Me, My dad and my uncle have debated for years about buying a boat for Lake Erie and came to the conclusion it's cheaper to book a charter many times a year than maintain a boat. We can regularly find six guys to fill the boat and costs us each $100 including tip for the charter. Tack on gas etc. and it averages out to about $175 a trip per person. Add on a captain that fishes daily and puts you on fish and it's not a bad deal. It made our decision pretty easy.

Doug