Q: Can anyone sign up to be a digital fishing guide on the platform?

A: No. Our team of guides and fishing industry veterans vet every prospective digital guide on the platform to review credentials and qualifications.   We are looking for experienced anglers that want to help guide, train, coach, and inform customers on FishTips. 

Q: I am not a guide…How do I know if I am qualified to become a digital guide?

A: If you have experience teaching people to fish, writing reports, speaking at seminars, or writing instructional fishing articles, post the links or information about these items for us to review.

Q: What if I don’t want to share my waypoints with everyone?

A: You control supply which means you control demand so you can charge more and limit buyers. You can also limit the number of tips you want to sell. Also, FishTips is not a waypoints market. Offering several coordinates to the people who purchase a tip is a great example of showing them what to look for so that they can expand themselves and find more areas. Very similar to guided fishing trips in that you are taking a limited amount of people to productive areas and teaching them how to be successful.  If you aren't comfortable with sharing location examples, try a training video, teaching people about your favorite place to fish with seasonal patterns, fish behaviors, productive techniques, historical information, and your approach to specific bites to help anglers improve their process of finding and catching more fish.  

Q: What about people selling “fishing spots”?

A: Our team vets all prospective digital guides to focus on those who can teach, not sell fishing spots.   Additionally, copywrite laws and our software prevent customers from copying and pasting tip information.   Fishing guides and charter captains take anglers to their "spots" on every trip and they are probably going to tell their buddies where they went sometimes.  FishTips digital guides are essentially offering game plans and scouting reports that give customers confidence and insight into the current fishing trends so they can go out there themselves and have a great fishing experience.  

Q: What happens if someone purchases my tip but has a bad experience or the pattern disappears?

A: Anglers understand that fish move and that patterns change quickly. We have a message feature that has been very successful for eliminating frustration when a customer has a bad experience. They can message the digital guide to get more guidance in how to catch fish from that tip.   We've seen it happen so many times too where the customer will change their bad review, purchase more tips in the future, and connect with the guide to book a trip for a more hands on approach!