Hello, everyone. I am very seriously contemplating moving south (Texas, Alabama, or Tennessee) and becoming a full-time bass fishing guide. Are there any guides on here willing to share insight on the process, or willing to offer their opinion on whether or not it is a logical choice.
I'd like to know specifics about taxes, insurance, and rates.
How difficult is it to acquire clients in the beginning? Is it best to guide in areas that are already saturated with guides, or to provide service on waters with fewer guides available?
I have considered staying here (southern IN), but local bass fishing is so terrible lately that I fear nobody would be willing to pay a guide on our local lakes. Competing guide services would be few and far between here, but I wouldn't be confident I produce the results my clients would expect around here.
Anyhow, if anyone has any information they would be willing to share, I would greatly appreciate it. It has been a goal of mine since I was just a little kid, and I think it's time to try to make it happen; however, I do need it to be lucrative enough to earn a living.