Welcome to Riverside Charters
our 38′ Tiara puts you right in the salmon action
Lifetime of Experience
Captain Paul Schlafley has over 40 years experience fishing lake Michigan. Paul is a native to the Manistee area. Having been raised right on the Manistee River channel, his parents owned Riverside Motel & Marina and then Paul bought it from his folks and ran it for 10 years. Paul has a lifetime of fishing experience. Ludington Michigan Tournament Winner. As a boy, he was a fishing fanatic, you would always find him fishing the piers at Manistee or traversing the shores of the Manistee River.
At 18, which is the age you are able to obtain a U.S.C.G. captain’s license, Paul got is license and established Riverside Charters. Presently charter fishing the Big Manistee River & Lake Michigan. READ MORE
There are many guides to choose from, and you will probably find that the most successful captains have a background with many years of experience.
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What we’re Catching!
Fish in Comfort
our 38′ Tiara, fast to open water
Dreamweaver
On The Manistee River
When you want to fish the river where the big fish live, you fish the Manistee River with Professional Manistee River Fishing Guides
Just ask Manistee Charter Boat Captain Paul Schlafley.
“The Manistee River runs approximately 232 miles through Michigan’s northern lower peninsula. It passes through many villages before entering Lake Michigan at the city of Manistee.” As one of the most popular Manistee River Guides and a true local who grew up on the river, Captain Schlafley knows the habitats and habits for all the seasons on the Manistee.
“There are a lot of different and very large growing species of fish that thrive in these waters due to the rocky bottom and fast-moving cool water. I love to take guests on our Manistee River Charter Boats to the calm pools and other perfect habitats for catching the season’s most active fish.”
What you’ll
Catch
Species include, Wild Rose, Seeforellen brown trout, and Gilchrist Creek browns, Michigan strain Chinook, (natural reproduction), as well as migratory kings, Coho Salmon, Eagle Lake Rainbows, Skamania and the Michigan strain of Steelhead trout.
Captain Paul
There are many guides to choose from, and you will probably find that the most successful captains have a background with many years of experience, just ask around
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Facebook Posts from Captain Paul
Lots of silver on the board, nice catch! 👍
Congratulations
Captain Paul delivers again!!!!
Nice 👍job
Fishing has been fairly good when we can get out. We have already had several days we had to cancel due to weather, and by that I mean winds, not cold. Hopefully it will straighten out after this month. Everything seems to be a few weeks behind. Some really nice sized trout around, even though we have not targeted them.
Captain Paul does it AGAIN!!! HE'S THE BEST!!! Even drove up from Florida to fish with him!!!!!!
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If you have a charter trip booked with us, we will call you with a time to be on dock. We watch then weather very closely several times a day. Safety is the biggest concern . Some times we don’t know till three days before your trip if morher nature will cooperate . So don’t fret. We will be in touch.
This post makes it seem like you actually know what you’re doing. Imagine that. 🙂
Be patient and kind with your charter captains. These guys have a tough job and the weather changes by the minute. Wave reports mean nothing. There can be a small craft advisory with 1’ waves or a 1-2 foot wave report with 5-8s. These guys and gals work their tails off to show clients a good time on the water. They care more about putting fish in the box than you do. They don’t do it for the money, they love to fish. If they didn’t they wouldn’t last long in this game!
U da man Paulie!!! And your the awesomeness Amster !!
GREAT CAPTAIN!!!!
As usual
Give me a call at
231-723-4901