Captain
Will Jones

Member since July 2016 Beaufort, United States
Background
Captain Will Jones spent many days of his childhood fishing the Harkers Island area. His favorite fishing style is inshore fishing for Red Drum and Speckled Trout, but he also enjoys fishing the ocean for Spanish Mackerel, Cobia, and everything in between. He has been guiding since Spring 2016. He says, "When I caught my first Red Drum, it was all over!"
Techniques
My favorite fishing style is inshore fishing with artificial lures for red drum and speckled trout, but I enjoy light tackle casting action in the ocean for a variety of species from Spanish mackerel to cobia and everything in between!

Hey, I'm Captain Will Jones

Beaufort, United States
Background
Captain Will Jones spent many days of his childhood fishing the Harkers Island area. His favorite fishing style is inshore fishing for Red Drum and Speckled Trout, but he also enjoys fishing the ocean for Spanish Mackerel, Cobia, and everything in between. He has been guiding since Spring 2016. He says, "When I caught my first Red Drum, it was all over!"
Techniques
My favorite fishing style is inshore fishing with artificial lures for red drum and speckled trout, but I enjoy light tackle casting action in the ocean for a variety of species from Spanish mackerel to cobia and everything in between!

My Charter Listings

Excellent
4.9 / 5
(26 reviews)
Beaufort
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trips from US $500
Excellent
5.0 / 5
(12 reviews)
Morehead City
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trips from US $600

Fishing Reports

2019 Recap and 2020 So Far
2019 Recap and 2020 So Far
Feb 27, 2020 Beaufort
2019... Wow, what a year! I want to thank everyone that fished with BHGS in 2019 for making it another great year and allowing me to do what I love for a living. The clients I have and the relationships I am able to develop on the boat with my customers is why I keep grinding out there on the tough days. I truly cannot complain! Since the last time I posted in July, we had our old drum fishing season, fall fishing at Cape Lookout and a ridiculous Speckled trout bite that has lasted through the winter and is still producing consistently. Old drum fishing on the Neuse river was awesome this year, with the exception of a couple very slow weeks in the middle of August between the first and second wave of fish. We turned our attention to other fish like speckled trout and back to the slot redfish that we love. We also experienced some grinders out there popping corks and throwing swim baits in search of the second wave of old drum, which we had to be patient for. The last two weeks of August saw a big change and the old drum bite on lures got hot and heavy as it should be and we had many great days even right after Hurricane Dorian and on until the beginning of October. When I returned to Beaufort for the fall fishing season, the slot redfish were right where we left them in August, the speckled trout had begun to make a strong showing in their fall locations and the false albacore were putting on a show. About half of my fishing effort in the fall was along the beaches chasing Albies and even getting after the ocean Old drum, which were around this fall and winter in better numbers than average years. The other half of our efforts were after the speckled trout which have been the stars of the show this fall and winter. **hidden content** has been the best trout fishing I have seen in my fishing career and I am honestly getting tired of eating trout HAHA... Wish we always had that problem. Anyways, enjoy a few highlights from the latter half of 2019 and please consider booking a trip for 2020, we would love to have you!
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Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.9 / 5
out of 5 stars from 38 reviews
Boat
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.9 / 5
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Full Day Trip with Captain Will
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Good experience
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Friendly captain
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Recommend this charter
92%
Appropriate for children
97%
Satisfied with the boat
100%
Caught fish
83%
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Ron R.
Clayton, NC
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Full day near shore Captain Will

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip on June 13, 2021
Great experience! My brother and I each have 40+ years of experience fishing in Florida but could not find bait or fish around...
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Justin S.
Day Heights, OH
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Full Day Trip with Captain Will

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip on June 16, 2022
Had a great time fishing with Captain Will he is very knowledgeable and shared info about the local fishery. We had a blast...
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Scott B.
Tupelo, MS
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Half day trip

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (PM) on May 19, 2021
My wife, my father in-law, and myself booked bounty hunter (Capt Will) for a half day pm trip.ย  Boat is top notch and Will...
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John A.
Durham, NC
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Great trip

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip โ€“ย Inshore (PM) on May 31, 2022
Capt. Will was great, very knowledgeable of the fishing waters we covered and what worked best to catch fish. We had to work...
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Kevin H.
Raleigh, NC
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Fantastic guide, boat, equipment, and experience!!!ย  Would not hesitate one second to hire/fish with him again.ย  Can not...
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