Tipping a charter

Does anyone know if there's a standard for tipping a charter?
Like 15%-20% for a waitress?

We've always tipped the captain but i'd say the amount is up to you. I don't think it should be based on the catch either as some days the captain may pull out all stops but the fish don't co-operate. I'm sure eceryone has been out on thiose days

On a similar situation what does everyone do if there a first mate. I feel if the captain needs one he shoud be paying him, but i would be in favor of not tipping the captain and giving it to the mate. no way to i think the captain should be tipped plus pay a first mate.

If the captain is setting a price i believe that should be the total price for the trip.

15% or 20% seems high to me...If you charter a boat and it is lets say $500, then 20% would be $100
 
Good question though I would also like to know what people who do this on a regular basis think.

Just came back from fla. while there we took a night trip on a party boat.  The captain announced a $5 a man pool run by the mates for the biggest snapper or grouper.   Long story short was that it was a scam that he let his mates run because the regulars worked them to death and never tipped.  They kept a supply of fish on ice to enter and win the contest with and then would split it between themselves.  I however figgured it out and stuck my fish in a personal cooler until the weigh in and won.  Bottom line not tipping willl get you screwed eventually.

If the captain is the owner of the boat and sets the price for the trip than payment should cover all.....

We have never tipped the capt. Take care of the 1st mate he is the one who does all the work.
 
Tim

As a former first mate, please tip the mate, as long as he is working for you and trying to get you on the fish.  Sometimes the fish don't cooperate but the mate works just as hard.  When I worked, I got $40 per day from the capt. plus any tip.  The captain has his price set to cover him and make a profit after all his daily expenses (not including boat payment, insurance, dockage, lures, bait, etc.)  That $40 was for a typical 10 hour day for me and sometimes 11 or 12 hours working my arse off running 12 to 16 trolling lines and then cleaning fish, fueling up and cleaning up the boat after the trip. 
 
My best customers were a group of "Sanitary Engineers" from Jersey and New York City.  $200 tip from those 5 guys after we limited out on walleye in 3 hours and then messed around with smallmouth for a couple hours.  I think all the gold they were wearing attracted the fish!  I wasn't complaining though.