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The Anglers Behind Every Lake Trip

Two guides reading a paper map on a hillside
Our story

Started on the river bank, still there

Sweetcherrywood began with two anglers, a battered tackle box of hooks and lures, and one rule: fish a lake twice before taking anyone else out on it. That rule never left us.

The tackle box is bigger now and so is the crew. Nothing else changed: we still test new lakes from the boat, out of season, long before a trip goes on the calendar — checking water, currents, and where the bass and perch are holding, never relying on aquarium reports.

  • Every lake fished by us first
  • Guides trained in water safety and first aid
  • Groups capped, always
See the lakes
9freshwater lakes in our guide
11anglers on our team
140trips run last season
12anglers in the biggest group
How it works

Bass & Perch Fishing from a Boat

Fished first, booked second

A lake reaches our guide only after we have fished it bank to bank, in season, with a float, a rod and a landing net — checking where the bass hide and how the perch run near the river mouth.

River Lures Guide

Twelve anglers on the widest river bank, six on the tightest stretch of shoreline. Past that, casting room runs out and a boat can't fit everyone's gear, let alone their boots.

Honest grading

If a day is long and steep we say so. Nobody enjoys a trip harder than the page promised.

Morning on the ridge
Morning on the ridge
Camp before dark
Camp before dark
A long water stop
A long water stop