| I am a registered Maine Guide. I guide for
smallmouth and stripers on the Kennebec River. My position is that a guide should not be fishing
unless an invitation is offered by the client and then
never from the prime seat or into the prime lies,
those are for paying clients, period. I spend time
prospecting for the right places to put my clients
on when I am out alone or with my partner. The guides job is to put the clients on fish, not
get paid to catch fish when out with a client. Guides need to be watching the water, following
the fish finders, managing the clients selection of baits,
leaders, rigging and presentation so the clients gets on fish.
Guides need to do the thinking part so the clients can do
the enjoying part. Spinning a amusing story or two during
slow times is the guides job, not actively fishing. I operate my trolling motor from the center of my
boat with clients on both the fore and aft platforms
and when trolling run the kicker from the drivers seat.
That way I can get to either client quickly if needed. Any guide that does differently is not doing what
your paying them to do, put YOU on fish. Tight lines: |
