Leave the stress of your day to day lives behind as you set sail to take advantage of the freshwater fishing capital of the world… Lake Erie! Captain Dan Kelly owns the Buckets Charter company, a fleet of 5 pristine fishing machines. He’ll put you on a fishing trip you won’t soon forget!

Captain Dan Kelly’s immense success guiding others has led him to own the largest charter fleet on Lake Erie. He’s been living in Pennsylvania his entire life and has been fishing ever since he was old enough to hold a rod! He started his professional fishing days as a First Mate in 1988, and quickly made it big in the charter business. 5 boats later, here we are! Captain Dan is great with kids, large parties, seasoned anglers, you name it! Buckets Charters welcomes any angler with a good attitude on board.

You’ll be fishing on Buckets 5, a beautiful, spacious 28ft Penn Yan Predator. The Buckets 5 is equipped with state-of-the-art electronics, including a Fishfinder, Radar, and GPS system. For comfort features, you’ll be happy to hear that she’s equipped with Air Conditioning, and that there’s also a toilet on board. For safety equipment, you’ll find plenty of life jack...

Leave the stress of your day to day lives behind as you set sail to take advantage of the freshwater fishing capital of the world… Lake Erie! Captain Dan Kelly owns the Buckets Charter company, a fleet of 5 pristine fishing machines. He’ll put you on a fishing trip you won’t soon forget!

Captain Dan Kelly’s immense success guiding others has led him to own the largest charter fleet on Lake Erie. He’s been living in Pennsylvania his entire life and has been fishing ever since he was old enough to hold a rod! He started his professional fishing days as a First Mate in 1988, and quickly made it big in the charter business. 5 boats later, here we are! Captain Dan is great with kids, large parties, seasoned anglers, you name it! Buckets Charters welcomes any angler with a good attitude on board.

You’ll be fishing on Buckets 5, a beautiful, spacious 28ft Penn Yan Predator. The Buckets 5 is equipped with state-of-the-art electronics, including a Fishfinder, Radar, and GPS system. For comfort features, you’ll be happy to hear that she’s equipped with Air Conditioning, and that there’s also a toilet on board. For safety equipment, you’ll find plenty of life jackets on board, flares, first aid equipment, and a CPR trained crew.

Captain Dan Kelly offers full day, 8hr fishing excursions on the Buckets 5. Her dual 350hp engines will get you to the different fishing grounds in no time! Your price for the day includes use of Buckets Charters top of the line Rods, Reels, and Tackle, all lures, and at the end of the trip, we’ll fillet the day’s catch at no additional cost! You let us know which species you’re interested in targeting, and season dependent, Captain Dan will make it happen. You can expect to catch the following species: Coho Salmon, Muskellunge, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, Atlantic Salmon, Lake Trout, and more!

The entire team here at Buckets Charters is looking forward to putting YOU on a fishing trip you won’t soon forget! The beautiful waters of Lake Erie are just a couple of clicks away… That 30lb Lake Trout won’t wait around forever, book today!