CharterCam is the only live streaming out-on-the-water boat webcam on the Great Lakes.  The fishing charter boat runs in the Western Basin of Lake Erie April - October, typically the Ohio waters from West Sister Island to east of Kelleys Island and occasionally up in Canadian waters.  Trips are usually run from 6:00am / 6:30am to 2pm daily except in bad weather.  If the "camera is offline" message is in the viewing window the boat either isn't out, is in a temporary no signal area (try again in 15-30 minutes), or the camera isn't on (special charter).  The video stream is not supported in all Internet browsers, including Microsoft Internet Explorer.  The latest versions of Crome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari browsers should work, as well as others.  You may need to click the stream more than once, or refresh the page, to get the live stream started.

Plans are in the works for more and better webcams in 2024.

If you have or know of a good location for a Lake Erie webcam, let us know.  Contact Dave at westbasin @ cs.com (spaces inserted in the e-mail address to avoid automated website data collection programs).  Please put 'Lake Erie Webcam' in the subject line so I know the e-mail isn't spam.

CharterCam streams and images are copyright, no unauthorized use or transmission is permitted without the express consent of ilakeerie.com.