Guided trips

[slabbandit]

I may be new to guided trips in Mississippi but I’m definitely NOT new to fishing especially crappie fishing.
I feel like I should have never had to ask anybody that is guiding me to fish. I already did that when booking the trip.
I should have made it clear how we would be fishing before hand but I didn’t. Regardless of weather conditions or anything else we should have had a rod in our hand dipping the jig most of the day. We never changed spots or jig colors either


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Sounds like you just had a bad experience and I hope that you continue to take guide trips. Most guides I know and follow will work their tails off to put their clients on fish. I do agree if the guide thinks conditions are going to be tough that he should convey this to the customer as early as possible. Most of the really good guides have been doing it long before Livescope came out. They are very good at many other techniques also. Seems like a lot of new guides have popped up since Livescope came out. Wouldn't hurt to ask for a few references to call if you don't know someone personally that has recently fished with that particular guide.

[NIMROD]

I may be new to guided trips in Mississippi but I’m definitely NOT new to fishing especially crappie fishing.
We never changed spots or jig colors either


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If we are not catching we are moving but colors are more important to fishermen . IMO

[Chuck Adams]

Just wondering what everyone’s opinion is on how my recent trip shook out. Not gonna publicly name names here cause I’m not that guy.
Recently took a trip to Grenada lake with a buddy of mine on a guided crappie trip. We loaded up and drove 6 hours from Georgia to fish with a guide and thought we were gonna really load up on some slabs. Two days before we were supposed to fish we had a storm with lots of rain that pretty much covered all of the south, the water levels were definitely up and it was sure to have some effect on the fishing. We got to the ramp met the guide turned out we were livescoping which is a method neither of us had much experience with but we planned to make the best of it. After a cold boat ride the guide grabs a pole and starts fishing telling us what to look for on the graph while he is fishing, we thought he was trying to figure out the fish and it seemed normal so we waited patiently. After 4.5 hours into an 8 hour trip and us watching him dropping jigs on 100 plus fish (according to livescope) he hands my buddy a rod. He gave it a few drops and we switched out but the guide would basically tell us to move the rod while he dropped a jig down on them. Soon the fishing was over and we headed back to the ramp, neither my buddy or me got a bite or caught a fish, the guide managed to catch a couple later in the day but that’s it.
So we basically paid a guide 450 dollars to watch him fish and a boat ride. I understand the weather had the fish screwed up and there’s nothing we can do about that, but things would have been different if we had got to fish most of the day. I left Mississippi very dissatisfied and heart broke that our trip wasn’t to good but after a couple weeks I’m thinking about another trip next spring.
Would like to spider rig or pull cranks next time instead of the livescope but that’s next years problem.
Im not trying to run the guy down or start anything just wondering what y’all’s thoughts are on a trip like this.
Thanks


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I believe I would have spoken up after about 5 minutes.
Sorry for your bad experience.
I am an old man but I would have filled that boat full of uppercuts. Lol
Or maybe He would have gone swimming!!
Probably zero liability insurance.
Don’t know if guides have to be inspected and licensed in Mississippi.
Sounds like they should be.



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[Ranger690]

Dang. That really stinks. Hate it for you. Now I’m worried as a buddy and I are going soon. Will be our first time. I’ve been so excited I can hardly stand it. I know everyone is Livescoping and I do want to try it. But talked on the phone gif a while with our guide and he discussed that we will be at the mercy of the fish. Might Livescope. Might fish structure. Might cast to shore. Might wade.

Sorry you had such a bad day. Don’t give up. There are better people out there. And fish can be caught all year. Heat if the summer or cold December water. The belly might not be swollen bet they can still be thick and long.

Dayton.

[Curlytail]

I have been on alot of guided trips to different lakes. This same thing happened to me on Weiss a few years ago. Not livescope but the guide started out fishing & didn't even give out a pole to us. Was just telling us how he was catching fish as he was catching a few. We finally did get a pole in hand but after about 4hrs I had enough & told him we came out to fish so let's call this a 1/2 day & go in cause I'm over it. To me a good guide will help & teach you the lake you are on. He may wet a line to show what to do but you should catch the fish. When you find a good one tip them good & return on a regular basis. I have really only had 2 bad experiences & they were both on Weiss.

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[slabbandit]

I feel like it's ok for the guide to fish also as long as he's demonstrating the proper techniques to use. The clients should be using the same rods, baits, etc. I know with Livescope, sometimes the best way to teach inexperienced anglers is for the guide to barely touch the water with their jig right where the client should drop on the fish. Also, if the clients don't catch their full limits of crappie the guide can include his catch for them to take home also. As long as this doesn't make them exceed their limits. Never seen any complaints about that!