Guys, $500 tips is nothing... its still below average. And let me get it stright, you don't have to get a big fish to get a big tip... Sometimes is totally opposite, like my buddy, guilded a guy with a nice 71lb chinook and the guy only tipped him $200!!! what is that all about. And sometimes fishing is slow, you can only get them few fish here and there, but they ended up giving you a big big tips ( i mean really big) that you actually feel guilty to recieve it. From my experiences, you just have to be yourslef, make sure they feel comfortable fishing with you and the rest, just go with the flow. Sometimes, fishing do get really boring up at Langara. When the coho and chinook are in thick. Like myself i run 4 rods on the boat, if you hit a school of fish, you will be running around baiting hooks, dropping line, landing fish all day long. i have days that i go though one full case of herrings, thats 32 packs. And i have guest asked me to go fish some where, that fishing will slow down a bit, so that they can take a break. Yes, i might sound really cocky now, but if you have a chance to fish there when the fish are in. prepare a few days of hard work. goodluck fishing