About Fish Knot

Welcome Aboard Fish Knot Sport Fishing Charters!

Captain Phil Smigelski is USCG certified with over 20 years experience fishing Lake Huron in Thunder Bay.

We offer fishing adventures for the entire family, friends and special occasions. Chartered trips make a great gift for anyone who loves to fish.

We’ve hosted many charters, spanning from avid fisherman looking for a unique experience and a great catch, to first-timers wanting to learn. 


We’ve chartered for professional wreck divers and filmmakers. In 2022, we led a charter with marine biologists filming a documentary for National Geographic, which you can watch here.  It was a great experience on our end as well and we were excited to be a part of such a cool project!

If you are interested in any type of chartered excursion on Lake Huron, out of Alpena or Presque Isle Harbor, contact us and we can customize to your needs.

“Professional, knowledgeable and fun, Captain Phil is one of the most highly-recommended sport-fishing charter captains in the area. He is a great teacher and he always finds the fish!”

-A.S., 2020 Memorial day weekend