Tipping a fishing guide

[Oregon]

But 6-700 gets me a boat to myself vs fishing with 17 other people. 18 people per day? All one trip?

Tuna is maxed out at 10 people. Not always full. I need 5 to make money. I burn $800 in fuel minimum.
18 people for my $150, 5 hour rockfish/lingcod/crab trips. Limits of fish are 90% of my trips.
You made my point I was trying to make earlier. I don’t cater to the “experience” type. I cater to the “grocery shopping” type or Family of 4 that wants to do something fun while being tourists.
With that said, I get many many entire boat rentals with just 4 or 5 people. I had 3 guys rent me out for 4 straight days last year. I bet they dropped 12k.

 

[Oregon]

But 6-700 gets me a boat to myself vs fishing with 17 other people. 18 people per day? All one trip?

Also why it blows my mind is here, a group of 2 guys gets a drift boat all to themselves for an 8 hour steelhead or salmon trip for $250 per person.

 

[Oregon]

 

[GSPHUNTER]

I tip everyone the same, and that depends on the service I get. Poor service, poor tip great service, great tip. By great, I mean up to 50%

 

[lak2004]

Depends on the guide and level of effort they put in. My buddy guides and he's the best fly fishing guide I've paid. Brought us an awesome lunch and put in the effort to get us on lots of fish, rowing back upstream to hit a hole 5 more times, etc. So when I do go on a paid trip with him, I usually give him 20% which for the day is $120. He knows I'm not rich either and is appreciative.