It's not the money

Very nice….. it is great when your passion can become part of making a living, and then turn back into pure passion and giving back. Nice read!

Great write up, and you’re right that pic is awesome

Put a smile on my face too. Another convert. ????

Nice job and great picture.

WTG BK. A very good read and a super picture.

Great post Brian.

very nice Brian !!!
uhm,no snakes???? or is that reserved for the second time out??
or just the FW??

didnt see a spam can or hamms can anywhere in that pic,BK,you are slipping my friend !!!
well,that is unless you had it all hidden out of camera range.

Iowaboy1 wrote:

didnt see a spam can or hamms can anywhere in that pic,BK,you are slipping my friend !!!

No alcohol in BK’s boat, that’s the rule and a good one. The Spam is all back hidden under his pillow at his camper. He’s a funny man.

Don’t let the guy snow you though…

…all them smiles aren’t the fish caught, they’re laughing. It’s his ploy.

Look again, they hold the fish…he takes off his jacket (and pants)

…and Superman (SuperSpam?) is taking the picture

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Andy Cox wrote: No alcohol in BK’s boat, that’s the rule and a good one.

I agree with BK,that ethanol will mess up your outboard if you run it long enough !!!!

get what you are saying Andy,was said tongue in cheek.

Iowaboy1 wrote:

get what you are saying Andy,was said tongue in cheek.

For sure. And you didn’t post a pic of him wearing Super Man pajamas like I did.

Walleyestudent Andy Cox wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>iowaboy1 wrote:</div>
get what you are saying Andy,was said tongue in cheek.

For sure. And you didn’t post a pic of him wearing Super Man pajamas like I did.

ICK!!!!! that pic of him next to the river on the throne was bad enough !!!
I use to drink jack because I liked it,now I have to !!!
call it: bkonttat,or BK on the throne aversion therapy,some things the eyes should never see as it cannot be erased from the mind !!

I will definitely be a guide on the Croix… once I can pay for stuff.

Catfish bait right BK?

I’m gonna fish mudcats one of these years. Never have & always wanted too.

I never targeted sturgeon until this past year and again this year. I’m hooked!

We used to catch & release the big channel cats every couple years during Labor Day weekend. Haven’t done that in a few years either.

The guy I salmon fish Lake Michigan with, used to guide. Now he just takes friends & friends of friends. We throw a $50 at him per day for gesture but it isn’t about the money for him anymore either. He also has a no alcohol rule. No hungover guys allowed on his boat either so we are extra well behaved & just go to bed after supper.

It might be the most rewarding experience of my life after Squeaker and Squeakette of course.

Agreed Brian, I’ve been guiding without the fee for 3 years now and have come to the conclusion that if I jumped through the legal hoop to get a captains license i wouldn’t be doing it for the money anyway. Then i ask myself whyi want to put pressure on myself to constantly produce fish and realize, at this moment, I’m happier guiding for the fun of it without the annual fee.

My buddy is trying to convince me to guide, for handicap. That just might push me to a captains license.

I cannot count the number of people who have caught the biggest fish of many species in my boat. Most all of them still haven’t caught a bigger one outside of my boat. Them smiles are awesome!

Probably my biggest mental block to guiding is thinking that clients share my expectations of a fishing trip, I want my fish to be HUGE.

But in reality you said it very well and I’ve seen that smile on “dinks” to “trophies”.

Brian Klawitter wrote:

As long as the smile is big, the fish doesn’t have to be. waytogo

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