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As of now there is no criteria, many of us guide and for the most part you rarely hear of a bad experience. Welcome to the area and good luck, if I can help let me know.
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I’m fairly new to the area. Lived in Texas most my life but I’ve noticed y’all have a ton of guides in the big 4 area. What’s the criteria to be a guide on Corp or state lakes? And can they guide year round or only certain dates? Thought about hiring one for a day or two to get familiar with Grenada
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As of now there is no criteria, many of us guide and for the most part you rarely hear of a bad experience. Welcome to the area and good luck, if I can help let me know.
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So the criteria that creates a guide is the guide referring to himself/herself a guide?
No other requirements?
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Originally Posted by blueducklane
They would not be in business long if they don't catch fish. If they have been guiding for several years then they know how to catch fish.
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I'm proud to live in a state where each and everything little thing isn't regulated and taxed to death. Most the guides all have other jobs or a retirement pension of some sorts. It's not something anyone is getting filthy rich at. Start adding in permits or special licenses and certain insurance requirements then the cost would have to be offset to the clients. I've seen the rates other guides get in other strict regulated states and it's a lot higher then here. I will say if your a guide or not and don't have at least $300,000 in liability insurance on your vessel then that's just plain foolish.
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I was curious about the licenses but never did i intend to infer that guides weren’t catching fish. I’m certain they can provide a great experience. Carry on.
Snubby - in Arkansas the COE makes the rules on their lakes and the State (or feds) will enforce those regulations. Also, our State game and fish makes temporary authoritative regulations that govern activity on State owned bodies of water. And i believe they (State of Arkansas) issue guide licenses but couldn’t swear to it. Our annual resident fishin license is only $10.50 so i cant imagine a guide license being much more.
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Have you not seen grenada lake charters??? You can’t tell me their not making a killing!
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GLC is one of the best.
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Making money, most likely, making a killing, no way.
Something to keep in mind guys, a trip to the lake is 100 dollar bill on average. Tear up anything or loose baits or tackle and there goes more of it.
By the way I heard of some guides losing some serious equipment in the storm at Sardis yesterday.
Not everything is as it seems, if it were easy there would be way more doing it.
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Say what’s you want. I’m the new guy here. If they weren’t making money they wouldn’t be doing it. They aren’t taking people everyday and not making money.
