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Alaska Fishing Guides: Choosing Fishing Guides in Alaska
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If you're considering hiring Alaska fishing guides to enhance your Alaskan fishing trip, you've already made a great decision. Charters and guides typically know the waters, fish migrations and great strategies to ensure you'll come home with a trophy-sized catch.
But, like any business, there are good guides and bad ones. So, how do you know the difference? How do you find a great fishing guide or charter company?
Should you go with a group expedition or book privately? For hints and tips on how to choose an Alaskan fishing guide, keep reading.
Check References
Ask for the phone numbers or email addresses of former clients. Tell them you'd simply like to check their references. Remember, you could be spending several thousand dollars for a private, chartered and guided fishing service, so requesting references should be automatic.
In addition to checking references from former clients, you can also try a quick phone call to their local tourism office. Remember, Alaska may be big, but it has small communities. Ideally, you want to hire Alaska fishing guides that are not only known by their tourism office, but also recommended.
Check Crew Qualifications
Always check if a crew has their full licenses and certifications. You can do this when you arrive or ask your guide to fax this information over. Ideally, you want to book a charter or guide company that employs a crew that's not only experienced, but experienced in Alaskan waters.
Look for Local Experience
Ideally, your Alaska fishing guide or tour operator should either be an Alaskan native or have extensive working experience and history in the area. You want a guide that knows the waters, knows how to navigate them, can find the fish and lead you to the catch. Otherwise, you could simply rent a boat and go out alone.
A great way to check a guide's success is to ask for their catch track record. How many fish are caught on each trip? What are the average weights? What's their overall success rate? Remember to ask about their safety record too.
Find Out What Is and Isn't Included
Some Alaska fishing guides include services like filleting, freezing, fish processing, equipment rentals, bait and licenses. Others charge extra for them. So, if a deal sounds too good to be true, make sure you ask exactly what's included and what isn't in your fishing expedition.
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