Boat Insurance Fishing Guide
how and what needed to start a guide service?
I have a 2001 Ranger Boat fishing, lots of equipment and baits, but need to know about the advertising insurance, etc. all freshwater that I live in the Ozarks and bullshoals fish regularly, Beaver, Table Rock, Big Lake, ok. , Etc etc! Any advice would be appreciated. stop hey what exactly ouapt or what ever u said ?????? Please give more information if you xtra PLEASE !!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanx guys but looking down fresh water, especially! I have quite abit of time on my hands so this is for extra $$$$$$ and I know that most owners stores that face woould be happy to help! prefish and does not need much since all of these lakes have fished for the past 15 years have a (milk lakes run0 ALL OS not to brag, but have not been skunked in ten years —— knock on wood lol:) great
Stop_making_cents has almost hit the nail on the head! By sure, you will need to leave the captain. You can search for different schools, so online. You can find a place that you can watch or you can make it through the internet. Also, depending on what their rules are stated, you may have to have a guide license. Check with the regulation their state to do so. Insurance is a must. If someone was getting hurt on your boat, you can be in big trouble. You may also have to get a card TWIC. It is something that only now are coming with a license to anyone with a captain, who basically says its not a terrorist. You'll have to look for up by Google for your area. I just came to him some months ago and I just heard about it last week, so I do not have much information on TWIC card at the moment. As for fishing and getting clients, definitely give a few free trips. If there is a tourist information center, give some people who work there and leave a trip-you cards for them. He can make a difference, if there are other guides in the region. Furthermore, I suggest that once you start a guide to do it part time for the first few years. You may not have enough business coming in to live for a time, if you do nothing but guidance. And from my personal experience, no matter how good you are a fisherman, does not mean you'll be a great guide. You need a lot of patience, and for want of a better word "idiot proof" their fishing techniques. Sometimes I'll get customers who do not know and I'll fish teach them how and show them some things. 10 minutes later, they will be doing this completely the wrong way, and occasionally you get these guys who think that know what they are doing and will not listen, so sometimes it's up to you turn the fish and pass the baton off to customers. And to be completely honest, I'm younger one guide and this was my first year orientation. The biggest thing that helped me get customers was to offer a fish No, no pay policy. If customers do not come back with some fish, which begins the journey for free. And a lot of tabs in my area that I've told the customers are complete idiots. When you get a trip, just go there and have a good time. I've had clients tell me they'd rather go fishing with a guide that is enjoyable and fun to be around, instead of a guide that is a complete jerk and a catch limit. Another thing, creating some kind of deposit for travel booking, otherwise you will be driven nuts. I do not know how many Id often have clients tell me that they would meet me at the boat dock in the morning, then they call me saying they changed their minds after I landed from a boat live bait and bought for 6 people! Good luck and have fun with it. His very job, but when you get things, its worth it.
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