We were very pleased with Captain Justin and with the entire fishing experience.  Our captain was proactive, very professional, and incredibly polite - showed us real southern hospitality and demonstrated excellent local knowledge to put us on some very active fishing spots.  We are novice anglers, but we caught some great keepers - and Justin cleaned our fish so they were ready to cook.  Our crew is already looking forward to doing this again!

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.

Justin was very knowledgeable and knew where to get us into the fish.  We went bottom fishing and trolled.  Successful trip and caught a large King Mackerel, two nice Red Snappers, Trigger Fish, Ruby Lip, and a couple others.  Some were out of season so had to throw back, but still a lot of fun.  We would definitely recommend fishing with Justin.

5 person trip. 3 adults, 2 kids. Only one of us had saltwater fishing experience. Originally we wanted to bay fish for trout and redfish but after a storm and hot July weather our captain suggested we go out for snapper and others. He was very knowledgeable and put us on fish. Even got into a school of mahi mahi. We had a lot of fun.  Remember fishing is fishing.

We had a BLAST! Our goal was to have FUN and catch fish. Captain Justin was super nice and very knowledgeable. We hooked our first fish within minutes of dropping our line. I would highly recommend Destin Backcountry Fishing and Captain Justin. Thanks for helping me check one off of my Bucket List.