About Us

• Professional guided fishing trips on Lake Coeur d'Alene & Pend Oreille. With over 30 years of experience fishing North Idaho, Lake Charters Guide Service offers a fun, professional, and quality trip. Included in your trip are clean, comfortable boats, quality fishing rods and reels, all tackle and bait. Don Houk is a licensed, bonded and insured Idaho Outfitter and has his US Coast Guard Captains license. His wife, Susan Houk, also holds a US Coast Guard Captains license and Idaho Guides license. Their son Scott, a licensed Captain and guide, also shares his excellent knowledge and skill and helps out with the charters. Once you book a trip it is easy access to the boat. A short drive will take you directly to the boat or we can pick you up at a designated pick up spot on the lake itself. Your rental cabin or home on the lake or one of the lake resorts. We provide everything but your lunch and license. A one day fishing license runs $12.75 -- add additional days for $6 more per day. A license must be purchased prior to the fishing trip at a licensed vendor or you can go online and purchase it from Idaho fish and game website. Fishing on Coeur d'Alene lake can be the thrill of a lifetime. Cast for both large and small mouth bass, or the great northern pike which can get to over 30 pounds, or troll for the chinook salmon averaging 2 to 10 pounds but can exceed 20 pounds! Our kokanee salmon usually run from 9 to 15 inches but still add a challenge when using lighter gear and add a great excitement for the kids on the trip. Call us today to learn more.