"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers.com" wrote in
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"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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I took a couple snowbirds fishing today. We have had some recent
temperature drops and water temp has not fully rebounded yet so I
expected a slow crank bait bite. I was right. I'm sure glad I was
just fishing though and not guiding. (I don't guide.) My two guests
couldn't handle basic skills. One refused to use spinning tackle and
then proceeded to backlash a brand new Curado 200E all day long. She
was better than my other guest. He did use spinning tackle, but he
tried to lob cast a crankbait all day long like he was lobbing a
Carolina rig or a multi dropper bait rig. It was painful to watch. I
tried to help both of them throughout the day, but its frustrating
when they wouldn't or couldn't adjust their techniques to what was
working. Every time I caught a fish I unsnapped the crank I was using
and gave it to one of my guests. One never got a fish all day. The
other caught one tiny little 10 incher.

Neither had any accuracy or distance. It looked like neither of them
had an previous experience casting a crank bait. If I had been
guiding instead of fishing I would have felt like I failed to show
them what they had to do to catch fish. I caught 7 keeper size from
2 to 4 pounds. That's pretty good for me for winter fishing. I tried
to tell them some points, structure, & breaks that fish orient to or
hold on, but I felt like my efforts were wasted. These were both
"experienced anglers" who love to fish. I took them out because one
of my good clients from my day job asked me too.

Wow! It was frustrating. I think if I had been out fishing by
myself I would have spent twice as much time fishing productively. 3
out of 4 areas I selected produced fish. I don't see how guys like
Willhide can do it.

Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com

I feel your pain Bob. I guided for 17 years myself and had many days
like you just described. Luckily, I've retired from guiding and moved
from Wisconsin to Tennessee. Now, if I wanted to guide, I'd have to
get a Coast Guard Six Pack License and I don't feel like doing that...



I FEEL YOUR PAIN!!!! (How Clintonesqe)

You two 2-bit worthless $pamers have to be the most low-life, cheap
UseNet exploiting Whores of all time. I don't believe, for one
microsecond, your poor-ole-me my-$pam-is-failing BS!!!!

Why don't you two shiftless bums go out and get a REAL job, instead of
trying to sell your $pam here!!!!

You two should have HORMEL tattooed across your greasy foreheads, and a
$pam feeding tube shoved down your throat.

HH.