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Small Program Charters

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Small Program Charters is a boat charter operator in Erie, Pennsylvania. The company specializes in walleye, steelhead, and lake trout fishing charters on Lake Erie, operating from April through September. Charters are conducted aboard a fleet of three 31-foot Tiara Yachts, with US Coast Guard licensed captains.

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5.0on Google, 241 reviews
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Around here

Around Small Program Charters

Lampe Campground1.1 miSara's Campground3.8 mi2 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

Typical flow by month

2008 to 2026

The water at Small Program Charters typically runs highest in December, at a median 64 cfs, and lowest in September, at 11 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 4,820 cfs, in 2009.

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Typical flow by month at Walnut Creek Upstream Pool, near Erie, PA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January5638 to 106
February5637 to 102
March6443 to 110
April5635 to 95
May3623 to 62
June2314 to 42
July1710 to 30
August128.1 to 23
September117.4 to 21
October2415 to 55
November5228 to 93
December6445 to 114

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 18 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Walnut Creek Upstream Pool, near Erie, PA (site 04213152). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

Today · Sat

41Maybe/ 100

4.3 ft waves · Wind 16 kt

DrizzleWaves 4.4 ft49°FRain 69%Wind 15 kt, gusts 25

Waves

4.3 ft @ 5s

Wind

14 kt

Gusts 25 kt

Air

48°F

Streamflow

58 cfs

Above normal (77th)

Water level

3.50 ft

Air quality

20 Good

Erie monitor, 4 km

Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF). Air quality: Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection via EPA AirNow. Preliminary data, not verified. See full conditions →