I do know in the Circuit I fish Guaranteed Boaters signed up with Guaranteed Co-Angler are Guranteed to fish from the front of thier boat.

If they sign up with out Gurantee Status there is a possibility they could be paired with another Boater and then they would either decide among themselves who's boat and who gets front first half of day, if they cant decide the Tournament Director will Flip a Coin.

As for the Paying the Boater, My rules that i use are as Follows:
1. If they were a pleasure to fish with then absolutely offer them Cash for gas. If they put me on Quality fish where i cash I ask them how much money they want and they will ussually say 20-30 dollars and then i give em more than the 20-30.
2. If they treated me as if I was a lower form of Human Being they may not get anything.
3. If they dont give me water to fish, I might turn steering wheel to put back of boat in position, (Steering Wheel is in back part of boat). then they either give me room or they put thier boat in the rocks. (In the Circuit I fish I have NEVER had to do this because 99.9% of the Guys/Gals are really super people.
4. If they are worse than imagineable i might remind them i am the one backing thier truck into water at end of the day. (Not that I would do anything but it would make em stop and think about it the rest of the tournament.) hehehehe