Great Lakes Fishing Charters

Great Lakes Fishing Charters Hi, my name is Andy Bartlett. I am a US Coast Guard Licensed Charter Captain. I have spent my life on or near the water, around boats and fishing.

I love the water and I love fishing. I enjoy sharing the water and fishing with others so running a Charter business is a natural thing for me to do. Whether you are a parent or Grandparent with kids, 2 parents with kids, single or together with other people, fishing is a fun and interesting thing to do and the Great Lakes are a great place to do it. I specialize in having a fun, interactive day w

ith people from all walks and ways of life. Depending on the time of year I do trips on Lake Ontario for Trout and Salmon, Lake Erie for Walleye, The Finger Lakes and The Upper and Lower Niagara River. I like taking people out on the water who have never been fishing before as much as I like fishing Tournaments with passionate anglers. I like answering questions about fishing and I like listening to the life stories of people who come on the boats. So, reach out and let me help you to have a great day on the water.

Done sorting tackle. Ready to fish
02/14/2025

Done sorting tackle. Ready to fish

It’s O -fish- all: Cayuga Lake will now be another focus for Great Lakes Charters from our new to us base near Ithaca, N...
02/04/2025

It’s O -fish- all: Cayuga Lake will now be another focus for Great Lakes Charters from our new to us base near Ithaca, NY. Reach out if you wanna get out on Cayuga open water this ‘winter’( or whatever it is)

Remember folks I’m weekends only or by special arrangement during Browns, Coho and May Salmon seasons. We don’t go to 7 ...
01/24/2025

Remember folks I’m weekends only or by special arrangement during Browns, Coho and May Salmon seasons. We don’t go to 7 days a week until Peak King Prime Time- July. Message me for Browns, an Coho Now!!

The merry, herring catching Captain at Great Lakes Fishing Charters extends good wishes to all in this festive season of...
12/25/2024

The merry, herring catching Captain at Great Lakes Fishing Charters extends good wishes to all in this festive season of light!

Multi tasking; smoking venison n goose breasts , out with the Musky rods n gear and in with steelhead drifting and lake ...
12/18/2024

Multi tasking; smoking venison n goose breasts , out with the Musky rods n gear and in with steelhead drifting and lake trout jigging rods. Enclosure zipped. Bring on the next season!

I would like to wish all customers and friends a special day of thanks today.As usual for this time of year we’re focuse...
11/28/2024

I would like to wish all customers and friends a special day of thanks today.As usual for this time of year we’re focused Musky trolling. Tomorrow will be our 1st Lower Niagara drifting and bar jigging exploratory.After Labor Day trips are limited to weekends and school vacations. Happy Holidays!

Zeroing in on late day Musky trolling for the next month . This is the best time of year for real big ones
11/11/2024

Zeroing in on late day Musky trolling for the next month . This is the best time of year for real big ones

We anticipate adding an additional Focus on Cayuga Lake Charters in 2025. In  Winter and Spring, the FingerLakes really ...
10/29/2024

We anticipate adding an additional Focus on Cayuga Lake Charters in 2025. In Winter and Spring, the FingerLakes really shine, especially in a custom equipped and heated boat!

Water temperature is perfect for Musky trolling now. Also available for waterfowl hunting on the Niagara River.
10/29/2024

Water temperature is perfect for Musky trolling now. Also available for waterfowl hunting on the Niagara River.

I tell it like it is. Marked a ton of stagers and bait inside with no takers. Went out to the shipping lanes and dodged ...
09/22/2024

I tell it like it is. Marked a ton of stagers and bait inside with no takers. Went out to the shipping lanes and dodged the freighters for a while and got a couple 2 year olds and, oddly, a brown

Unfortunately it turns out that the root cause of the loss of power issue requiring Emily III to be towed in from offsho...
08/22/2024

Unfortunately it turns out that the root cause of the loss of power issue requiring Emily III to be towed in from offshore appears be a significant engine failure. I apologize to those customers whose trips were cancelled. While it’s true we have another boat, that vessel is completely configured for walleye trips at present and she is set up without downriggers or any of the salmon tackle or gear. For better or worse the fact is that especially for Western Lake Ontario, the quality part of salmon season has definitely come and gone. Emily III will be back in Operation at the end of April next spring. As usual the outboard boat will be our cold weather vessel until then.

Tough bite today off Olcott, made it happen with the fish but main motor had other plans for our trip in with weather co...
08/16/2024

Tough bite today off Olcott, made it happen with the fish but main motor had other plans for our trip in with weather coming. A special thanks to the crew’s patience today- 5 stars

Back on Lake Ontario out of Olcott , NY in style today!
08/15/2024

Back on Lake Ontario out of Olcott , NY in style today!

Today’s crew were rod handling studs! Big Kings, big coho, and some beautiful Steelhead made up another limit catch out ...
07/30/2024

Today’s crew were rod handling studs! Big Kings, big coho, and some beautiful Steelhead made up another limit catch out of Olcott on Lake Ontario

Beautiful afternoon trip on gentle sun dappled water. Fish did not disappoint us either
07/26/2024

Beautiful afternoon trip on gentle sun dappled water. Fish did not disappoint us either

We were offshore filleting fish when a violent fast moving storm spilled over the lake today. Never underestimate the po...
07/24/2024

We were offshore filleting fish when a violent fast moving storm spilled over the lake today. Never underestimate the power of a storm at sea. Got in safely after some darn good fishing!

I tell it the way it is. Tougher fishing today with a lot of w**d mats. I stayed very busy clearing lines. We got a nice...
07/22/2024

I tell it the way it is. Tougher fishing today with a lot of w**d mats. I stayed very busy clearing lines. We got a nice mixed bag of fish by being persistent; Kings, Steelhead, Browns and Coho

As HOT as the Salmon bite on Ontario has been we are booking Walleye trips on Lake Erie on the Walleye boat. We have ope...
07/19/2024

As HOT as the Salmon bite on Ontario has been we are booking Walleye trips on Lake Erie on the Walleye boat. We have open dates for offshore Walleye fishing out of Presque Isle Pa. Text or message ASAP (607) 371- 3532

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5818 Main Street
Olcott, NY
14126

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+16073713532

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