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.
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Hingle's Guide Service

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Excellent
5.0 / 5
(84 reviews)
Galveston
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Fishing Reports

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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Bull Reds 2024
Bull Reds 2024
Sep 15, 2024 Galveston
We left the dock around daylight, ran across to the outside of the jetties and dropped anchor. We were blessed with really calm seas today, a change from the usual. Baited up the rods snd started them to soaking. Was t long before the bite took off. We caught serveral bull reds, a few gafftop and some spanish mackeral on the light tackle while we were waiting for the big rods to sing. All in all a nice relaxing day of gishing on Galveston bay.
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Summer time trout fishing
Summer time trout fishing
Jun 30, 2024 Galveston
Leaving the dock and getting on the fish early has been the ticket lately. The summer heat is on and the fish are acting accordingly. Catching limits and lots of throw backs every trip lately, but by 0930-10:00 its pretty much done.
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Customer reviews

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Excellent
5.0 / 5
out of 5 stars from 84 reviews
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Boat
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Outstanding Galveston Bay Charter
Outstanding Galveston Bay Charter
Outstanding Galveston Bay Charter
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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
100%
Satisfied with the boat
100%
Caught fish
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Justin M.
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Great Trip!

VERIFIED   5 Hour Morning trip on March 14, 2025
Wasnโ€™t sure what the weather was going to be like today, but it cleared up and we had a great time! Captain Hingle is awesome...
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Adrian S.
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Best trip i ever had

VERIFIED   5 Hour Morning trip on March 23, 2024
I needed to disconnect to clear my mind after a taxing work week at the Hospital. Capitan Darrel, not only had a clean...
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Mitchell D.
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A most memorable trip!

VERIFIED   5 Hour Morning trip on October 26, 2024
My mother and I spent an awesome morning with Captain Darrell!ย  He is extremely friendly, punctual, patient, and knowledgeable.ย ...
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Jacoby C.
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Great Time, Will be back!

VERIFIED   6 Hour Bay fishing Trip on October 11, 2024
We had a great time. Captain Darrell was a great guide. He put us on the fish instantly and we were able to fill the cooler...
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Abby A.
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Fun Family Fishing Day

VERIFIED   4 hours Morning trip on May 28, 2024
Captain Darrell was terrific with our kids.ย  We had a windy day, but he gave us several opportunities to catch fish. We really...
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