Guide Service Testimonials

fantastic and unbelievable..my guide Colby Simms & I experienced during our last muskie..trip almost impossible to describe..never will be forgotton..seven hours we boated 9 muskies..sizes 46.5”, 42”..Next day the storm was in..fished for a couple of hours..caught three muskies and lost another..first picture shows 46.5”er and my happy face..had to sit down..

MILAN RECMAN
Shawnee Muskie Hunters
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The very best fishing we’ve ever had..guided by Colby Simms of Simms Outdoors beautiful Kinkaid Lake..we caught 103 bass in a single day! 11 other fish..big crappie biggest walleye..three muskies..bass averaged 2 ½lbs..seventeen over 4lbs..seven over 56 ¾lb largemouth..my biggest, a trophy..over 8lbs! What a day, we can’t wait to get back!

CHRIS & KATHY BARNETT
Multi-Species Anglers
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Kinkaid..favorite bass lake..I fish it with Colby Simms and his guides of Simms Outdoors have always had good fishing trips there with them. biggest bass..with Simms Guides 7 and 7 ¾lbs..most bass caught in one day was 114. Colby and his guides have taught me bass fishing techniques and how to fish Kinkaid..helped me to win money in tournaments

WAYNE ROBERTS
Bass Tournament Angler
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Colby Simms..answered all my questions. I really enjoyed..fishing tips & conversation very prompt..Colby..patient & extremely interactive..very talkative & excited (7 yr) son I was able to hook, boat, photograph and release a monster (47” muskie / 30 pounds).. looking forward to booking more trips with Colby to beautiful Lake Kinkaid!

MIKE & DREW TOOHILL
Traveling Anglers
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I’d like to share with you a fantastic and unbelievable event which my guide Colby Simms and I experienced during our last muskie fishing trip. I planned this trip a month in advance, because October is my favorite month. A week prior to my trip, Sue (my dear wife) checked her favorite and ‘only truthful’ weather forecaster- Old Farmers Almanac, and after watching TV she gave me advise: stormy, rainy weather is coming. Well, being an old hard headed Czech, I replaced old lines with brand new fluorocarbon and selected lures for fall muskie hunting. I was ready to go. The Almanac and Weatherman were right. A big storm was approaching, all the way from southwest Oklahoma to northeast Illinois. We started fishing early on Wednesday, Oct. 22^nd, begging the Heavens for a delay. And they did. What happened after 10:00 A.M. is almost impossible to describe and never will be forgotten. (I read a long time ago that with approaching storm and barometric pressure dropping, muskies are going nuts, and it happened that day).

Within the next seven hours we boated 9 Muskies, sizes 1-46.5”, 1-42”, 2-39”, 3-36”, 1-20”, and

one very beautiful, shiny silvery baby with about 3/8” dia dark blue spots, 14” long. Next day the storm was in, we fished for a couple of hours and caught three muskies, and lost another one. About 10:45 A.M, we were speeding (soaked) toward the ramp. The first picture shows 46.5 incher and my happy face. The fish kicked twice so hard that

I almost ended in water. I had to sit down and my face reflects ‘seriousness’ of that moment.

This year my wife and I experienced the very best fishing we’ve ever had. We were guided by Colby Simms of Simms Outdoors on beautiful Kinkaid Lake. Amazingly, we caught 103 bass in a single day! We also caught 11 other fish including a big crappie, the biggest walleye we’ve ever seen and three muskies all in just one incredible day with Colby! The bass averaged about 2 ½ pounds and we ended up with seventeen over 4 pounds, seven of which were over 5 pounds. Kathy caught her second biggest to date, a 6 ¾ pound largemouth and I landed my biggest, a trophy that weighed just over 8 pounds! We caught all of our fish on Colby’s Big’un bass spinnerbaits. What a day, we can’t wait to get back.

Kinkaid has always been my favorite bass lake. I fish it with Colby Simms and his guides of Simms Outdoors and have always had good fishing trips there with them. The biggest bass that I’ve caught while fishing with Simms Guides has been 7 and 7 ¾ pounds, and the most bass caught in one day was 114. Colby and his guides have taught me a lot about bass fishing techniques and how to fish Kinkaid which has helped me to win money in tournaments on Kinkaid and other lakes. Kinkaid is one of the prettiest places you could ever see and the fishing is better than any lake I’ve fished across the country. I highly recommend guided trips with Simms Outdoors.

My 7 year old son has a goal of catching, photographing and releasing every fresh water fish in the Midwest and a musky was the next one on his list. After an internet search I was able to “hook up” with Colby Simms and we booked an October fishing trip on Lake Kinkaid. Colby was very prompt in his e-mails and he answered all my questions prior to the trip. I really enjoyed the fishing tips and the great conversation with Colby while on the boat. Colby was patient and extremely interactive with my very talkative and excited son which I really appreciated! The day was beautiful and we would have been happy not catching a big musky, but I was able to hook, boat, photograph and then release a monster (with Colby’s and Drew’s help): We are already looking forward to booking a couple more trips with Colby to beautiful Lake Kinkaid!