Reese and Feelay are doing it right. I've only hired fishing guides twice. Once was on Kentucky Lake. That guy was a joke. He was a bass fisherman and practically begged me to switch to green carp for the day because he had a tournament coming up and wanted to practice (on my dime). I wound up taking over the trolling motor and fishing stake beds I was finding on the depth finder. The other time was Richard Bowling on Truman Lake. He was awesome. That guy knows crappie. I swear he could catch fish in the middle of Walmart parking lot. Neither time did I keep the guides limit. The main reason I hired those two wasn't necessarily to put limits of fish in the boat, but more to learn fishing techniques and fish habits in the body of water we were fishing. Personally that's the most valuable reason to hire a guide.