Captain
Bill Watson

Member since August 2014 Destin, United States
Background
Captain Bill Watson is the owner-operator of the Sweet William III, and has over 15years of experience fishing the Forida waters. He's a huge fan of bottom fishing and big game fishing, and is always happy to welcome anglers of any age or skill level aboard his boat!
Techniques
Bottom or big game fishing

Hey, I'm Captain Bill Watson

Destin, United States
Background
Captain Bill Watson is the owner-operator of the Sweet William III, and has over 15years of experience fishing the Forida waters. He's a huge fan of bottom fishing and big game fishing, and is always happy to welcome anglers of any age or skill level aboard his boat!
Techniques
Bottom or big game fishing

My Charter Listing

Excellent
4.1 / 5
(91 reviews)
Destin
Trips from US $1,500

Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.1 / 5
out of 5 stars from 91 reviews
Boat
Very good
3.9 / 5
Crew
Excellent
4.3 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.1 / 5
Photos & videos by reviewers (85)
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Angler rating
51
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Anglers claimed
Good experience
73%
Friendly captain
82%
Recommend this charter
68%
Appropriate for children
75%
Satisfied with the boat
76%
Caught fish
77%
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Ronald M.
Lexington, KY
Good
2.7 / 5
Experience:
Bad
2.0 / 5
Boat
Good
3.0 / 5
Crew
Good
3.0 / 5
Overall

Tired Boat with a unfriendly Captain

VERIFIED   5 Hour Trip โ€“ Bottom Fishing on August 3, 2021
The boat should be retired along with the non-communicative skipper. Captain never introduced himself or spoke a word to our...
Ronald M. does not recommend Sweet William III
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Leonard W.
Mobile, AL
Good
3.0 / 5
Experience:
Bad
2.0 / 5
Boat
Very good
4.0 / 5
Crew
Good
3.0 / 5
Overall

Fishing with Bill

VERIFIED   6 Hour Snapper Trip (AM) on July 21, 2021
Leonard W. recommends Sweet William III
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Holland B.
Santa Rosa Beach, Florida
Bad
2.0 / 5
Experience:
Poor
1.0 / 5
Boat
Very good
4.0 / 5
Crew
Poor
1.0 / 5
Overall

Horrendous

VERIFIED   6 Hour Trip โ€“ Bottom Fishing on June 29, 2021
The ONLY good thing about this trip was our deckhand, Ian. The fumes coming off of this boat are toxic. Made me and...
Holland B. does not recommend Sweet William III
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Patrick S.
Destin, Florida
Very good
4.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Bad
2.0 / 5
Overall

5 hour trip

VERIFIED   4 Hour Bottom Fishing Trip (PM) on June 30, 2020
Great crew and customer service, however we only caught 2 fish for the whole time. They did try multiple places and added extra...
Patrick S. does not recommend Sweet William III
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Sarah M.
Mobile, Alabama
Excellent
4.3 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Good
3.0 / 5
Overall

8 Hour trip

VERIFIED   8 Hour โ€“ Special on June 5, 2017
We paid for a marlin fishing trip, but the ship mate laughed at us. They were very nice, and prorated our cost because a storm...
Sarah M. recommends Sweet William III
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