Sample Charters
Ohio guide license: self-reported
- Port Clinton
- Walleye
- Yellow perch
Up to 6 anglersFrom $—
Rates as posted by the captain on : Full day — from $— for up to 6 anglers
Your charter, your page, $49 a year
Anglers search here by port and by name. Your listing puts your phone number, website, boats and posted rates in front of them, and they call you direct. We never take a booking or a commission.
What you get
- Your own page and a card on up to 3 port pages
- Call and Website buttons that go straight to you
- Boats, posted rates, species, trip types, what's included, policies and up to 4 photos
- A state-list badge when your name matches the list (Ohio or Pennsylvania)
- Monthly counts of views, call taps and website clicks
- A "Find us on LakeErie.biz" badge for your own website
- Edit any time from your dashboard
What it costs
$49 for 12 months from the day you pay. No auto-renewal: we email you 30 and 7 days before it ends, and you renew in two clicks if you want to.
Want the top of a port page? A Featured Port Spot is $149 for 12 months and includes your listing. At most 3 per port. You can buy it from your dashboard once your listing is saved.
How it works
- Find your name on Ohio's list and claim it, or start a new listing.
- Fill in your ports, boats, rates and policies. Our checks run as you save.
- Pay $49 with PayPal.
- Your listing goes live as soon as PayPal confirms the payment.
If you're on Ohio's list
Claiming attaches your paid listing to your entry on ODNR's list, so your page carries the green ODNR list badge with the list's date. To keep anyone else from taking over your entry, we attach it only when the name on your PayPal payment, or your PayPal business name, matches a guide or the business on that entry. If it doesn't match, your listing still goes live as its own page with "Ohio guide license: self-reported". We show you the exact names we will match before you pay.
Your listed name and phone number on a linked page always come from ODNR's list and can't be edited. You can add a separate booking line.
If you're in Pennsylvania
We compare your listing with PFBC's permitted charter/guide report. The PFBC badge appears when your phone number or business name matches PFBC's report and the name on your PayPal payment matches a guide or business on it.
New York and Michigan
Your card shows "USCG credential: self-reported". There's no state list for us to match.
What we never do
- Take bookings, deposits or messages between you and anglers
- Charge a commission
- Show reviews or star ratings
- Rank captains for pay outside the labelled Featured band
- Sell your data
One listing per charter business (add up to 5 boats inside it). You must be 18 or older. You're responsible for your licenses, permits, insurance, boat and conduct. Terms of use
What a card looks like
Questions
Do you charge per booking?
No. You pay a flat $49 for 12 months (or $149 with a Featured Port Spot). Anglers call or email you directly and pay you directly.
Will it renew automatically?
No. We email reminders 30 and 7 days before your listing ends. If you don't renew, it goes offline at the end date and we keep it for a year so you can bring it back with one payment.
My name is on Ohio's list. Is it already on your site?
Yes, if you chose to be listed on your ODNR application. Your free entry shows your name, phone and guide type. Claiming it adds ports, boats, rates, photos and a website button.
Can I remove my free entry?
Yes, free and right away, from the entry's page ("Remove this entry"). We confirm by email first.
Why didn't my claim attach to my ODNR entry?
The name on the PayPal payment didn't match a guide or the business on that entry. Your listing is live anyway, as its own page. The match uses only the PayPal name, so we can't attach a listing by hand. If you paid from someone else's PayPal account, attaching means claiming the entry again and paying from an account in your own or your business's name, which is a new $49 listing.
Do you check my Coast Guard credential or insurance?
No. Your card shows what you tell us as "self-reported", plus any match with a state list. Anglers are told to ask to see your credential.