Todd Huckabee Guide

[mkeller]

To each his own, people hire guides for several reasons, he paid the money, he enjoyed the trip, that is all that matters. There is now reason to bash someone and their business and livelyhood without first hand experience. I have never hired guide or have met Todd. I take he is doing something right or he wouldn't be guiding and making a living at what we all love to do.

[minnowtime]

I was night fishing for crappie. A young man and his Dad were in boat next to me. The Dad could not buy a fish, his son tried everything to help his Dad even gave him his rod and helpped his Dad and he still could not catch a fish. I have fished many heated docks and someone always out fished the rest. Yes some are better than the rest of us!! If I fish with 2 or 3 people in my boat someone will out fish the other, is always a contest to see who it will be today. Fished beside a pontoon boat with a women ind 2 men anchored during crappie spawn. We all had a big laugh as the woman kicked their butt.

I think it is the duty of those in the boat who are catching fish to assist the other fishermen. Tell them the info on type of line, rod info, depth of fish, speed and style of retreive. Sometime you should stop fishing and watch those who are catching the fish.

A guide should always help others catch fish. If you do not enjoy the trip you should not hire him again.

[Cmj]

To each his own, people hire guides for several reasons, he paid the money, he enjoyed the trip, that is all that matters. There is now reason to bash someone and their business and livelyhood without first hand experience. I have never hired guide or have met Todd. I take he is doing something right or he wouldn't be guiding and making a living at what we all love to do.

Well I have fished with him and I will say this: He knows his stuff and put us on good fish. We caught 28 fish and there were 4 people in the boat, not great considering other boats were coming in with close to 100. But we had bigger fish, and I think that was his goal. BUT, he showed up two hours late and had a terrible attitude all day. He MAY have said three words all day long. In my opinion, not very professional, and I would not go with him again. As for the outfishing part, that's going to happen when you are fishing with a pro. If you want it to be more even, have them take you spiderrigging.

[RTJ214]

I'm glad you enjoyed the trip.Hope you learned from the pro how to put more/better fish in the boat or learned how to get the most out of your sonar.I have seen days when the bite was very light...and can understand how it looks like someone has a "gift" but it's nothing you can't learn.

[bjordan61]

That's exactly why I book my trips with him...I get the one on one instruction I'm looking for. I couldn't care less if we fill the boat while I'm out with him. I'm not looking for a big beer drinking blast on the lake. I'm tired of just going out and catching a bunch of small crappie on the same old lake using the same methods every time. The whole point of the trip is to learn how he locates fish on different lakes and rivers, especially large fish, how he catches them, and then try to apply the lessons learned when I go out on my own. Of course he's going to catch more than me...geez, I can't understand why some people whine so much when they get outfished. At least they got to go, as my dear old Grandpappy used to say. Also, it's up to the client to ask questions and provide feedback. Guides aren't mind readers. And when it comes down to it, I'd be willing to bet every guide out there has had a few groups that they couldn't wait to get away from due to boorish behavior.

[deathb4disco]

I'm not knocking Huckabee. I'm just surprised that any guide would fish.

[wilbur]

Im pretty sure all of them do, to help you with an xtra limit

[deathb4disco]

Im pretty sure all of them do, to help you with an xtra limit

Maybe with crappie guides ... not with the guides I've been out with. On two occasions, the guide asked for my permission to fish.

[bjordan61]

He asked if I wanted him to fish or not, and I encouraged him to fish. I wanted to see exactly how he presented the jig and set the hook. I swear I never saw his rod tip so much as twitch and he was still detecting a bite. He told me that maybe what I thought was a bite when I was missing fish was actually the fish spitting the lure out. All I've been trying to say is he has a highly developed sense of touch...much more than your average Joe Sixpack. Again, we were standing right next to each other using identical rods, reels, line, lures, at the same depth, etc. Other guides I have gone with for other species have not fished, probably because they were too busy baiting hooks, taking fish off, etc. on a boat full of clients. It's a different type of deal when you're out on an instructional trip with just one or two clients. Anyway, this is my last post on this forum. My intentions were just to point out that I had found a guide that I was very happy with. I never would have thought I'd get picked to pieces over the deal. It's time to delete the account and move on to a forum somewhere that's a little more friendly.

[Cmj]

He asked if I wanted him to fish or not, and I encouraged him to fish. I wanted to see exactly how he presented the jig and set the hook. I swear I never saw his rod tip so much as twitch and he was still detecting a bite. He told me that maybe what I thought was a bite when I was missing fish was actually the fish spitting the lure out. All I've been trying to say is he has a highly developed sense of touch...much more than your average Joe Sixpack. Again, we were standing right next to each other using identical rods, reels, line, lures, at the same depth, etc. Other guides I have gone with for other species have not fished, probably because they were too busy baiting hooks, taking fish off, etc. on a boat full of clients. It's a different type of deal when you're out on an instructional trip with just one or two clients. Anyway, this is my last post on this forum. My intentions were just to point out that I had found a guide that I was very happy with. I never would have thought I'd get picked to pieces over the deal. It's time to delete the account and move on to a forum somewhere that's a little more friendly.

Bjordan, no need to be offended, or to delete your account. Nobody was picking you apart, but your guide. I am glad that you had a good experience with him, but lots of people do not feel the same about him, myself included. If you had posted about a respected guide you would have gotten a different response. You can't blame this site because the guide you posted about has a bad reputation. JMO