Booked solid for the next 3 weeks with mostly repeat clients so I must be doing something right.
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Down here is where a signature goes but they can confuse and anger some people so I don’t have one.
Not only the above but most of the times charters don’t have clients year round. They are fishing usually 9 to 10 months a year. I see charters up here running 2 day every day in the summer. It has to be miserable and draining to make a living this way and then have almost 2 months of nothing coming in. By my calculations I would have a hard time believing that charters make less that $100 but I wouldn’t work that hard for $200. They should be experts in their field. Well worth $400 for what they offer. If they are new of aren’t that good I would agree $400 is too much. Their knowledge and Intel is invaluable.
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Originally posted by coasttalI think the $350 to $400 is a fair price. It is an agreeded price so I do not tip. No one tips me when I do engineering work. I tell them it will cost xxxx $'s and that is what my bill says and what I get paid.
That said, I have been out with guides in both Savannah and Beaufort. Some are real foul mouth jerks. Some are clean freaks that put a towel down to wipe my feet on before entering the boat. Some don’t provide any live bait. But some are the nicest guys, have great boats, fresh bait, don’t sit ont he same non producing spot for an hour, and clean my fish if I want.
Two guides I recommend as the absolute best are Danny Rourke in Beaufort, and Jack McGowan in Savannah. Both are nice guys, good equipment, put you on the fish, and fun to hang out with.
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I haven’t seen Danny in a long time. Good guy & Great fisherman. Been a bit but he’s given me some great advice and put me near a few hot spots.
You mention tips… I’ve always wondered about that. I’ve heard some guides get pissed over no tip. ? Is it customary to have to tip a guide service after paying a set price for the service? Never actually paid for a charter. Lucky enough to have enough friends to take me or I take myself.
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Two guides I recommend as the absolute best are Danny Rourke in Beaufort, and Jack McGowan in Savannah.
I’ve known Jack McGowan for 30 years or more. He is a fine fisherman and a fine man.
Capt. Larry Teuton
Swamp Worshiper
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cl, when's the house re-warming party?me and Easy can only stay a few weeks.
</font id=“quote”></blockquote id=“quote”>Any time yall want to come. I’m sort of down in the back right now, and my wife has a few weeks worth of honey do projects to take care of, so come on down
And you might better BYOB, this is a dry county and I probably don’t have enough for us all for a few weeks.
Capt. Larry Teuton
Swamp Worshiper
Larry. let me a Pea Pod know when you get that Dog Pond open, so we can come on vacation! We don’t mind swimming with dogs! We’ve slept with a few, over the years:wink:
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You mention tips... I've always wondered about that. I've heard some guides get pissed over no tip. ? Is it customary to have to tip a guide service after paying a set price for the service? Never actually paid for a charter. Lucky enough to have enough friends to take me or I take myself.
When I worked as an offshore Capt I never expected a tip for myself, but it was expected to tip the mate and it was made clear up front and in advance. Mates worked like waiters in a restaurant and half of their pay came from tips. And they earned it. Sometimes the Capt got a tip, sometimes not. Don’t tip my mate and you won’t fish with us again.
Working as an inshore guide by myself, I never expected a tip. I always did the best job I could do and was happy for the price of the trip. Sometimes I got tipped, sometimes not. Never expected one, or got mad over not getting one. I didn’t tip the man running the excavator either. I don’t tip my Drs or lawyers either. We are all professionals and charge what we have to.
Capt. Larry Teuton
Swamp Worshiper
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Larry. let me a Pea Pod know when you get that Dog Pond open, so we can come on vacation! We don't mind swimming with dogs! We've slept with a few, over the years
I’ve woke up with a few too:smiley:
I think the dog pond is going to become raised vegetable beds, according to the wife anyway, but I sleep with 2 dogs about every night. Sometimes more. This is a dog friendly house
Capt. Larry Teuton
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So as a new member it might not be right to change the topic but this thread seem pretty loose so here goes. Let’s say I pay the guide fee and appropriate tip and then I want to take the knowledge I learned fishing with the guide and try it on my own. To all the guides out there i direct this question…when is it ok to go back and try it in one of the same place on my own that the guide took me to? Always, sometimes, never? Depends on how secret the spot is? Naturally no one with manners would want to interfere with a man trying to make a living, but what if no one was fishing the spot is it kosher to go back? Is that the knowledge I paid to learn, or is it more just technique that it’s ok to use, not actual spots. Also, a similar thing what about if you are in your own boat and see a guide boat out a ways from you fishing a flat somewhere as you drive by. Is it ok to try that spot the next day if he is not in it.? Would be truly interested to hear opinions from
Pro’s and amateurs alike in where you draw the line?
If I paid for 10 $400 charters in a year, that is $4,000 per year. I haven’t done the math, but I’d venture to say that that is cheaper than owning even a small boat, and it is way less work.
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Originally posted by FishinSamSo as a new member it might not be right to change the topic but this thread seem pretty loose so here goes. Let’s say I pay the guide fee and appropriate tip and then I want to take the knowledge I learned fishing with the guide and try it on my own. To all the guides out there i direct this question…when is it ok to go back and try it in one of the same place on my own that the guide took me to? Always, sometimes, never? Depends on how secret the spot is? Naturally no one with manners would want to interfere with a man trying to make a living, but what if no one was fishing the spot is it kosher to go back? Is that the knowledge I paid to learn, or is it more just technique that it’s ok to use, not actual spots. Also, a similar thing what about if you are in your own boat and see a guide boat out a ways from you fishing a flat somewhere as you drive by. Is it ok to try that spot the next day if he is not in it.? Would be truly interested to hear opinions from
Pro’s and amateurs alike in where you draw the line?
I think it’s perfectly ok to fish a spot that a guide took you to. No one owns any particular area. If someone’s already there, then move on & come back another time. Heck, I would think as long as you didn’t crowd him, or interfere with his charter, you could fish in the same general area. You’re paying for knowledge, technique, information, fun, all that.
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I agree with Bob. You are paying for their knowledge and there is nothing wrong with using what you’ve learned.
Capt. Larry Teuton
Swamp Worshiper
So Strike Position is talking about all of his fishing experience on here and how guides charge too much, but in another thread he’s asking what a good inshore “salt water” setup is from “only the best fishermen.” Seems like his mentality is, I want a Ferrari but I only want to pay for a Corolla.
Scout 201
Yamaha 115
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Originally posted by mtoddsolomonSo Strike Position is talking about all of his fishing experience on here and how guides charge too much, but in another thread he’s asking what a good inshore “salt water” setup is from “only the best fishermen.” Seems like his mentality is, I want a Ferrari but I only want to pay for a Corolla.
Scout 201
Yamaha 115
Don’t cuss a Corolla, say Chevette or vega (unless the vega has been roll caged and original engine trashed and new one large CI and blown).
“If Bruce Jenner can keep his wiener and be called a woman, I can keep my firearms and be considered disarmed.”
that’s the going rate sir. on the low end at that. welcome to charleston. oh and don’t forget to tip your captain and mate out either. thanks.