Outfitters and Guides

Fill your fish houses and guide days without the phone tag

One sign-up for outfitters, resorts and guides. Guides are welcome too, including guides who don’t rent houses. Hardwater Connection sends you trip requests from anglers who already know the lake, dates and group size. List for free. You pay a small cut only on trips booked through us.

• Free listing on your lake’s page, with your houses or guided trips, photos and rates.
• Trip requests come with dates, party size, contact details and trip length.
• Day houses and guided trips are booked as a Full day or a Half day, morning (6 am–noon) or afternoon (noon–6 pm) by default; you set the times. Set a full-day price, and add a half-day price if you offer half days. A full day blocks both halves, and you can sell the morning and afternoon separately. Sleeper houses are still booked by the night.
• Listing is free. Standard rate 10% of each booking. Book 10 trips in a season and every booking after that is just 8%. $100 Season Pass: your first 3 bookings are commission-free (each carries a pass-holder fee, $20 minimum), then just 6.5%. You always get the lowest rate you qualify for. Guests pay no booking fee. See pricing.
• Your ice reports are featured on your lake page with your name.
• Founding outfitters for Winter 2026–27 get top placement on their lake.

Print a flyer for your bait shop