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Hiring a fishing guide to just find some new spots
Posted on 2/9/16 at 2:22 pm
Posted on 2/9/16 at 2:22 pm
I'm going to hire a fishing guide for white perch fishing at this lake I have never white perch fished on. This guide is suppose to be good and has very positive reviews. He is called "king of the white perch" on his website.
So my question is would it be ok for me to secretly mark the fishing spots on my gps device so I can fish these areas in my boat later on?
Should I let him know what my plan is before we start fishing or do I risk having him not wanting to reveal some good fishing spots?
Anybody ever do this?
So my question is would it be ok for me to secretly mark the fishing spots on my gps device so I can fish these areas in my boat later on?
Should I let him know what my plan is before we start fishing or do I risk having him not wanting to reveal some good fishing spots?
Anybody ever do this?
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Posted on 2/9/16 at 2:24 pm to ctiger69
I promise you, he isn't taking you as a first time client to any of his real honey holes
Posted on 2/9/16 at 2:24 pm to ctiger69
His spots are brush piles. He'll be on them all the time. He will see you.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 2:26 pm to ctiger69
Screw it. Find out where he launches and follow him around one day for free.
Wear a wig though...
Wear a wig though...
Posted on 2/9/16 at 2:28 pm to ctiger69
Just be upfront. Had similar idea with a saltwater guide a few years ago. Told him what I wanted and that I wanted to learn the area. He actually taught me the area and showed me some things that your average fisherman would over look. You will probably get more than you think if you are just honest IMO
Posted on 2/9/16 at 2:29 pm to AlxTgr
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His spots are brush piles. He'll be on them all the time. He will see you.
Then I can say "hey! I have been killing them here the last 3 hours."
But yeah, I can see how he might be pissed. Maybe I should let him know what my game plan is. Now days, he could just tell me gps coordinates on the phone, depth to fish, and bait too.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 2:32 pm to Clyde Tipton
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Find out where he launches and follow him around one day for free
Did this on Lake Fork back in high school with a buddy. He was not happy.
Luckily, it aint hard to find fish out there.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 2:34 pm to ctiger69
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would it be ok for me to secretly mark the fishing spots on my gps device so I can fish these areas in my boat later on?
pretty sure that is frowned upon...how hard is it to remember where they took you?
Posted on 2/9/16 at 2:35 pm to sonoma8
And you think I'm trashy!? 
how anybody could think this is a good idea is beyond me
how anybody could think this is a good idea is beyond mePosted on 2/9/16 at 2:37 pm to jorconalx
One of the rare OB troll threads.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 2:38 pm to jorconalx
You have trashy FB friends, it different...... Me and ALX seeent it
Posted on 2/9/16 at 2:48 pm to ctiger69
Went fishing for specs in lake calcasieu a couple summers ago with my best friends uncle. Has a pontoon rigged with huge lights for night fishing. We would see those huge guided fishing boats ride around and anchor and he would just ride up next to them like 50 yds away and mark his GPS and we'd roll out . We had all been drinking all night so it was funny to us but I can see how it would piss them off
. We had all been drinking all night so it was funny to us but I can see how it would piss them off
Posted on 2/9/16 at 2:50 pm to dualed
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he would just ride up next to them like 50 yds away and mark his GPS and we'd roll out
This will make the guides on Fork lose their mind.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 2:59 pm to ctiger69
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So my question is would it be ok for me to secretly mark the fishing spots on my gps device so I can fish these areas in my boat later on?
No, it's not ok.
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Should I let him know what my plan is before we start fishing
Yeah, that will go over real well.
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Anybody ever do this
No
Why don't you just ask him to show you around, show you what to look for, learn the area. This will be way more beneficial than just having a couple spots in your gps to go to.
Oh and
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"king of the white perch"
You would be looking for me and I don't guide.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 3:18 pm to ctiger69
Had someone do this very thing to me not too long ago. A friend of a friend wanted to learn how to fly fish so I took him out and put him on a few bulls. He must have dropped a hand held in his bag and tracked the whole trip. I saw him out there a couple weeks later in someone else's boat. The first spot I didn't think much of it, figured he found his way back, no biggie. Then he turned up two mores times that day.
That said, I am not a professional guide. If I was, I would halfway expect this to happen. If you're going to do it, just do it and don't say anything. Just route the whole thing on a hand held. Upload the track to google earth and study the areas you fished, use that knowledge to deduce what to look for in the future.
Just because you tracked the trip, doesn't mean you have to steal the guys spots. Absolutely don't start bringing other people.
That said, I am not a professional guide. If I was, I would halfway expect this to happen. If you're going to do it, just do it and don't say anything. Just route the whole thing on a hand held. Upload the track to google earth and study the areas you fished, use that knowledge to deduce what to look for in the future.
Just because you tracked the trip, doesn't mean you have to steal the guys spots. Absolutely don't start bringing other people.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 3:27 pm to ctiger69
Find your own fish
Posted on 2/9/16 at 3:50 pm to ctiger69
Take the pointers he gives you and learn to do it on your own. That's the most rewarding part of hunting and fishing.
And even if you decide to revisit his spots, damn sure don't take other people back to them.
And even if you decide to revisit his spots, damn sure don't take other people back to them.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 3:52 pm to ctiger69
Put the time in and sink your own structure. then you have your own spots that produce just for you.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 4:40 pm to 34venture
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Why don't you just ask him to show you around, show you what to look for, learn the area. This will be way more beneficial than just having a couple spots in your gps to go to.
This sounds like a good plan and a better way to go about it. I'm going to do this. I'll email him tonight.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 5:22 pm to ctiger69
I sincerely hope you were trolling with the OP.
If not, then
If not, then
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