Lake Erie Tributaries Guided Services

To those of you out there that are a "GUIDE" or one of their clients,can you please be courteous to let me know the exact location you and your clients are going to be fishing on this Sunday November 16th after 3:00 PM and Sunday November 17th all day.Im not wanting to spot burn,I know every nook and cranny of the Elks watershed.Im just asking because I don't want to make a long hike in the dark to find a spot surrounded by a light show of flash lights letting me know you are there at your majestic fishing honey hole,telling other fisherman that you are fishing that hole( like they can't fish there as if you own the property),and most importantly not having any fishing manors at all.I will share a drift with whom ever is around me.Im not out to catch a fish faster than you nor does it matter how many I land,break off,whatever.PM me.Im a nice guy,I prefer not to fish near "Guides and there Clients.Crossing my father and my lines last Saturday purposely so that we would get peed off and leave.Well we did,walked back to the truck and went to a spot that had some fish in it,did the work and hooked up.See yinz Sunday.Oh,you guides ought to mark you vehicles with an orange bicycle flag and required to have yellow hats that say" Guide Service" we own this area of stream.Good night all,I got to finish packing.Oh I forgot to ask,is it worth the drive up?I live 2 1/2 hours away.Are they running yet? How far mup they? Can I fish after dark?Does anybody have any skein? I take a hot bath with skein before I head out.It is a ritual and it works for me.Tight lines and bent rods,broken tippet,snags,fowl hookers and I'm done.If any of you want to hook up Sunday and fish fast water PM me.Feeeesh On!

wOrd.
 
They eat yarn..jus say'IN

I disagree with guides making money off of a resource that us fisherman pay for through our license and Erie stamp.That is all.

PONDBEARSHWILLY
I disagree with guides making money off of a resource that us fisherman pay for through our license and Erie stamp.That is all.

You might want to have a talk with the local baitshops, hotels and restaurants too.
 
Most all of the guides I have run into on the tribs have been alright to fish around.
Even pulled a few tips from them. 
 
Mabee next time you can get up a little earlier and be the one who gets the jellyhole.

PONDBEARSHWILLY
I disagree with guides making money off of a resource that us fisherman pay for through our license and Erie stamp.That is all.

I guess guides do not purchase licenses and are not considered fisherman? 
 
 
 
 

o lord forgive me, i ,m  spelling like T.D. now.

couldn't imagine being a guide on public water on erie.     
 
what about the guys who guide on public water where the state stocks adult trout? musky fingerlings?  walleye fingerlings/fry?
 
 
what about a guide fishing public water where private clubs stock fish?
 
 
easy leonard. go easy man.
 
 

 It's kind of sad really, All the cool places in North America where you could be a guide, and end up in Erie Pa. You gotta feel sorry for the guy. If I ran into him , I'd give him a couple bucks. He's gotta be on the skids.    Glen

I personally and thankfully haven't had issues with guides/clients in Erie. At one point, I considered guiding trout waters far away from Erie tribs. I decided fishing was just bigger than that for me. Like anything, do it enough and it turns into work. That may explain the poor attitudes some of these folks have. I decided to hold fishing in a higher regard, it's for me, myself, not a client. Guide services ARE needed and let's face it, we live in a free market. Hopefully we can live and act up to the simple standard of being a sportsmen.

In my opinion, getting youngsters interested and involved with the outdoors is the best investment one can make for the protection of all the natural resources we flock to these forums to argue, brag and quibble about.