Thread: Amount to tip for charter fishing trip

Originally Posted by chaunc

If I set up a charter and you get invited to participate, there is a mandatory twenty five bucks per man tip fee. My crew ain’t no cheapskates like some here. They clean and bag our fish according to how many guys we have on the charter. We know our captain personally and they know we tip good. They actually, when possible include their catch in our total fish count. That’s up to 12 more walleyes in my crews take. After reading these posts I see charter fishing isn’t for everybody. To each their own though.

Hey Chaunc, I feel the same way If you book a charter it isn’t cheap, you are there for memories and good times with friends, the Capt. And mate need to make a living too! If the people here are cheap suckers they need to take there money and buy fish at the market instead they can get more that way. I have charter many times, now I fish with my son in our boat , but are good friends with a couple of charter captains at port Clinton. People don’t be cheap ! Zimmy out!


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It's not a process of being cheap, it's a matter of transparency.
Charge what you need to charge to run your business, which includes paying your employees a proper wage for their labor. Don't depend on the kindness of strangers to feed your family or theirs. If you pay slave labor wages to your crew, who's being cheap now?
Don't say you charge 400 for a charter, and then expect 150 - 200 extra in tips. Say the Charter will be 600 dollars. Or do you quote that low a price to book clients and then expect tips, isn't that bait and switch? Excuse the pun. Same tactics as used by shifty used car salesmen to lure buyers in, then charge extra for coatings, rust protection, etc. When was the last time you tipped your car salesman? If you didn't, does that make you cheap?
Or do you expect tips from clients for Capt. and crew to be cash, so it's off the books. Non-Transparent, dishonest and illegal.
I have lived long enough to know that life is not free and not all persons are above board, and some are cheap. Don't paint with such a wide brush all those that find the expected tip a turnoff, as cheap. I worked all my life at the wages my employer and I agreed upon for the duties agreed upon. If I did my job, I got paid. If I didn't, I got fired. I never expected a tip from anyone for just doing my job.
I apologize to the OP for highjacking his thread and wish him success and many good memories from his trip.
My rant is over. The Blue Plate Special begins shortly at the Sizzler.



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