Captain
Darrell Hingle

Member since August 2015 Galveston, United States
Background
I’m from Galveston, have been fishing as long as I can remember. I started guiding in 1996 both offshore and bay. Now I am solely focusing on bay and jetty fishing.
Techniques
Light tackle, drift and wade fishing.

Hey, I'm Captain Darrell Hingle

Galveston, United States
Background
I’m from Galveston, have been fishing as long as I can remember. I started guiding in 1996 both offshore and bay. Now I am solely focusing on bay and jetty fishing.
Techniques
Light tackle, drift and wade fishing.
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Reviews
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Hingle's Guide Service

State licensed
Excellent
4.9 / 5
(51 reviews)
Galveston
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trips from $500

Fishing Reports

Dog days of Summer
Dog days of Summer
Aug 2, 2023 Galveston
What can be said, it is HOT!, the weather that is. Catching redish and trout freelining live shrimp or croaker along the rocks. If you move away from the jetties out on the beach front its sharks aplenty with cut bait. As we move thru August and into September the over sized Red drum (Bull Reds) will start showing in the channel and surf. Have to get out early and get it done.
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Slow start but nice finish
Slow start but nice finish
May 5, 2023 Galveston
I picked up the Andersons and ran about 20 minutes to a spot thats been producing nice drum and Speckled Trout. After about sn hour and only one drum in the box and a small trout we ran to the jetties. First stop was at the boat cut, picked up a few shiting, kept one of the bigger ones, moved almost to the end on the inside and nothing at this spot. We moved around to the outside and only had one atlantic sharpnose shark to show for it. On our way back i decided to seing back into the first spot and see if things had changed. The tide had started moving, water was cleaned up and caught four nice Speckled trout pretty quick and a couple of sheepshead. Then it shut back down as fast as it started so we called it and headed in to clean fish.
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New motor shakedown run and a few good e
New motor shakedown run and a few good e
Apr 19, 2023 Galveston
After finishing the repower/rewire of the entire boat today was the day to shake it out. The new Suzuki 200 is super quiet and has plenty of power. Pulled up on one spot with a pint of shrimp just to see what was home and in an hour and a half I had my 5 speckled trout and 3 really nice black drum. The trout bite was fast and strong and the drum are just a nice bonus.
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Spring Break 2023 is Here
Spring Break 2023 is Here
Feb 27, 2023 Galveston
Spring break 2023 starts March 13. Book your trip today. Itโ€™s a typical springtime pattern, days of fog, then wind, then sun. Fishing is good, lots of redfish and sheephead at the jetties, huge black drum are showing in the channel and a few trout mixed in for good measure.
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Quest for a big Red Drum
Quest for a big Red Drum
Jan 28, 2023 Galveston
Met Sharon and Bill at the bost ramp at 1:00 in cloudy and cool confitions. Bill had never caught a Bull Red so that was a need to do. We made the run to the jetties, stopping on the inside. We caught a few whiting and a nice black drum. After a couple of hours we went out and around and got set up on the outside. I had Sharon and Bill fishing live shrimp toward the rocks while I threw out a couple of big rods with cut whiting for bait. They caught a few trout toward the rocks and Bill got his Bull Red. We called it a day and as I was securing everything for the ride back the big rod went off again. Sharon got this one, landed it, took a few photos and let it go to swim another day. All in all a great January afternoon on the water.
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Flounder round 2
Flounder round 2
Dec 6, 2022 Galveston
Iโ€™ve been bouncing around between weather systems catching redfish, sheephead and a few trout. We can start keeping flounder again on the 15th. If you want something to stuff other than turkey for christmas lets go fish!
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Customer reviews

Rating Summary
Excellent
4.9 / 5
out of 5 stars from 51 reviews
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Boat
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.9 / 5
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Good experience
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Friendly captain
100%
Recommend this charter
98%
Appropriate for children
100%
Satisfied with the boat
100%
Catch intended fish
86%
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Ryan H.
Dialville, TX
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Half day with Captain Darell

VERIFIED   Half Day โ€“ Jetty/Beachfront/Bay AM on July 25, 2023
Had a blast captain had all the bait and tackle ready to go very professional and caught some great fish highly recommend captain...
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Keith N.
Whitney, TX
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
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Fishing with Darrell

VERIFIED   Half Day โ€“ Jetty/Beachfront/Bay AM on July 7, 2023
We had a great time. Darrell was knowledgeable about the area and the fishing. We had to cut our trip alittle short because...
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Robbie A.
Oak Point, TX
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Fishing with Darrell

VERIFIED   Half Day โ€“ Jetty/Beachfront/Bay AM on May 4, 2023
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Mark S.
San Antonio, TX
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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April fishing trip

VERIFIED   6 hour bay fishing on April 25, 2023
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Cody K.
Nacogdoches, TX
Excellent
4.7 / 5
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Very good
4.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
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4 hours with Hingles guide service

VERIFIED   Half Day โ€“ Jetty/Beachfront/Bay AM on July 12, 2023
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