Dawn Patrol Charters
Dawn Patrol Charters
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Dawn Patrol Charters invites you to explore offshore, back bay, and inshore Gulf fishing in the 'World's Luckiest Fishing Village.' For Captain JT and his team, everything swimming around Destin is fair game. Join the crew for a fun and productive day with your family and friends.
Whether it's a trip to the Choctawhatchee Bay for Redfish, Speckled Trout, Sheepshead, Flounder, and Pompano, or an excursion to the prolific Gulf waters for the likes of Grouper, Amberjack, King Mackerel, Red Snapper, Cobia, and Tarpon, Dawn Patrol Charters has it all.
Bay fishing is a great year-round opportunity to enjoy live bait and light tackle action. There are plenty of grass flats, jetties, bridges, pocks, points, and drop-offs to be explored. Plus, you may also catch Ladyfish, Bluefish, Black Snapper, and many more!
If you're after a trip to the Gulf, then just let your captain know. You will be bottom fishing for various species of Snapper and Grouper, as well as Amberjack, Flounder, Triggerfish, and who knows what else. Or go trolling for Wahoo, Mahi Mahi-Mahi, Cobia, Bonito, Spanish and King Mackerel, and Jack Crevalle. These trips can be organized anytime from April until November.
Dawn Patrol will take you out aboard a 22' Cape Horn center console. This spacious boat can accommodate up to six anglers. It comes powered by a single 250 HP Yamaha 4-stroke and can cruise at a top speed of 35 knots. The boat features a dual helm and a Cobia Tower - key features of any sight fishing trip.
The vessel is outfitted with top-notch navigational and fish finding electronics to save your time while searching for fish. As well as that, there is a 30-gallon live well loaded with all kinds of bait to make your hooks irresistible. Depending on which trip you chose, you will use cigar minnows, herrings, redefines, and speedos.
All trips come with the licenses, bait, fly fishing equipment, and quality spinning rods and reels mainly by Penn International.
Dawn Patrol Charters invites you to explore offshore, back bay, and inshore Gulf fishing in the 'World's Luckiest Fishing Village.' For Captain JT and his team, everything swimming around Destin is fair game. Join the crew for a fun and productive day with your family and friends.
Whether it's a trip to the Choctawhatchee Bay for Redfish, Speckled Trout, Sheepshead, Flounder, and Pompano, or an excursion to the prolific Gulf waters for the likes of Grouper, Amberjack, King Mackerel, Red Snapper, Cobia, and Tarpon, Dawn Patrol Charters has it all.
Bay fishing is a great year-round opportunity to enjoy live bait and light tackle action. There are plenty of grass flats, jetties, bridges, pocks, points, and drop-offs to be explored. Plus, you may also catch Ladyfish, Bluefish, Black Snapper, and many more!
If you're after a trip to the Gulf, then just let your captain know. You will be bottom fishing for various species of Snapper and Grouper, as well as Amberjack, Flounder, Triggerfish, and who knows what else. Or go trolling for Wahoo, Mahi Mahi-Mahi, Cobia, Bonito, Spanish and King Mackerel, and Jack Crevalle. These trips can be organized anytime from April until November.
Dawn Patrol will take you out aboard a 22' Cape Horn center console. This spacious boat can accommodate up to six anglers. It comes powered by a single 250 HP Yamaha 4-stroke and can cruise at a top speed of 35 knots. The boat features a dual helm and a Cobia Tower - key features of any sight fishing trip.
The vessel is outfitted with top-notch navigational and fish finding electronics to save your time while searching for fish. As well as that, there is a 30-gallon live well loaded with all kinds of bait to make your hooks irresistible. Depending on which trip you chose, you will use cigar minnows, herrings, redefines, and speedos.
All trips come with the licenses, bait, fly fishing equipment, and quality spinning rods and reels mainly by Penn International.
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My family (dad,sister, fiance, and myself) had such amazing experience with JT! My dad has some very tough mobility issues and JT was so patient and caring when getting him in and out of the boat. JT also helped us when reeling in all those big fish! My dad caught the most and biggest fish on our trip! lol..it was like 27 inches long! JT was cheering us on and hopping all over that boat to make sure we weren’t missing an opportunity to catch a fish. We also saw dolphins! It was perfect! We would definitely do it again! Thank you so much, JT!
What a great time. We started the day catching bait on sabiki rigs. When the captain decided we had enough we headed out to look for tarpon schools and caught a bonus redfish along the way. Our first tarpon school produced a bite that led to an hour plus long fight before she broke off. Three schools and a couple non target bonus fish later we hooked up again and after an hour long battle we got our tarpon pictures and high fives. Hire this guy and dont forget your sunscreen.
Had a blast fishing with you guys, very successful trip. We've seen lots of tarpon managed to catch a big red fish bonitas, Spanish mackerel, and had another tarpon on it broke off, found some more. We hooked another one and managed to catch that one turned out to be an awesome day. great day of fishing. See you guys next time.
We had a great fishing trip with JT. It was myself, my best friend, and my 6 year old son. It was his first time fishing and we started catching small bait fish right away that he was really excited about. After a bit we headed further out and started angling for the bigger stuff! I caught a grouper and a snapper. The trip was only a couple of hours which was perfect because that’s about the time my little boy lost interest! For the adults, it was both very relaxing and of course thrilling when we got one of the line. I will definitely go back out with JT for a longer trip when we’re down here again. He’s very personable, provides just the right amount of guidance, and was fun to be around! Highly recommend!
A fun trip. With new friends. We had a lot of action a 2 hour hope to see you again soon. Thanks, captain j. T.
Hello! JT is a great Captain with tons of expirence! Went out on some rough waters and still caught a lot of fish! Caught grouper, red snapper, trigger fish, vermillion snapper, and many other species! JT ws great with our son who was terrified of the rough waves and vatered to his needs well! Would definately reccoment JT aka Dawn Patrol to anyone who wants to catch fish!! Thank you JT! The Swanson Family
Captain JT was great. Our two kids (6&8) loved it. It was all our first time on a fishing charter and it did not disappoint. We caught around 20 spanish mackerel and kept 10 of them. JT was kind enough too also take is to try and find some dolphins and we succeeded. Overall this experience was a BLAST! I would highly recommend captain JT for your next fishing charter experience.
FAQs about Dawn Patrol Charters
- US $500 per group, additional US $50 per person after 4 guests - 2 Hour Trip – Kids/Beginners Fun (2 hours)
- US $700 per group, additional US $100 per person after 4 guests - 3 Hour Trip - Kids Fun (5 MAX) (3 hours)
- US $880 per group, additional US $100 per person after 4 guests - 4 Hour Trip AM (5MAX) (4 hours)
- US $880 per group, additional US $100 per person after 4 guests - 4 Hour Trip PM (5 MAX) (4 hours)
- US $1,000 per group, additional US $100 per person after 4 guests - Tarpon Fishing (5 hours)
- US $1,100 per group, additional US $100 per person after 4 guests - Half Day Trip – Extended (5 MAX) (5 hours)
- US $1,100 per group, additional US $100 per person after 4 guests - Half Day Trip – Extended (5 MAX) - 1:00 PM (5 hours)
- US $1,350 per group, additional US $100 per person after 4 guests - 3/4 Day Trip (5 MAX) (6 hours)
- US $1,700 per group, additional US $100 per person after 4 guests - Full Day Trip (5 MAX) (8 hours)
- GPS
- Fishfinder
- Flybridge
- Live bait well
- Ice box
- Sonar
- Rods, reels & tackle
- Lures
- Catch cleaning & filleting
- Fishing license
- Inshore fishing
- Nearshore fishing
- Reef fishing
- Flats fishing
- Backcountry fishing
- Light tackle
- Bottom fishing
- Trolling
- Spinning
- Fly fishing
- Deep sea fishing
- Amberjack
- Cobia
- Dolphin (Mahi Mahi)
- Flounder
- Grouper (Gag)
- King Mackerel (Kingfish)
- Redfish
- Shark (Thresher)
- Snapper (Mangrove)
- Snapper (Red)
- Speckled Trout
- Tarpon
Your captain
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Captain John 'JT' Tenore was born and raised in North Carolina. JT was first introduced to fishing by his father and was fishing along the coastline at a very early age. In the 1980's, JT moved to Destin and started fishing the local piers. And the rest is history!
The Angler's Choice Award is given to listings that consistently deliver a high-quality service and earn great reviews from customers.
Captain John 'JT' Tenore was born and raised in North Carolina. JT was first introduced to fishing by his father and was fishing along the coastline at a very early age. In the 1980's, JT moved to Destin and started fishing the local piers. And the rest is history!
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You can cancel or modify your booking up to 3 days before the trip date, free of charge. If you cancel or modify your booking later, or fail to show up, you'll forfeit 100% of what you've paid.
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Pickup not included
Transfer to/from departure site is not included in trip rates.
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When the captain confirms your trip, FishingBooker charges your credit card a 25% deposit to guarantee your reservation.
The remaining balance is to be paid directly to the charter operator on or prior to your trip date in one of the following payment methods:
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When paying the remaining balance with a credit card, an additional 4% charge will apply.
What’s biting in Destin right now
Amberjack
Cobia
Dolphin (Mahi Mahi)
Flounder
Grouper (Gag)
King Mackerel (Kingfish)
Redfish
Snapper (Red)
Speckled Trout
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