Guide endorsement Dave Stewart/ Fred McClintock

[Dave Stewart]

Wow...you guys sure know how to make a guy feel good about what he is doing. I am sitting here at 4:00 in the morning (central time) waiting to go out in the below freezing cold to guide on a hard post frontal day with north winds. I really don't want to go out in that cold but my client has a tournament later this year and we need to look at the cover he is going to be fishing before the water comes up. We will run 50 miles today looking at cover. I turned 57 years old last week. My bones are going to ache today and I am gonna be cold until late this evening...and then I have to it all over again tomorrow and again the next day. Anyway, I was sitting here having my coffee and dreading the cold today....seems I sure notice it more than I did 10 years ago....when I read this string. After I read it I remembered why I love this job....it is the people I get to spend time on the water with...I want to thank you guys for thinking of me.

By the way, I know Fred and he is a great guide!!

[Chubminnow]

Dave Stewart - Where's your home front at? What I mean is, if someone wanted to hook up with you where would he meet you at? Also, do you have a contact number? I liked reading your post on this thread, it gives me an entirely new perspective on how a guide feels verses how I might feel when fishing with a guide. While I'm laid back and ready for a day of leisure, that doesn't necessarily mean the guide feels the same way.

The same goes for Fred, any one have contact information for him or know where you would meet him at if you hired him for a day? I always thought he guided on the Cumberland River from somewhere down in Tennessee. Does he come up into the Kentucky section? How far down in Tennessee is he located?

As for the Cumberland being the easiest river to catch fish on in the summer, that's probably true for just about anytime of year. There's nothing wrong with fish being easy to catch, in fact that's the one thing that probably keeps me stagnant as far as the bodies of waters I fish. I find that I mostly fish the Cumberland River and a 3-acre farm pond not to far from my house. I can go to either one of these places and never fail to catch fish. Granted, sticking to these places doesn't make me very knowledgable or well rounded in the fishing arena, but none the less it sure is fun when I go.

I have hired one guide in my life. About ten years ago my dad and I hired Randy Gibson for a day of striper fishing on the Cumberland River...we didn't catch any fish that day although we did have a fish come up and make one heck of a boil on top of the water where we were pulling our bait through. I didn't hire Randy so much for catching the fish as I did to be able to learn something from him such as what type of bait he used, the technique involved, the area to fish, etc...at the end of the day I could tell Randy was a little bummed because we didn't catch fish, probably more so than we were because we enjoyed the day out anyway.

When it comes to fishing, it's all good.

[redneckshadrap]

"Fred and Dave are great...but not that great"

They sure stay awfully busy....



Redneckshadrap
www.thecreekbank.com
[email protected]

[plowboy]

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Mar-22-06 AT 11:49AM (EST)[/font][p]Yes, redneckshadrap they sure stay busy. When I called Fred he had two or three days open until June. Most of the good guides have a pretty long waiting list.

Trophy Guide Service: Tennessee
Fred McClintock Guides in both Tennessee and Kentucky Waters of the Cumberland River for Trout or Stripers and both sides of Dale Hollow for smallmouth and muskie.
6422 Livingston Hwy
Celina, TN 38551
Phone: 931-243-2142 email [email protected]

Dave Stewart
Bass Buster Guide Service
Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley
(270) 354-5039
[email protected]

Don't go to Canada where you can catch 100 bass a day because they never see a lure hardly, that would be too much like cheating. What would be the challenge Just joking, I'd love to go some day. It would be a blast. But until then Call Dave or Fred or one of the other fine guides that I have yet to meet.

[thebassman30]

You guys continue to misinterpret and further misrepresent my postings. You both need to get out from behind that computer and jack some jaws...now....today!

Clarification:
I always check Dave's report before I go to KY and have thought about hiring him. I got nothing but love the Bass Buster. Plus he's put people on sooooo many 10+lbers. What's the total up to now Dave 26-27? Strong!

I've learned more from articles written w/comments from Fred than any other guide. I also think John Davis is another fantastic option based on recent reports.

That has got to be one of the toughest jobs....period.
Thanks guys for sticking with it for such little compensation!
Nothing but love and respect!!

[thebassman30]

I wanted to let you know that I really enjoy many of your posts. They are very well thought out and informative....occassionally funny 8^)

Thanks for sharing info man!
Mark

[plowboy]

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Mar-22-06 AT 03:24PM (EST)[/font][p][font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Mar-22-06 AT 03:13 PM (EST)[/font]

thebassman30 I was just teasing you a little. You seem like a very informed fisherman. Sometimes post don't come across in written text the way they were intended. I'm just a middle of the road fisherman, nowhere near good enough to compete with the tournament guys. I have learned most of what I know about smallmouth movements and patterns from articles in In-fisherman and Bassmaster by Fred McClintock also. No hard feeling and look forward to more post by you. Now that we know each other a bit better I can see where you are coming from. I am pretty opinionated but try to do it in a way to be respectful to others (not sure if it comes across that way). By the way I'm 43, got my screen name "Plowboy" from a buddy that I served with in the Navy . He was from Mississippi and called himself the Mississippi Plowboy on the radio. I was an electronic tech on an aircraft carrier with him. I worked on radar, communications and devices to scramble over the air communications. I guess plowboy makes me sound like a dumb country boy. Anyway I guess I'm a bit jealous of those Canadian trips but one day maybe I'll make it up that way. Good fishin..... and your right I need to be on the water but this night shift really messes with my fishing.

[thebassman30]

Cool story on the name. I've got several members of my family that have served in the military....almost did myself.....my dad kept me out of that experience.

I'm looking for a free website to post pictures on so I can link it back to the board....do you know of one?

[plowboy]

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Mar-22-06 AT 05:56PM (EST)[/font][p]I think yahoo photos would work. It allows you to share on the web. also shutterfly.com try to link to this to see if it works. These are a couple of bass that I caught in Florida. I was about 20 lbs heavier then so I'm not crazy about showing the pictures but the fish look good. http://tacoma200.dell.shutterfly.com...21b334c1c965de

[thebassman30]

Thanks for the tip....I posted our Dale trip photos under the Dale Trip discussion.

Nice fish....I've caught a few of those on shiners....yeah...I was cheat'n......My wallet felt like I was buying Lucky Craft Shiners though. $18/dozen is rough.

[plowboy]

Auctually they were caught on a worm and senko. A cold front came through the day before and the wind was so high they (bait suppliers) could not cast for shinners. But we still managed a few good fish. The guide has access to private lakes with lots of big fish. But shinners were the game plan we just couldn't find any, sold out before we could get any. Three trips to Florida and three cold fronts. Surely one day I'll get there during stable weather.

[plowboy]

One more note. One thing that both of these fishermen showed me was how to get off the bank. Most of us (me anyway) always looked for something to cast to, log, laydown, bridge, rip rap, docks, etc. They were very good at showing how to hit hidden stump beds, grass, drop offs, channel edges, etc. Nothing wrong with fishing the traditional stuff but you can catch alot of fish further from shore during the right conditions. Dave watched me carolina rig a lizard and after politely correcting my retrieve I caught a bass the very next cast. Now that's good instruction. Also lots of times it looked like Fred was in the middle of the lake when actually he was fishing the edge of a large flat where it dropped into deeper water. I have seen some post that you must have 4-6 lbs line and small lures on Dale Hollow and was surprised to find out many of the largest smallies are caught on very large baits while musky fishing.