Captain
Darrell Hingle

Member since August 2015 Galveston, United States
Background
I'm from Galveston and have been fishing as long as I can remember. I started guiding in 1996 both offshore and bay. Now you will find me focusing on bay,jetty and nearshore fishing. When booking your trip with Hingle's Guide Service, you can be sure that I will do everything I can to make sure you have a safe and enjoyable experience.
Techniques
Light tackle, drift and wade fishing.

Hey, I'm Captain Darrell Hingle

Galveston, United States
Background
I'm from Galveston and have been fishing as long as I can remember. I started guiding in 1996 both offshore and bay. Now you will find me focusing on bay,jetty and nearshore fishing. When booking your trip with Hingle's Guide Service, you can be sure that I will do everything I can to make sure you have a safe and enjoyable experience.
Techniques
Light tackle, drift and wade fishing.
Anglers Choice
88
Reviews
34
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Hingle's Guide Service

State licensed
Excellent
5.0 / 5
(88 reviews)
Angler's choice
Galveston
 2 bookings in the past week.
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Trips from US $550

Fishing Reports

Rain, Rain GO AWAY!!
Rain, Rain GO AWAY!!
Jun 5, 2026 Galveston
Met the guys this morning at the boat ramp and after wIting out a pretty good shower we headed out. Stopped at first spot and no butes but kept us from running thru another rain. We fished 3 other spots, sun came out but it stayed windy. We caught trout, biggest was 25โ€, puppy drum and sand trout.
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Dodging storms and managed a few fish
Dodging storms and managed a few fish
Jun 3, 2026 Galveston
Met Dean and Clay at 6 a.m. and headed out into the bay. Lots of storms and wind bouncing around today. First 2 stops didnt produce anything. 3rd spot, pulled 1 16โ€ trout off of it. Wasnโ€™t long til we moved again. After a long ride we landed on a spot and caught our trout, a 19โ€ redfish and a couple of puppy drum. It wasnt to vad of a day considering tough conditions.
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Fast action at the jetties
Fast action at the jetties
Mar 26, 2026 Galveston
Spent the day with Travis and crew in town from Michigan for work. We left the dock as day was breaking and made a quick run to the jetties. Wind was calm and incoming tide made for quick action. We caught aome really nice sheepheads, a couple of red drum and one small black drum. All were caught on freelined or just enough weight to keep it down in the water. By noon we had our limit and was time for lunch, final tally was 15 sheephead, 2 reds and 1 puppy drum.
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Speckled trout action heating up!
Speckled trout action heating up!
May 18, 2025 Galveston
Fished the last two days in some pretty breezy conditions. Found some protected shoreline on the outgoing tide and managed to put some good stringers of solid fish in the boat.
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Hot spring time action in galveston bay!
Hot spring time action in galveston bay!
Mar 31, 2025 Galveston
Fishing is getting really good when the wind lets us get out. The giant black drum continue to do thier thing and 40-50 lb fish are not uncommon. Limits of sheepshead are going in the box from the rocks at the jetties and then scratching out speckled trout around the bay. Into april and may the trout action will only get better. Get your trip booked now!
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Better late than never!
Better late than never!
Oct 27, 2024 Galveston
The giant red fish of fall have finally made a pretty solid showing this past week. The bite is better right around tide swings and you can get some solid fish. Fishing with fresh pogies and live piggy perch gets its done.
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Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Boat
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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great morning of fishing!
great morning of fishing!
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Good experience
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Friendly captain
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Recommend this charter
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Appropriate for children
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Satisfied with the boat
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Caught fish
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Great Trip

VERIFIED   NEW  5 Hour bay fishing trip on June 25, 2026
Our half day trip with Capt Darrell was great. We caught our limit of trout and boated 8 species of fish including a stud Jack...
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Amber G.
Excellent
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Perfect Morning!

VERIFIED   4 hour bay fishing trip on June 7, 2026
We went with Captain Hingle for a morning fishing trip. It was perfect! We all caught so many fish and had lots of keepers....
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Bradley T.
Excellent
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Great morning of fishing!

VERIFIED   NEW  6 Hour Bay fishing Trip on June 19, 2026
went out in no so great conditions but captian darrell put us on them and we caught a good number of fish. ill be using him...
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Amanda B.
Excellent
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Great captain!

VERIFIED   NEW  4 hour bay fishing trip - 7:00 AM on June 27, 2026
We had a great time!! Darell was very knowledgeable and made great conversation. We caught some fish and enjoyed our trip.
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Travis W.
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Outstanding Galveston Bay Charter

VERIFIED   6 Hour Bay fishing Trip on March 25, 2026
We came back with an amazing box of fishโ€”sheepshead, black drum, and redfishโ€”and couldnโ€™t have asked for a better trip....
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