KYRick, Chickamauga, Bass, 8/4/20, Unnamed guide

[KYRick]

Put in at CF, looked to be a great morning. Hazy and overcast. First stop community hole at the in mouth of entrance to CF. Picked up a 2 pounder pretty quick. Hung around good while with no more bites. We then moved down river and worked pretty hard to pick up 2 more barely keepers and 1 non-keeper. Now it is still overcast, and we now have a nice chop on the water, couldn't ask for a better weather day for August. We move a couple more times picking up one more non-keeper.
For such a perfect weather day, and a guided trip, the fishing sucked. Pretty disappointed.

Tight lines.

 

[FishingwithRusty]

it happens, its fishing and its THE WORST time of year. as disappointed as you are id bet the guide was less pleased with the trip than you are

 

[birdman]

I doubt it. He still made his money.

 

[FishingwithRusty]

most guides(myself included, when i was guiding) want NOTHING more than a GREAT day on the water for clients! it leads to return and more clients, not to mention a sense of pride and accomplishment.

 

[silvertalon]

FishingwithRusty - 8/5/2020 2:39 PM

most guides(myself included, when i was guiding) want NOTHING more than a GREAT day on the water for clients! it leads to return and more clients, not to mention a sense of pride and accomplishment.

Well stated. On Table Rock- My friend and TX partner Mike Cooper used to guide for Luck-E-Strike in trade for entry fee checks. He lived directly across from their old worm factory in Shell Knob and was a good friend with the owner. Mike was in Law Enforcement and always on call so when he couldn't make it he called me. I once guided a very old dude who was a Very famed college basketball coach for Iowa and Nebraska. His days were numbered and all he wanted was to catch a couple of bass. Just a couple of small fish but he was tickled silly. That was worth way more than the money.

 

[RobN]

I truly hate you left disappointed, I have fished with multiple guides/captains over the years mostly saltwater, but some freshwater. When you pay for a freshwater guided bass trip, what you really pay for is an experienced person on that body of water that will hopefully save you time learning about the particular lake; and, possibly learn a little more about fishing in general. I hope you got to see some of the lake and maybe picked up a few tips you can use on your home body of water.

 

[KYRick]

RobN, That was the most disappointing part, he showed me nothing. I had asked to learn about fishing offshore, humps/ledges. We fished 3 grass beds, one of which was a community hole that was off shore, but he did not use electronics to determine whether or not to fish it, he headed there from the ramp. Catching was not my goal, although it never hurts. Learning was my goal. I learned to investigate guides better before hiring them.

 

[bassinbrian]

Had the same experience several years back with the “then” bid bass guru on the chic. Had a tournament the following week and wanted to find some deeper stuff and stay away from all the frog fisherman. We discussed what I wanted to try and learn about the chic. He agreed until time to fish. He took us to the same areas we always fish when we get the opportunity to fish the chic, all shallow grass... I asked about the deeper fish and he explained they were in the grass mats and that’s where the tournament would be won. We caught 2 keeper bass and one short. Nice guy and had a good time, 8hr trip though, no fish. Tournament time we found 5 other boats, same guide, same story. None of us placed. The tournament was won on a deep jig and crankbait. If I remember they had almost 50lbs for two days. So for me that was a lesson learned. If it was my first time on the chic I would have been more understanding, but he insisted on fishing the areas I was familiar with. Many people who have fished with him say great things and had good trips. He can’t make the fish bite, I know that. But for 400 bucks a new view would have been nice. Just sayin....

 

[Generator]

Days like that are what keep you coming back. Still beats working

 

[swin]

Had same experience with a guide on Guntersville a few years ago tournament day there was two boats on the two spots he had put us on

 

[swin]

Had same experience with a guide on Guntersville a few years ago tournament day there was two boats on the two spots he had put us on

 

[Aries 181]

A few of these "guides" post their wares on the Chickamauga fishing FB page trying to suck in potential customers with a couple of pictures of people holding a bass or two. I have better uses for the $3-400 they charge. Hopefully the IRS is keeping an eye on all that money changing hands.

KYRick, you should have posted who he was for all the masses to see.

Bill

 

[Aries 181]

birdman - 8/5/2020 11:30 AM

I doubt it. He still made his money.

And laughing all the way to the bank.

Bill

 

[Blue76]

I have been with a well known guide on chick who spent a lot of time teaching me electronics and also catching a boat load of big fish. I bet I caught 20 plus fish over 4 lbs and probably half those over 5. Biggest was almost 8. Same guide two years later in late summer... not a single fish. Lots of blow ups on a frog and a couple that pulled off on plastic but nothing in the boat. ... he was very disappointed I could tell... but I learned something both times.