mike rousseau

Got a couple skis Saturday morning... The one in the second pic is the one that started the first aid kit thread...

I love this weather... Lots of water and ice and a pit stop at a waterfront restaurant and your good to go...

From what I've seen these are really nice boats... www.walleyecentral.com Always has a couple for sale in there classifieds... And big tiller boats rock... Tons of room...

I was looking at hummingbird hd di and it looks like an awesome combo for 600$

Huh... And I thought losing my job with a newborn baby at home was bad...

Happy birthday Roy...

Thnx guys... And I don't see why a CO would care if I pass off my rod... Great lakes trollers count themselves and pass off their rods... At least my guide did

like is said... i appreciate all the advice... but i asked a question and most of the answers were people telling me how hard every other aspect of guiding is... other than the original question... ive guided before and the people had an awsome day and came back again... i was like 15 years old!!! ive also had days where the weather and fish would not give me the slightest break... and i busted my butt and covered incredible amounts of water to try and catch a fish without results... the weather was making the paying customers quite before i would... and thanked me for the really hard work and effort i put in in the bad situation we had that day... like people have told me before... apples and oranges if i was opening a fruit company and asked advice on apples and everyone talked about oranges... i wouldnt have the answer i was looking to get... but thanks for ALL of the replies... i did give me enough to consider...

for walleye weedlines are between 12-15 feet deep... so if your trolling... thats close to your target depth. i would stay in 17-19 feet... most deep diver cranks will work here... rock piles are all different depths so thats your call... i would look for ones that come to 20 feet or shalower and troll over them... unless they come shallower than 15 feet... then troll the sides you can also drift any of these areas or deep chanels... 60+ with bouncers and harnesses

thats some big talk... trashing a 40 "average" im not saying all i catch are 40inchers... its my average so far this year... this is the first time ive kept a record of all the musky a catch..

wise guy eh

for walleye... they style of fishing i do.... trolling iregular contours... i have to have a line in... mostly for feel... i would pass of my rod when i got a fish tho...

thank you...

That makes 2 answers And I'm not knocking any advice here... And I know most of you guys can tell if your guide is working hard or not... I am just trying to see if the quality and quantity is good enough

Not that I don't appreciate the WISDOM here... But I asked a simple question and only one person answered... I know you need to be a nice guy I know you need insurance I just wanna know If I guide 2 customers for walleye... 2-5lbs... How many fish would you expect to get ... If I took 2 people for musky... How many do I have to boat? 38-40 inch average ...?

im not talking about a year round full time career here... start off with trying to do say 10 trips max next year... see how things go... and see what the feedback is like... then go from there...

the local guides in the area all fish when theyre guiding...

most people paying for a guide arent from the area... and most people couldnt find my spots unless they were carrying a gps with them while they fished with me... and if they did find the spots... good luck fishing them correctly... my father was a guide and my grandfather was a guide... and i catch fish on spots where other guys blank... the st.lawrence river isnt a cake walk....

well... i have 3 boats to chose from to battle weather... the biggest being a ranger 620T wich is a very deep and wide 20 foot boat with a 115 tiller but on most days i would use my 16 foot lund and if things go well im looking at a ranger 618 tiller to replace that boat... and i also fish in an area with lots of open water as well as an area with lots of islands to block the waves in bad weather... this saturday im fishing perch with mercman... and the bite has been slow this year... so i guess we'll see how my personality is as well as my entertaining... and hopefully hes got time for a fish fry at my boathouse... this info you guys are giving me is great... keep it coming

Well I am pretty patient and don't mind explaining where and why fish are where they are... And why I use the techniques I do...

Im wondering what kinda fishing you expect when you hire a guide... How many fish does it take to keep you happy... I'm asking this because I'm gunna be getting into guiding and I wanna know how close I am to being good enough... So basically... My walleye average size is about 3 pounds And musky average is 38-40 inches And carp average is 17-20 pounds So if you were to hire me for one of these fish... How many would satisfy you? And how many to get you to come back? Thnx... Mike

I believe it's also about fish safety... Heavy floro or mono is less likely to hurt the fish if/when they roll up in your line... Thin wire leaders can bruise and cut the fish... It's more about fish safety then you losing a fish

Try mercman

Last night me and my brother went to a new area of the st.lawrence river to pre fish a tournament we might fish... After 2-3 hours of catching smallmouth... Rockbass... And perch... We finally found the Walters... We found a honey hole and managed 9 walleye in about 2 hours... Success...

Looks like a good price... If that's the boat your looking for... Id buy