Fishing Guide

With job opportunities all over the world and a growing job market now is the time to

become a professional fishing guide . The earth is covered with 71% of water, and in that water lives fish. So why would you waste your time on land with a boring trivial job when the water offers a plethora of jobs. This job is split into two different categories: freshwater fishing guide, and saltwater fishing guide, the choice is yours. If you take the freshwater choice you can choose from domestic locations, like right here in New Hampshire, or exotic locations such as the Amazon Basin. Freshwater locations offer an abundance of fish to catch from the common bass to the elusive snakehead in southern Florida. Pay ranges from $50 dollars an hour, and up to $150 an hour for more exotic and difficult trips. Many people choose to take the salt water fishing guide route because it offers more opportunity. The ocean offers 32,000 species of fish for your clients to catch. You can pick from any location that is on the ocean like Hawaii or South Africa. The more exotic the location and the more exotic the fish you are going for the more money people are willing to pay to catch them. Some charters out of locations like Cabo San Lucas, Hawaii, and Costa Rica charge over $1000 per person for a day of fishing. The start up for a fishing guide is fairly simple, but differs between each state and country. You will need to acquire a captain’s license and a boat to take people out on. If you do not have a boat you can join a marina that allows you to rent boats from them. All you need is to follow fishing regulations and the know how to put people of the big fish. A bad day of fishing is better than a good day at work, isn't true when it’s your job to help people catch fish.

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Weekly Fishing Report

Tampa Bay Fishing Report:

You can feel the summer in the air. It’s getting more hot and humid, with the afternoon thunderstorms rolling in to cool everything off. Everyone knows with the humid weather comes the best fishing of the year, and the Tampa Bay Area is producing some big fish. Captain Skip Miller out Clearwater Beach Marina reported, “A school of 100 plus pound tarpon, as thick as his eye could see.” Yesterday Cpt. Miller put one of his customers on their first tarpon, with an estimated weight over 200 pounds.

Captain Miller with a 200lbs Tarpon

 

Tarpon aren’t the only game fish biting right now. Huge schools of redfish and snook are being spotted around the Skyway Bridge, Memorial Causeway, and other big inlets empting into the Gulf. Big sharks are around too, Jesse Wright (Largo) landed a huge 8 ft. Bull Shark on Indian Shores beach this past week. He succeeded in safely releasing the fish and scaring a few tourists.

 

  The weather is looking nice this week with an east wind around 5 knots, which should keep the Gulf relatively flat. Enjoy the weekend and go out and fish. Remember to send pictures of your catch to have them featured.

 

Photo Credits:

http://www.floridakeystarponfishingguide.com/marathon-tarpon-fishing.htm

Jesse Wright

"An Introduction to Freshwater Taxa." An Introduction to Freshwater Taxa. IUCN, n.d. Web. 06 May 2014. <http://www.iucnredlist.org/initiatives/freshwater/process/introduction>.

 

Census Of Marine Life. "How Many Fish In The Sea? Census Of Marine Life Launches First Report." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 24 October 2003. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/10/031024064333.htm.