Guided or unguided

[lds]

Just cuz I’m bored and out of curiosity what do people prefer and why when going somewhere new. Personally I have done both and I like unguided better. I find it much more rewarding to do my own research and choose my target species and go catch them myself. Takes a lot more effort and not always rewarded for that effort but I have done quite well and I find I leant way more from it. I see the draw to both but in the last 4-5 years I have been more interested in learning myself than getting large numbers of fish and lots of photos and ticking off my bucket list. Also any fish I have caught while being guided are not very valued and not high up on my favourite fishing memories as I never put in effort. I just showed up and the guide tells me what to do. I know a lot of people like the guided thing and I would like to know why. Basically this is a why do you like to fish post. As a side note I used to think guided cost more but not so sure anymore as there is a lot of money you can spend on gear for so many types of fishing