Female charter captain....?

[SeaKat]

Hello,

I was curious how the female charter captains are treated by their male clients and other charter captains. I have more than enough documented sea hours to qualify for the OUPV , and would like to explore the idea of running a charter boat. I know there are a lot of reasons why this may not be the best career move, but working on the water would make it worth dealing with (to me,anyway.). Would this be the same as hanging around in the men's room, or would I get treated with (some) respect? I'm asking because I have met only one female charter captain that worked in my area (TX-LA) and she owned the company and didn't run the boats. What do ya'll think?

 

[moterboat]

Re: Female charter captain....?

think I'll have a chaw and a beer. nothing wrong with that if your qualified for the position,safety for the passengers comes first.. and ya can't use mace on the passengers if they come after ya for not finding a good fishing hole..

 

[rolmops]

Re: Female charter captain....?

I have taken several salmon trips on Lake Ontario with a female charter captain.
She had to earn her spurs but she is generally recognized as knowledgeable and trustworthy.
I really do not care about the sex of my captain. I care about the captain's experience, knowhow and their capability to put me on the fish,although it is nice when they are easy on the eye.

 

[1730V]

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It wouldn't bother me a bit. Your reputation as a skilled guide will get you the business.

You will probably have to put up with some creeps, especially if alcohol is involved.

 

[rudedude]

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If you put people on fish then I dont think they would care if you came from Mars.

You run the boat in a bathing suit then expect the knothead on occasion.

I'am a guide and had one client say he would book with me if the girl he seen with me one day would come along. He couldnt book a fishing trip in the area with any guides I knew. The girl was my daughter!

You will do just find, let them know its fishing and if they think anything else they can go someplace else, cause your NOT going to starve.

 

[fire831]

Re: Female charter captain....?

If they get to out of hand, make them walk back to shore. I say go for it.

 

[RetNav]

Re: Female charter captain....?

The best guide I ever fished with was a woman. It was before the drastic reduction in allowed keeper fish and she put us on the fish all day.

She wasn't much to look at, and my wife was in the boat, so I paid attention to my fishing.

 

[jjbuoni]

Re: Female charter captain....?

I charter regularly with a husband and wife team running a Lake Erie Perch Headboat and they are first rate at getting you on the Perch. After anchoring she throws in a line and catches perch and responds to questions about technique. I always listen to her.

 

[Zero Balance]

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Not much income to depend on in chartering. I dont think anyone would care one way or the other if they were catchin fish. And yeah, a bikini would make that bumpy ride home all the better..

 

[Gringo]

Re: Female charter captain....?

Well, one of our friends is a captain on local charters here in the TCI. She's been fishing these waters since she was about 9 years old.
This is Trish, with "Catch the Wave" Charters :

 

[Frank Acampora]

Re: Female charter captain....?

We go to female doctors, don't we? We trust them with our bodies and our childrens bodies, dont we? Nuff Said?

 

[Gringo]

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I wouldnt go to a female doctor, but that's just me. They make great fishermen.

 

[Frank Acampora]

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If you won't go to a female doctor, you don't know what you are missing!

Women have better hand and finger dexterity than men and therefore tend to be better dentists.

Women also tend to listen more to their patients and have less of a "God Complex" Makes them better physicians too.

And don't worry: You won't get a woody when they examine you. Especially when they point and laugh. LOL

Just my opinion! I could be wrong--God knows, I have been in the past.

 

[Gringo]

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Oh, I've been to female doctors. I was uncomfortable. I would still go to one for some things, an orthapod, for example, would be okay with me. Or a heart surgeon. For a GP I like someone who understands what I am talking about no matter WHAT it is I am talking about. Its a comfort thing. Not a prejudice one.

 

[OldMercsRule]

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Oh, I've been to female doctors. I was uncomfortable. I would still go to one for some things, an orthapod, for example, would be okay with me. Or a heart surgeon. For a GP I like someone who understands what I am talking about no matter WHAT it is I am talking about. Its a comfort thing. Not a prejudice one.

Hmmmmmmm, nothin' wrong with women doin' anything that they can comfortably n' competently do, (IMHO). I have now an ace female Doctor, (n' I've had ace male Doc's as well too). I would much rather get in an uncomfortable postition with my female Doc then my previous male Doc. 'Course I am a cornfirmed Lesbo, (n' have been fer most of me life), so maybe that is me problem. Respectfully, JR

 

[Frank Acampora]

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Hey gringo! I hear you and I understand you.

Now let me preface my next remark by saying: I do not consider myself to be a "sensitive" male--I am not the touchy-feely type. Would not be caught dead hugging a man and that includes my father and my son--a handshake is good enough, thank you. I Do not even particularly like to greet women with a hug or kiss. If you are Catholic you will understand -- I absolutely detest the sign of peace during Mass.

But perhaps now you can understand how some women must have felt when for years, their only option was a male Gynecologist.

 

[Gringo]

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Yep, I can absolutely understand a woman being more comfortable with a woman doctor.

And when I tell my doctor "my left nut has been throbbing along with my heartbeat for a couple days" I like the feeling that he KNOWS what I am talking about. Not that "she" jots down "patient reports testicular pain".

and I don't even want to consider telling them that when I urinate it feels like spiders in running spikes are fighting the stream...

 

[Frank Acampora]

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First, lets apologise for hijacking this thread.

I had to giggle about your spiders--very apt description.

I had the spiders years ago when I was in my twenties. I think I caught them at Woodstock. A shot of penicillin got rid of them. Ahhhh! Those were the days! Sex would not kill you.

I suspect your spiders are a different species and will be more long lived. You been around the block a few times?--lots of candles on your cake?

So far I'm lucky. At 62 when I get up in the morning I can still pee. Rest of the plumbing still works too. And I don't need to turn my tongue blue.

 

[Gringo]

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oh, I haven't had those kinds of spiders since my own 20's. I just meant that if I DID have a problem along some lines, I would feel more comfortable with a male doc to talk to about it.
Nope, these days its no spiders, no elephants, no monkeys...

I can't believe I survived this long,but these days it's clean living for me. Today, for example, we took a new toy ( metal detector) out to an ancient (late 1600's we are thinking now) wreck site we found last year.

Shot a bunch of underwater photos.

and I am only a few years behind you.

 

[m&m252]

Re: Female charter captain....?

hey if the person puts you on the fish and you have a good day catching fish,male or female,color,background,habits or looks dont matter at all...