Captain
Albert Smith

Member since October 2017 Port Clinton, United States
Background
What A Catch Charters is owned and operated by Captain Albert Smith. Captain Al and Captains that run trips for him are all USGA licensed. With over 30 years of experience on Lake Erie, Captain Al will take you to some of the best fishing spots around.
Techniques
We hand rod drift fish for walleye and bass. We build our custom harness and have St Croix rod with Stradic CI4+ reels. We also offer perch trips. We DO NOT TROLL but we go where the fish are.

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Port Clinton, United States
Background
What A Catch Charters is owned and operated by Captain Albert Smith. Captain Al and Captains that run trips for him are all USGA licensed. With over 30 years of experience on Lake Erie, Captain Al will take you to some of the best fishing spots around.
Techniques
We hand rod drift fish for walleye and bass. We build our custom harness and have St Croix rod with Stradic CI4+ reels. We also offer perch trips. We DO NOT TROLL but we go where the fish are.

My Charter Listing

Excellent
4.9 / 5
(62 reviews)
Port Clinton
 2 bookings in the past week.
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Trips from US $575

Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.9 / 5
out of 5 stars from 62 reviews
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Photos & videos by reviewers (34)
Great day and hit the limit
Family walleye fishing trip
Family walleye fishing trip
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Angler rating
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Anglers claimed
Good experience
100%
Friendly captain
100%
Recommend this charter
100%
Appropriate for children
98%
Satisfied with the boat
100%
Caught fish
97%
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Derek H.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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August fishing trip

VERIFIED   30' Full Day Trip - Walleye/Perch on August 31, 2024
Derek H. recommends What A Catch Charters – 30' Tiara
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Darrell B.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Awesome day

VERIFIED   30' Full Day Trip - Walleye/Perch on May 22, 2024
Awesome day. Limited out before 10 on a Lake Erie rock and roll day on the water. Beautiful weather, tons of fish, great crew,...
Darrell B. recommends What A Catch Charters – 30' Tiara
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James S.
Cedar Grove, WI
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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2 Full day Charters w/ Capt Albert Smith & his mate Cody.

VERIFIED   30' Full Day Trip - Walleye on June 7, 2021
We knew when we showed up that fishing was going to be tough, and it proved to be so after the horrendous storm that had come...
James S. recommends What A Catch Charters – 30' Tiara
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Jeff C.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

What a Catch Charter

VERIFIED   30' Full Day Trip - Walleye/Perch on April 29, 2023
Captain Al worked hard to put fish in boat lake and weather working against him.  We caught some nice keepers was a good...
Jeff C. recommends What A Catch Charters – 30' Tiara
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Jason H.
Unionville, IN
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Full day Walleye Fishing

VERIFIED   30' Full Day Trip - Walleye on September 24, 2022
Captain Al took my family out today Walleye fishing. Conditions were tuff but we managed to catch a nice mess of Walleye and...
Jason H. recommends What A Catch Charters – 30' Tiara
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