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Our goal is to put you on a fish of a lifetime. We do this by fishing BIG (some call them Mad Mike’s Magnum Baits) live baits in the proper areas during the correct times of year. Trophy Striper hunting is often very slow fishing, hours without a bite and then bam, a 30lb class fish explodes on bait and it’s ON! That might be the only bite of the day. There are days when we do not get a bite, hence the format of our trophy trip rate structure. We will not give up on the big fish hunt part way thru a trip, so that you can catch a fish, any fish. We are after big stripers, period. These are called TROPHY STRIPER TRIPS. Each trip is individually planned, taking in to account the anglers wishes, season, water temperature, water clarity and activity levels of the fish, making each trip unique and exciting. Various techniques such as down rods, flat lines, planer boards and cut bait are used, again depending on season and water conditions. We fish where the BIG STRIPERS are biting, this often means a 2 or 3 hour drive from the Atlanta metro area to the fishing grounds, especially in the warmer water months of June thru September. Other fishermen might laugh at the size of our landing net, our 8/0 hooks or the size of our bait dip net, but we KNOW when your trying to boat that big one you NEED big equipment. Normal trips are 8 hours for either 2 or 3 people, depending on where the trip is going to take place. Trips typically start at daylight. You might even be lucky enough to have two experienced captains on a trophy trip, as we often fish in the swift current and difficult conditions that trophies crave. We STRONGLY promote catch and release and would greatly prefer to take the measurements of your fish, along with pictures, then to harvest it. We will email you the pictures and measurements so that you can get a replica mount made. Another option is to get a Hand Painted Portrait. These big fish are often over 13 years old and are NOT an easily renewable resource. Since we may boat multiple 30+ pound fish per trip, real damage could be done to a fishery if the fish were kept. Also remember that if you want to catch a 45lb fish you need to let the 35’s go so they can grow! Our preference is to book our TROPHY STRIPER TRIPS during the week, when lakes are not crowded and these wary fish are less likely to be “spooked”. Our gear is top of the line and very well maintained to ensure that you’ll land that trophy, once hooked! Our TROPHY STRIPER TRIP rate structure is simple. We charge an expense fee of $150 or $200 for each trip, regardless of whether any fish are caught or not.
Our guide fee is then increased based on you catching stripers greater than 15 pounds. For the first striper over 15 pounds our fee in increased by $150. For the second and all subsequent stripers our fee is increased another $150. A minimum guide fee for two people on Lake Lanier would be $150 with a maximum fee of $450
As you can see this is a results oriented fee structure unique in the fishing guide business. It also means that we are going for BIG fish, not for numbers of fish. If you want to go out and catch numbers of Stripers & Spotted bass, then a TROPHY STRIPER TRIP is not you. It is also our guarantee to work hard for you. After all this is a business and we do want to EARN our fee.
All TROPHY STRIPER TRIP rates are per trip and there is a limit of 2 anglers.
For TROPHY STRIPER TRIPS on lakes and rivers other than Lake Lanier (our home lake) the expense fee is $200, on Lake Lanier it is $150. |
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