboy]

He's a lodge owner in Canada. Why don't you believe guides fish 3 out of a boat? Nobody said it is easy, but it's done.

[go dart]

Originally Posted by Fisherman Ted

I live in Boston in the off-season (September to May 1st) but own and run Hawk Lake Lodge in NW Ontario.

-FT

Then I'll stand corrected but I have never met a guide in Canada that would accept 3 in a boat. I would never want to.

[Fisherman Ted]

Originally Posted by go dart

Then I'll stand corrected but I have never met a guide in Canada that would accept 3 in a boat. I would never want to.

Happens all the time. 3 buddies go on a trip and want to get a guide for the day to get the lay of the land. Two guides would mean someone fishes by themselves. Plus if you are price sensitive that could also be a factor.

Or a family would never want to split up, especially if smaller children. We also get a grandfather with 3 generations where dad wants to keep an eye on grandpa and his son and they want to fish together as that is part of the experience. Or if a wife wants to come along. I could go on and on.

An 18 foot boat is plenty of room for 3 fishermen. I have seen it and been doing it for years. It's not like they are throwing fly-rods where space is critical.