re: Find your own fish spin off, guys who pot lick captains the day after a charter.

At least they didn't get there first. I'm split on this as I've often heard guides declaring that the best way to learn an area is to hire a guide. Kinda defeats the purpose of learning an area if you can't use what you learned. However if I were hiring a guide to learn an area I'd be more interested in navigational knowledge, hazards and local land marks not shown on maps. I'd also tell the guide in advance and ask for him to show me popular community holes to get me started in the right direction. And never would I mark a waypoint at someone else's honeyhole, whether it's a professional guide or co-angler, without his knowledge and consent.