Guides, both hunting or fishing, are great when you can’t get something done on your own.
Access private land? Or deep water (deep sea fishing)? Need a boat? Need someone to teach you how to do something? All good reasons to consider guides. Probably more.
I wouldn’t pay for a guided trout trip, but that’s because I have the skill, equipment, etc for good trout fishing. And there are some big fish around!
But for instance I was stationed in Kansas for a year and we paid for a guide/boat for a day of crappie fishing with the kids. I didn’t have a boat and the kids and I love crappie. We caught a bunch of crappie, the kids had a blast. It was a great day and I would pay for it again in a heartbeat.
I would also consider a deep sea trip. No deep sea boat here, so I would have to pay for a charter or whatever.
