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[salmonlover]

Are you Dutch?


The guide is paid hourly, so he makes peanuts. If he does a good job he deserves to be rewarded. And doing a good job is not catching lots of fish. As sometimes even the best get the big zero.

How was the service? Did he work hard ect ect.

no im eglish.
guides do not make peanuts. I know a guy who makes 30gs from july to october. Even if you a certain guide that makes peanuts its not my fault, get a better job. Just because this guy decided to keep his low paying job I have to tip him?

I do tip every time a go out to eat or order in, but it does bug me. Im already paying for a service and on top of that I gotta pay 15% more. where is the logic in that? Btw I usually tip my guide 100. I have no problem in tipping when it is deserved, but lets face it how often do you get that kind of service.

[salmonlover]

Salmon lover's reply reminds me of the tipping argument in the movie Resevoir Dogs, lollol.

lol I just youtube that scene because ive never seen that movie. Glad someone else has common sense. Why is that some jobs we tip and other we dont. Like that guy said people at mcdonalds are serving us yet we dont tip lol. or the person checking out at department stores all providing a service they get paid for...yet no tip for them who truly make peanuts. meh society

rodney you have been doing a fine job on here lately you should add a tip button to your name.

[Rodney]

rodney you have been doing a fine job on here lately you should add a tip button to your name.

[cutthroat22]

You get a lot of different clientele at a fishing lodge.  I'm sure the tips vary from 0 to a few hundred per head.  I really don't think there is a proper amount.

Completely unrelated to the fishing scene but mandatory tips/service charge (15-20%) stink imo.

[Tex]

1) Tip what you feel comfortable with.  Don't tip at all if you don't feel comfortable doing so, or feel free to tip exceedingly well if the guide works their my friend off.  What do I mean by that? I mean this: Does your guide sit in the drivers seat all day and look at his/her watch?  Or do they interact with you, check your gear regularly, explain why they're doing what they're doing, etc?  Remember, it's not really based just on how many fish you do or don't catch.

2) Yes, most decent saltwater guiding outfits will have boats with a "head" (boat-speak for a toilet).

3) If by "local" you mean the Vancouver area, I can't say enough good stuff about Bon Chovy and/or Pacific Angler.  Great folks that run tight ships (pun intended).  Don't expect any halibut fishing around here though - it essentially doesn't exist. 

Good luck!

*edit - really?  the 3 letter version of butt ending in "ss" is edited to "my friend"?!?  lol

[roeman]

Go with an owner operator if possible.
Although it is always a crap shoot if someone new.
It is not always about how many you catch.
The guide has to show you a good time as well.

Three of us fished with a company out of Uculet a couple of years ago and I would not go on his boat again if he took my for free. Yet everyone on here thinks he is a god...

Husband and wife fishing for a day.... $100.00 is more than enough.
And that is only if your fish are cleaned and packaged for you.

[Bavarian Raven]

I second this. A tip is given for work done ABOVE and BEYOND the call of duty.  I worked in the food service industry for years and if I just cruised around casually doing my job, well, I didn't deserve a tip.  But if I worked really hard, and provided service that made your evening just that much more special, well then yeah, tip away. 

Arguing the person "works for peanuts" is irrelevant.  That industry pays what it pays and that's determined by the market, a market which is full of people who want to spend their days on a boat, in nice weather so there are a lot of people trying to get in and therefore is not a very high paying job; if he doesn't like the hourly rate he should get out. 

Tipping automatically only encourages sloppy work and hurts the service as a whole, if the service sucks, don't tip.

I third this.

[Humpy]

I third this.

I fourth this.

[zap brannigan]

i generally dont tip unless i had excellent service, like stated the logic of paying for something then paying more on top of that? nah, delivery drivers for example what did they do extra for me? they were already being paid to drive my food to me thats what they were hired for, just because your companies cheap and pay you nothing dosnt mean im entitled to pay your wages.

[Rodney]

And here I thought I am cheap....... Good to hear I am not unique!

[Fish Assassin]

Some self serve gas stations have a cup on the counter for "tips". Pardon me but I'm doing all the work and you expect me to give you tips ?

[Jeff_]

Completely unrelated to the fishing scene but mandatory tips/service charge (15-20%) stink imo.

That is something I've never really understood, especially with large groups in restaurants I can understand it may be a little bit more work for the wait staff but how does it justify a mandatory 15-20% for service that may not be deserving of 15-20%?

Anyways back to the topic, I went on a full day trip with Bon Chovy last month and couldn't be more happy with my experience. They were very accommodating towards us first timers and put us into quite a few fish. I would definitely recommend giving them a call.

[Dr. Backlash]

OK - thanks for all answers to my questions!