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​​Captain Taylor Waterfield is a United States Coast Guard Certified Captain who was born and raised in Destin Florida. He has been fishing the local waters his entire life and has over 17 years of professional charter experience working out of the Destin harbor. Charter fishing vessel Hound Do...
​​Captain Taylor Waterfield is a United States Coast Guard Certified Captain who was born and raised in Destin Florida. He has been fishing the local waters his entire life and has over 17 years of professional charter experience working out of the Destin harbor. Charter fishing vessel Hound Dog is a 40ft Infinity Custom Sport Fisher, with twin Cummins diesel power. She is equipped with Federal reef and pelagic permits so you won’t be limited to fishing close to the beach. Being one of the faster boats in the charter fleet allows us to go further quicker and spend less of your fishing time traveling to the fishing grounds. Hound Dog is equipped with a comfortable air conditioned cabin to keep you out of the heat and a clean spacious restroom. She sports a sound system with blue tooth capability and a microwave oven if cold cut sandwiches aren’t your style. A large back fishing deck allows you to spread out and insures you won’t spend your day rubbing elbows or tangled with the fisherman or woman next to you.

Popular Features:

  • Fishing License Included
  • Fish Cleaning Included
  • Toilet On Board
  • Air Conditioning
  • Fishing Tackle Included
  • First Mate
  • Fishing Trips with Hound Dog Fishing Charters start at: $1,200.00

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  • Your Captain will provide:

    • Catch Cleaning & Filleting
    • Fishing License
    • Fresh or Live Bait
    • Lures
    • Rods Reels Terminal Tackle
    • Digital Photos
    • Drinks

    You’ll need to bring drinks (no glass bottles), snacks, weather appropriate clothing, sunglasses, sunscreen, etc.

  • Weather cancellations are at your Captain’s discretion, your safety is their number one priority! You will receive a refund for any weather cancellation, or you can choose to reschedule your trip for a different date.

  • 214 Harbor Blvd Destin, FL

    • Amberjack
    • Black Grouper
    • Blackfin Tuna
    • Cobia
    • Gag Grouper
    • Grouper
    • Lane Snapper
    • Mahi Mahi
    • Red Grouper
    • Red Snapper
    • Sharks
    • Spanish Mackerel
    • Triggerfish
    • Vermilion Snapper
    • King Mackerel
    Your Captain will have you targeting the species biting most frequently on the days leading up to your trip!

Trips:

You will have the opportunity to select backup dates in checkout (if applicable)

4 Hour Morning Trip

$1,200.00

Price includes up to 6 guests

6:00am - 10:00am CST (4 hours)
Deposit refundable up to 7 Days before the trip
Trip Details
We usually bottom fish in the 10 mile range for vermillion snapper and Pogys. We troll on the way in and out for mackerel and Bonita. We also offer shark fishing on 4 hours. The trip is designed to have you targeting the species biting most frequently! Your Captain will provide all required fishing equipment, as well as a fishing license for everyone on board.

6 Hour Morning Trip

$1,800.00

Price includes up to 6 guests

6:00am - 12:00pm CST (6 hours)
Deposit refundable up to 7 Days before the trip
Trip Details
We usually bottom fish in the 15 to 20 mile range. Live bait and dead bait fishing for snapper, grouper, and jack species. We troll on the way in and out for pelagic species. The trip is designed to have you targeting the species biting most frequently! Your Captain will provide all required fishing equipment, as well as a fishing license for everyone on board.

8 Hour Morning Trip

$2,400.00

Price includes up to 6 guests

6:00am - 2:00pm CST (8 hours)
Deposit refundable up to 7 Days before the trip
Trip Details
We bottom fish in the 25 to 30 mile range for snapper, grouper, and jack species. We troll on the way in and out for Pelagics. The trip is designed to have you targeting the species biting most frequently! Your Captain will provide all required fishing equipment, as well as a fishing license for everyone on board.

10 Hour Morning Trip

$3,000.00

Price includes up to 6 guests

6:00am - 4:00pm CST (10 hours)
Deposit refundable up to 7 Days before the trip
Trip Details
We bottom fish in the 40 to 50 mile range for snapper, grouper, and jack species. We troll on the way in and out for pelagics. The trip is designed to have you targeting the species biting most frequently! Your Captain will provide all required fishing equipment, as well as a fishing license for everyone on board.

12 Hour Trip - Bucket List

$3,600.00

Price includes up to 6 guests

6:00am - 6:00pm CST (12 hours)
Deposit refundable up to 7 Days before the trip
Trip Details
We bottom fish in the 50 to 60 mile range. Targeting big snapper, grouper and jacks. We troll on the way in and out for pelagics. We also troll in between bottom stops targeting wahoo. The extra time you have by booking all day gives us lots of options to put together a really nice catch.

4 Hour Afternoon Trip

$1,200.00

Price includes up to 6 guests

1:00pm - 5:00pm CST (4 hours)
Deposit refundable up to 7 Days before the trip
Trip Details

We bottom fish in the 10 mile range for vermillion snapper and pogys. We troll on the way in and out for mackerel and pelagic species. We can target sharks on 4 hour trips as well. The trip is designed to have you targeting the species biting most frequently! Your Captain will provide all required fishing equipment, as well as a fishing license for everyone on board.

6 Hour Afternoon Trip

$1,800.00

Price includes up to 6 guests

1:00pm - 7:00pm CST (6 hours)
Deposit refundable up to 7 Days before the trip
Trip Details

We fish in the 15 to 20 mile range for snapper, grouper, and jack species. We troll on the way in and out for pelagics. The trip is designed to have you targeting the species biting most frequently! Your Captain will provide all required fishing equipment, as well as a fishing license for everyone on board.

8 Hour Afternoon Trip

$2,400.00

Price includes up to 6 guests

1:00pm - 9:00pm CST (8 hours)
Deposit refundable up to 7 Days before the trip
Trip Details

We bottom fish in the 20 to 30 mile range for snapper, grouper, and jack species. We troll on the way in and out for pelagics. The trip is designed to have you targeting the species biting most frequently! Your Captain will provide all required fishing equipment, as well as a fishing license for everyone on board.
Customer Reviews
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4 Hour Trip Afternoon
Our captain took us various places to try our hand at fishing. The gulf waters were too rough for the day, so the bay is where we stayed and might have been disappointed. On the contrary though, he agreed for our elderly aunt to join the trip and the memories we made that day will live on for a lifetime in our family. We had an awesome time. It’s not always about how much you catch but about what you catch! Thank you Conner we had a blessed day on the water that day. We will remember this trip and tell stories forever!
Our captain took us various places to try our hand at fishing. The gulf waters were too rough for the day, so the bay is where we stayed and might have been disappointed. On the contrary though, he agreed for our elderly aunt to join the trip and the memories we made that day will live on for a lifetime in our family. We had an awesome time. It’s not always about how much you catch but about what you catch! Thank you Conner we had a blessed day on the water that day. We will remember this trip and tell stories forever!
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4 Hour Trip - Morning
Or trip started meeting the captain at Wet and Wild at 7 AM. I was only given the address which made it a little harder to find than if I had been given both address and name. Captain Justin showed up right on time, tho we were expecting Captain Taylor. Captain Justin was very personable and friendly right from the start. Expect a quick stop for fuel, frozen bait and a chance to pick up a last minute drinks and use the restroom. A quick trip to the mouth of the bay to catch some live bait (cigar minnows and bluefish) and we were off to our first spot. About a 30 minute ride in GoM and we arrived at our first location. Started catching nice Trigger fish right away. Unfortunately, Justin informed us the season had closed on them. We rode another 20 minutes to a deeper spot. We started bottom fishing and Justin told us to keep an eye out for Mahi Mahi. Within minutes Justin spotted a school of Mahi near the boat and jumped into action to get us on the Mahi and kept us on them the remainder of our trip. We ended up with 15 total. Justin was very knowledgeable and fun to fish with. He got as excited for us to catch one as we were. While we were out there he was informed he had an afternoon booking but I felt like if not he would have stayed out with us to get our limit. The only negaive I have about the trip: Some of the reels needed maintainence or replacement. They were hard to reel. The’re we’re 3 of us on the boat which I believe is advertised as being able to take 4-5. Given the size of the boat and ability to move around I would not suggest more than 3 adults. We will definitely book with Captain Justin again if given the opportunity.
Or trip started meeting the captain at Wet and Wild at 7 AM. I was only given the address which made it a little harder to find than if I had been given both address and name. Captain Justin showed up right on time, tho we were expecting Captain Taylor. Captain Justin was very personable and friendly right from the start. Expect a quick stop for fuel, frozen bait and a chance to pick up a last minute drinks and use the restroom. A quick trip to the mouth of the bay to catch some live bait (cigar minnows and bluefish) and we were off to our first spot. About a 30 minute ride in GoM and we arrived at our first location. Started catching nice Trigger fish right away. Unfortunately, Justin informed us the season had closed on them. We rode another 20 minutes to a deeper spot. We started bottom fishing and Justin told us to keep an eye out for Mahi Mahi. Within minutes Justin spotted a school of Mahi near the boat and jumped into action to get us on the Mahi and kept us on them the remainder of our trip. We ended up with 15 total. Justin was very knowledgeable and fun to fish with. He got as excited for us to catch one as we were. While we were out there he was informed he had an afternoon booking but I felt like if not he would have stayed out with us to get our limit. The only negaive I have about the trip: Some of the reels needed maintainence or replacement. They were hard to reel. The’re we’re 3 of us on the boat which I believe is advertised as being able to take 4-5. Given the size of the boat and ability to move around I would not suggest more than 3 adults. We will definitely book with Captain Justin again if given the opportunity.
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6 Hour Trip (PM)
I took my father in law, brother in law and my two boys out for a 6 hour afternoon trip and had a great time! We caught our limit of Red snapper and the fish were biting almost as soon as we dropped our lines.
I took my father in law, brother in law and my two boys out for a 6 hour afternoon trip and had a great time! We caught our limit of Red snapper and the fish were biting almost as soon as we dropped our lines.
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Additional Features:

  • Saftey Equipment

  • Life Jackets
  • Life Raft
  • Fire Extinguishers
  • First-aid Equipment
  • Cpr-trained Crew
  • Epirb
  • Flares
  • Vhf Radio
  • Navigation

  • Gps
  • Fish Finder
  • Radar
  • Price Includes

  • Catch Cleaning & Filleting
  • Fishing License
  • Fresh Or Live Bait
  • Lures
  • Rods Reels Terminal Tackle
  • Digital Photos
  • Drinks
  • First Mate

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