North Georgia’s Premier Fishing Guide Service

I cannot not say it enough how awesome Josh is. This was my second trip with his guide service and it was even better than my first trip, which I thought would be pretty hard to top since it was a surprise birthday gift from the boyfriend and I caught 3 fish which were my personal bests… until today.
I took the boyfriend and my dad for a shared birthday fishing trip since both of them have May birthdays… yeah I totally two for one’d it but… oh well… don’t you judge me!
You can tell he truly is in his element being on his boat with poles in the water. He’s knowledgable and passionate about his craft but with a laid back easy going delivery. He definitely will not hold back when you’re on fish and doing something wrong… haha…but he isn’t condescending or belittling when you make mistakes, he just let’s it roll off and explains how it happened and what to do next time, then generally follows it up with a story of some rookie mistake he or a friend of his did that was way worse. It’s rare now a days to meet someone and automatically you like them and know they are genuine and raised from good stock.
MOST importantly he knows where the fish are and isn’t afraid to put on large bait to catch large striper. It may be his «job» but he wants you to have an amazing experience and takes it personal when you don’t land on fish. He doesn’t watch the clock because his end result is wanting you to hook fish and climb off his boat happy.
There are tons of guides that have a boat and bait, that will troll along setting your hooks not really caring what the end result is, that will watch the clock and if they can get away with it, will take you in early and barely say a word to you… I would blame YOU if I ever heard a story like that about Josh and/​or his business partner Darren.
His Gear: The bait is alive and kicking because he is so picky about it, he does bait checks often to make sure they stay alive, his equipment is in solid condition if not new, his boat is recently updated from the last time we were with him and it’s only been 7 months… mind you there wasn’t anything really wrong with it before, although I am sure he will tell you otherwise. He keeps drinks and random snacks in the cooler in case you need anything. He’s willing to let you cast any rod that he has and is happy to switch out live bait to whatever is in his tackle boxes, most of the time without you even asking.
I know I’m forgetting things that are probably important to avid fisher… people but if you called and asked either of them, I’m positive they both would answer any and all of your questions and probably some you didn’t even ask.
I rarely give 5 stars so the fact that I did for this company should tell you fellow Unilocalers just how good this group is.