Nate isnโt as concerned about his customers as he is in filling dates. Not only did Nate complain about our limited fishing skills (we not great, that is part of the reason we hired a fishing guide), but he kept telling us how expensive his rods were and we need to follow his instructions. It is important to know, not only does my wife have memory issues, but neither could my granddaughter or myself could get it right. Also, we werenโt even allowed to cast our own lines. Nate is a pretty crappy guy. We, by our choice, cut our trip short. We still paid our full fee and even gave Nate a fair tip, despite a disappointing trip Yes, we did catch fish, but they were the fish Nate wanted to target and not the fish we had agreed we would target.
Nate isnโt as concerned about his customers as he is in filling dates. Not only did Nate complain about our limited fishing skills (we not great, that is part of the reason we hired a fishing guide), but he kept telling us how expensive his rods were and we need to follow his instructions. It is important to know, not only does my wife have memory issues, but neither could my granddaughter or myself could get it right. Also, we werenโt even allowed to cast our own lines. Nate is a pretty... More
One of the photos is of our correspondence prior to the trip.ย I delivered BIG smallmouth.ย I showed you how to catch walleyes.ย We began to catch largemouth as your granddaughter got light headed and finally we didnt get to crappies.
I am sorry I had to be careful and cast after I got hooked in the arm.ย The hook went through my skin twice and then broke off.ย That is enough to be concerned.ย I kept fishing with you when I should have went in.ย And yes, part of the hook was still in my arm and i pried it out later. A hook in the arm would be enough to make anyone more careful and concerned.
You wanted walleye, we did that, you wanted largemouth and we were starting to catch them.ย We never got to the crappies because your granddaughter got lightheaded.ย I had the full day planned.
I even offered your granddaughter a place to sit and relax on my propery so we could continue our trip.
We had 24 big to large smallmouth bass on the clicker, which your granddaughter caught most before we swiitched to walleyes.ย I never touched tour rods other than to bait the hooks.ย Then we caught 7 walleyes in 45 minutes.ย I told you why I needed to cast because we needed to get way out there and avoid tangles.ย Your casts were way to short and I wanted to ensure you catching walleyes and leaving me a tangled disaster.
I suggested where you should go to lunch as i cleaned your fish (i cleaned one of the 7 walleyes for you to take so i coukd stay legal) and met you at the second lake where we were catching largemouth and crappies. I skipped lunch knowing you were driving home afterwards.ย
I was never rude nor inconsiderate with your wife.ย In fact, I was concerned about her legs and helped her stand to stretch considering you told me she had a bad nerve.ย I have to keep reminding everyone not to reel the sinkers into the rod tip.ย I was never rude about it.ย This is my livlihood and those rods are my tools.ย I need to respect them and if that is constant reminders, thats what I need to do.
I have been guiding for a long time and never once have I been considered anyting you are saying.ย I take pride in doing the best i can.ย I thought we were having a great day but to each their own.
As for the 2 calls, one was to the hospital to see if I was up to date on my shots, the other was to a customer when we should have already been at lunch but i stayed longer because the walleyes were snapping.
I am sorry you had a bad experience.
One of the photos is of our correspondence prior to the trip.ย I delivered BIG smallmouth.ย I showed you how to catch walleyes.ย We began to catch largemouth as your granddaughter got light headed and finally we didnt get to crappies. I am sorry I had to be careful and cast after I got hooked in the arm.ย The hook went through my skin twice and then broke off.ย That is enough to be concerned.ย I kept fishing with you when I should have went in.ย And yes, part of the hook was still... More
We have used Fishing Booker several times and other sources all over the country to book our fishing trips. Nate is by far the best we have ever had the pleasure of fishing with. He is top notch! He put us on fish both days we went with him. I highly recommend him and his services. We are already talking about coming back just so we can fish with him again. We hired him to do a job and left not only with a cooler full of fish but with a friend we look forward to seeing again in the future! We could not be more pleased!!!!
We have used Fishing Booker several times and other sources all over the country to book our fishing trips. Nate is by far the best we have ever had the pleasure of fishing with. He is top notch! He put us on fish both days we went with him. I highly recommend him and his services. We are already talking about coming back just so we can fish with him again. We hired him to do a job and left not only with a cooler full of fish but with a friend we look forward to seeing again in the future! We... More
Thank you for the kind words!ย I truly enjoyed the 2 days.ย It was a great time!ย It was an honor to have you both in the boat for your anniversary!
Nate did a fantastic job getting us on the fish, we had never used any of the techniques that he employed, but he was a great teacher. Overall we caught about 20 smallmouth bass and had a great day
I appreciate you both!ย What a fun day!!! Thank you for a fun time!
We werenโt sure what to expect, having never fished for Walleye or Pike. Nate took us in hand was a very patient teacher. Once we got the hang of it, we had a blast. We will do this again. We strongly recommend Nate!!!!
Thank you for the fun day!
Almost got hit with a tornado 15 mins into the trip and Nate still got us on some nice walleye. Had to fight for them but heโll get you whatever fish youโre looking for. Great experience overall!
Thank you for sticking it out!ย It was a great evening despite the weather!