Halls of Fame/Shame

Hall of Fame

FCS members had good to outstanding experiences with the below businesses/landowners/outfitters/guides and recommends them/will rehire them.  Included is the event(s) that we did with them, other activities that they offer, and their location.  For more detailed recommendations see our Guide and Outfitter Reviews and Recommendations web page.  (For some reason, you will have to right click on links on this page and click “Open link in new tab”.)

• 74 Ranch Resort (24-hour sporting clay shoots; they also offer hunting for several species of big game, dove, quail, and turkeys; near Campbellton).
• Alpine Shooting Range (sporting clays shoot; they also have skeet and trap ranges and clay target throwers, rifle and handgun ranges; in Fort Worth).
• Capital City Clays (sporting clays, 5-stand, and skeet shoots and sporting clays tournaments; they also have trap ranges; near Austin).
• Captain Kevin Ide/K&K Outfitters (bay fishing trips; Corpus Christi area); contact Kevin at 361-960-0005.
• Captain Dannie Golden (Lake Ray Roberts; contact Dannie at 817-228-5999).
• Captain Kenneth Gregory (bay fishing trips; Port O’Connor area); contact Kenneth at 361-655-2071)
• Captain Scott Hibbetts (bay fishing trips; Corpus Christi area); Scott appears to be no longer guiding.
• Captain Seth Hobbs (hybrid/striped/white bass fishing trips; Lake Buchanan); contact Seth at aosethhobbs@gmail.com or 512-970-3434.
• Captain Rick Loveday (bay fishing trips; Corpus Christi area); contact Rick at 361-368-2422 (Home) or 361-946-1182 (Cell).
• Captain Jon Mahan (guided duck hunts (he also does bay fishing trips); bayside area); contact Jon at 361-319-1713 or jonedwardmahan@gmail.com.
• Captain Bob Maindelle/Holding the Line Guide Service (white bass fishing trips on Lake Belton) – In our 35 years, we’ve gone on a lot of chartered fishing trips – many have been good, some bad, but most were in-between.  Our 5/5/25, 5/7/24, and 6/5/23 trips with Bob were without a doubt our best trips ever!  No other trips have come close!  Bob’s equipment, knowledge, experience, and ‘no-detail-too small’ attitude resulted in trips that we’ll talk about for years to come (308, 331, and 204 fish respectively)!  Plus he is a gentleman and a really nice guy!  He earned my highest recommendation.  Randy Rowley, FCS president.  Contact Bob at 254-368-7411 or  bob@holdingthelineguideservice.com.
• Captain Kevin McConnell (crappie, hybrid/largemouth/striped/white bass fishing trips on Lakes near Austin; contact Kevin at 512-428-6315 or kmcaustin@gmail.com.
• Captain Marty Medford (bay fishing trips; Corpus Christi area); contact Marty at 361-983-FISH.
• Captain Ander Meine (largemouth bass fishing trips; Central Texas).
• Captain Torrey Nail/TNT Bay Charters (bay fishing trips; Corpus Christi area); 210-324-1150.
• Captain Brian Parker (largemouth bass fishing trips; Central Texas); contact Brian at 817-808-2227 or lakeaustinfishing@yahoo.com.
• Captain Ron Pierson (deep sea fishing trips; Port Aransas); contact Ron at 361-749-7311.
• Todd Condiff (guided duck hunts; DFW area).
• Copperhead Creek Shooting Club (sporting clays tournaments and shoots; they also have skeet, trap, rifle, and handgun ranges; near Marble Falls).
• Eagle Peak Shooting Range (rifle, handgun, and clay target range; near Jonestown).
• Elm Fork Shooting Sports (sporting clays shoot; they also have skeet, trap, rifle, handgun, and archery ranges; in Dallas).
• Ricky Ethridge (guided duck and teal hunts and semi-guided deer and axis deer hunts; primarily in Mexico).
• J.B. Hunting Ranch (hog and sheep hunt; near Blessing).  Contact Jimmy Cohenour at 361-588-6845 (Home) or 979-240-9445 (mobile).  Jimmy offers a discount to FCS members.
• Rayce Jenkins (guided duck, goose, sandhill crane, and teal hunts; near El Campo).
• Limitless Outdoor Adventures/Jacob Orr (guided duck hunt; DFW area).
• Professional Outdoor Photographer Trinity Lambiase (fishing, shooting, etc., near San Antonio).  Contact Trinity at thesouthernsupply@gmail.com.
• Mike Schumann (guided upland bird hunts; near Dimebox).  Contact Mike at 979-540-0745 or schubros2hunt@yahoo.com.
• Tenney Creek Outfitters/Jack Chamberland (guided duck and semi-guided hog hunts; they also offer guided upland bird hunts; near McMahan).
• Texas Wild (semi-guided hog hunts and dove hunts; they also offer season leases for duck and semi-guided turkey and deer hunts; near Pleasanton).
• Three Curl Outfitters/Bret Jepsen (guided duck hunt; they also offer semi-guided hog and dove hunts, and guided quail hunts; DFW area).

Hall of Shame

FCS had bad experiences with the below businesses/landowners/outfitters/guides and will not rehire or recommend them.  These experiences included lack of game/false representations of the amount and type of game that was being seen, lack of scouting/effort, and/or misrepresentation of lodging and/or food.  Included is the event that we did with them and their location.  Beware of them!

• Blue Roan Bend Outfitters (duck and goose duck hunt – they didn’t inform us of a lack of game prior to our hunt; near Eagle Lake).
• Brett Manry (hog hunt – lack of game – sent several pictures of hogs, our six hunters only saw one hog and it was on a neighbor’s property; near Cherokee).
• Dove Heaven/Double H Outfitters/Justin (opening day dove hunt – not enough game for the number of hunters they had and they put 30 hunters 100 yards from us that shot most of the dove that were heading our way; near San Antonio).
• Elm Creek Outfitters (an affiliate of theirs) (9/2/18 dove hunt – he didn’t inform us of a lack of game prior to our hunt and was extremely disorganized; near Hutto).
• Haun Ranch (deer and hog hunt – he didn’t tell us until after we arrived that does were by permit only and only two of our hunters could take one; near Victoria).
• Heart of Texas Guided Hunts/Texas Thermal Hog Hunts (hog hunt – lack of game, poor quality/worn out thermal sights, and he lied to us regarding lodging and food; near Hubbard).
• Pinoak Ranch (duck hunt – he didn’t inform us of a lack of game prior to our hunt; near Tehuacana).
• Simmons Waterfowl Service (duck hunt – lack of game/scouting and his idea of concealment is laughable (sitting on rectangular hay bales in the open); near Fort Worth).
• Triple Play Outfitters (opening day dove hunt – he didn’t inform us of a lack of game prior to our hunt; near New Braunfels).

FCS members – if you have a business/landowner/outfitter/guide from an FCS trip that you’d like us to consider adding to either of these lists, contact Randy Rowley, FCS president.  Please include details of the encounter.