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<blockquote data-quote="deleted member" data-source="post: 211861" data-attributes="member: 816">actually SDMF, i will be honest, i completely pulled that out of thin air.&nbsp; sort of.&nbsp; it was just guessing based upon the few other places i've seen where guide boats full of clients seem to be all over the place.&nbsp; i've got no numbers.&nbsp; but, anecdotally.... in devils lake, once a guy leaves the dock in the morning, you rarely see many other boats on the lake.&nbsp; yet alone a bunch of guide boats with clients in them.&nbsp; which tells me fish are relatively spread out.&nbsp; and they tend to be done fishing relatively early each day (of course cause they limit out).&nbsp; the one exception is dry lake.&nbsp; but, it small and its hard for me to tell how many are guides and how many aren't.&nbsp; but, it seems the fishing up there just never ends.&nbsp; and i would worry that place will winter kill some year anyway. so, might as well catch em whilst you can. it also seems to me that we also have a pretty big % of nonguided boats on devils all day long all summer long.&nbsp; on the other hand, some of the more successful minnesota lakes seem to be guided boat after guided boat leaving the docks and all piled up in the same places where the fish hang out.&nbsp; but, truthfully, its hard to be certain if they are guided or not.&nbsp; everyone in blue plate land has sparkly boats and dress fancy.&nbsp; so....regarding creel numbers:&nbsp; you certainly are on to something.&nbsp; they need to gather that information more often.&nbsp; probably some resistance from them to compiling or at least publishing locations.&nbsp; but, general locations like &quot;east devils lake&quot; should be an issue.&nbsp; i guess i just don't see guiding being as big of an issue as most.&nbsp; anyone got any idea how many guides we actually have operating on the lake on a given summer day?&nbsp; i know its not the same every day and i have a general guesstimate.&nbsp; but, it would be nice to know how far off i am.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="deleted member, post: 211861, member: 816"] actually SDMF, i will be honest, i completely pulled that out of thin air. sort of. it was just guessing based upon the few other places i've seen where guide boats full of clients seem to be all over the place. i've got no numbers. but, anecdotally.... in devils lake, once a guy leaves the dock in the morning, you rarely see many other boats on the lake. yet alone a bunch of guide boats with clients in them. which tells me fish are relatively spread out. and they tend to be done fishing relatively early each day (of course cause they limit out). the one exception is dry lake. but, it small and its hard for me to tell how many are guides and how many aren't. but, it seems the fishing up there just never ends. and i would worry that place will winter kill some year anyway. so, might as well catch em whilst you can. it also seems to me that we also have a pretty big % of nonguided boats on devils all day long all summer long. on the other hand, some of the more successful minnesota lakes seem to be guided boat after guided boat leaving the docks and all piled up in the same places where the fish hang out. but, truthfully, its hard to be certain if they are guided or not. everyone in blue plate land has sparkly boats and dress fancy. so.... regarding creel numbers: you certainly are on to something. they need to gather that information more often. probably some resistance from them to compiling or at least publishing locations. but, general locations like "east devils lake" should be an issue. i guess i just don't see guiding being as big of an issue as most. anyone got any idea how many guides we actually have operating on the lake on a given summer day? i know its not the same every day and i have a general guesstimate. but, it would be nice to know how far off i am. [/QUOTE]

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