"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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On 15 Mar 2007 09:29:30 -0700, "Olebiker" wrote:

Does anyone else find it silly to hear a fishing guide call himself
"Captain"? Maybe I'm just being nitpicky but it sure seems
pretentious to me. I was just looking at a fishing tabloid in which
Scott Martin has a column. He is listed as "Captain Scott Martin."

Dick Durbin
Tallahassee


Anyone at the helm of a boat is a "captain",
but not everyone at the helm is a "guide".

John

Not everyone at the helm is a "captain". If they are a guide, they may
have a Coast Guard "6 pack" license. OUVP is the designation. Takes time
at the wheel and a test.


I'm pretty sure to really be called a captain one must have a captain's
license. One husband wife team I really enjoyed fishing with in Ohio for
perch both actually have their captain's licenses and I refer to both of
them as captain. I've just got a USCG small craft certification myself, and
I can attest to the amount of work it takes to do it right. I appreciate
their efforts. Lake Erie can be scary place and I trust their skills and
seamanship on that body of water enoguh to take my family out fishing with
them.

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