Guiding?

[Jer]

...damn frenchman...

[fishhunter]

Just a fast note Guiding and Chartering are the same thing when done from a boat. If you plan on doing it there are new rules to follow. Transport Canada has set the guide lines up for taking people out for money. To do so you must have all the coarses. Have your boat Registered Commercial and if your trailering your boat keep a log book of your road hours. Alot of people are running guiding buisness/charter that are not transport canada approved. Here in Port Hope we got the get it done or we pull you off the water and fine you large. They are hitting all ports and including the bay of quinte too. For people that want to run under the raydar thats up to them but i would not want to be the one that gets pulled over with clients onboard and look like a fool because they did not want to have the right boat for the amount of people or have the proper coarses that get you appoved. Its not a cheap thing to get this all done but i think its a great way to make sure when people book a charter they know they are getting on a safe boat and a trained captain. If your looking for the info on how to get legal Transport Canada website has it all listed. they have just added a 3 day coarse as of november more money to spend and they wonder why the guys are up and up charge what they do. Try starting a legal Guiding/ Charter buisness and let me know what you spent before you even put the first dollar in your pocket.

Edited December 8, 2009 by fishhunter