I've been doing this for a while, I started taking guide clients on a regular basis in 2003. 6 years before that I started working in the fishing industry. In 1997 I was a skinny 16-year-old that walked into a tackle store looking for a job and knew I loved to fish. I started at the bottom. Counting and sorting out dead night crawlers, cleaning the live bait tanks, sweeping, moping, taking the trash out, you name it. Some things have changed since 1997, but a lot of things stay the same. Gutting paddlefish is pretty gross. March is here, Spring breakers, families, and up and down weather. A month ago, we had a huge artic blast that made our winter fishing not very good. 8-10 inches of snow followed by a lot of ice on the lake. We've had some big warmups since then and several stretches of nice weather. Every week we'll have a cold snap with 40mph winds and that is normal for this time of the year but very difficult to work with. Mid-April things will settle down, and May is one of my favorite months to fish for bass. May is good for crappie too, but we do a lot of trolling in May. June is typically the best month of the whole year to book a trip. July is fine, august is fine, September is fine, October is getting rough, November is tough, December is great.
This year I won a contest for best Fishing Guide on the Lake! Pretty excited for that. I've had 2 Wired2Fish videos come out this winter. I was quest on 2 different podcasts, a fishing radio show, plus my weekly fishing report on Thursday mornings and I did another you tube video with Mike Baker. All the promotional stuff is done and I'm trying to do as many trips as mother nature will allow me to do.
Most things are the same but I am doing more paddle fish trips than before. My new fish finders are even better than ever. We are tracking them down and casting at them. It's very difficult if you're a beginner but if you can pitch somewhat accurately you should be able to catch on. That season is only 45 days so if you're interested don't waste any time getting on my schedule.
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