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For anglers

Book the right
water, with the
right captain.

Nine ways to fish Galveston — bay, jetty, offshore, 36-hour tuna, party boat, or a midnight beach. Tell us which, and we'll only show boats whose licence, insurance and permits actually cover that trip.

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For captains & guides

Flat 7%.
Or 3% if you're
early.

No rank auction. No 30% haircut. Your customers stay yours. We chase the Coast Guard and your broker so your listing carries a badge nobody can buy.

Founding 15 · slots left9
Application time15 MIN
Cost to list$0
Founding 15 · 6 claimed · 9 slots open
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Boat charter · party boat · land & shoreline guide
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What water are you fishing?

Nine ways to fish Galveston, each with its own rules, licence class and price. Pick one and the search is already filtered.

Bay & Inshore
Trout, redfish, flounder. Half day, protected water.
4–6 HR · $450–700 · TPWD GUIDE
Jetty
The rocks. Big trout, bull reds, sharks in the wash.
4–6 HR · $500–750 · USCG OUPV
Nearshore
State water rigs and wrecks. Kings, ling, sharks.
6–8 HR · $900–1,400 · USCG + STATE REEF
Offshore · Federal
Snapper, grouper, amberjack. Blue water, long runs.
10–14 HR · $1,800–2,600 · FEDERAL REEF PERMIT
Tuna & HMS
OVERNIGHT
36-hour runs to the floaters. Yellowfin, swordfish, marlin.
30–48 HR · $4,500–8,000 · HMS CHARTER/HEADBOAT
Party Boat
Priced per seat. Bring the kids, bring the cousins.
5–12 HR · $45–160/SEAT · USCG INSPECTED
Land-Based Shark
NIGHT
Kayak bait drops past the bar. No boat, no seasickness.
8–12 HR · $400–650 · TPWD GUIDE + SHARK GEAR AUDIT
Surf & Wade
On foot, first light, green water on the beachfront.
4–5 HR · $350–500 · TPWD GUIDE
Kayak Guided
Back lakes and marsh drains. Skinny water, poled quiet.
4–6 HR · $300–450 · TPWD GUIDE
The standard · six pillars

Checked with the issuer, dated on the listing

Every badge carries the date each pillar was last confirmed and by whom. A lapse pauses the listing the same day — automatically, from the database, not from a promise.

01 · MASTER / OUPV
USCG credential

Confirmed against the National Maritime Center record. Route, tonnage and expiry matched to the trips actually sold.

RE-CHECK: 30 DAYS PRE-EXPIRY
02 · STATE
TPWD all-water guide

Licence number sighted and cross-checked. Required for every guided trip in Texas water, boat or beach.

RE-CHECK: ANNUAL · 31 AUG CYCLE
03 · THE ONE NOBODY DOES
Insurance, at the broker

Passenger and crew liability confirmed by phone with the agency on the certificate. Personal-boat policies rejected outright.

RE-CHECK: EVERY POLICY RENEWAL
04 · FEDERAL
Permits match the trip

Gulf reef-fish and HMS charter/headboat permits verified — and a boat without them physically cannot list a federal-water trip.

RE-CHECK: ANNUAL + AT LISTING CHANGE
05 · SAFETY
Vessel & drug program

Documentation or state registration, EPIRB/VHF and PFD count for the route, and enrolment in a USCG-recognised random testing consortium.

RE-CHECK: ANNUAL SELF-CERT + SPOT AUDIT
06 · RECORD
Reviews from paid trips only

Trade references at onboarding, then reviews only from completed bookings with a scanned boarding pass. Rank is earned. No paid placement, ever.

CONTINUOUS
VERIFICATION IS OUR OWN PROCESS — NOT A GOVERNMENT ENDORSEMENT EACH LISTING SHOWS ITS LAST-CHECKED DATE DISPUTE A BADGE: VERIFY@IRONJETTY.COM
Conditions room · free, no account

Don't guess the water. Look at it.

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BITING NOW · GALVESTON
SEASON PATTERNS, NOT GUESSES. LIMITS, SIZES AND LIVE BITE MAPS IN THE FREE APP.
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Water clarity · who's bending rods
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Harbor chop before a dawn run
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Surf · 42nd & Seawall
Go / no-go for surf & beach shark
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Streams are owned and operated by the parties credited on each card — IronJetty just points you to them. Nothing loads until you press play. If a stream is briefly offline, blame the Gulf, not the operator.

For captains & guides

You keep the wheel,
the customer, and
93% of the ticket.

The big platforms take 10–30% and auction your search rank to whoever surrenders most. Flat 7% here, 3% if you're one of the first fifteen. Rank comes from your badge and your record. Your customer list stays yours — exportable, any time, no argument.

COMPLIANCE WALLET
Every doc in one place, with expiry alarms 30 days out.
THE HELM · iPAD
Manifest, QR check-in, balances, crew tips, fuel log.
LIVE DOCK
Dump a cancelled trip to nearby anglers in one tap.
PAYOUT NEXT DAY
Deposit at booking, balance dockside, in your bank by morning.
THE FOUNDING 15 · 9 LEFT
3% → 5% for life

Two full seasons at 3%, then 5% permanently. Max three boats per operator. Nothing upfront — the slot locks when your badge issues and your calendar goes live within 14 days.

Claim a slot — 15 min
STANDARD · FLAT · FOREVER7%
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The free app · built, in review

Bite map, camera fish ID, regs in plain English

Free, and staying free. It answers the three questions every fisherman has — what's biting, how do I catch it, who can take me. The app is written and running; App Store review is pending. Get the TestFlight build now and be on it before the fleet is.

Join the TestFlight iOS · ANDROID IN AUTUMN · NO ACCOUNT REQUIRED FOR THE FREE TOOLS
Who runs this
“I spent a career where credentials got checked and standards were real. This runs the same way.”

IronJetty LLC is founded and wholly owned by a retired U.S. Army Sergeant in Galveston, Texas. — Drew, Founder · drew@ironjetty.com

Find a Trip Trip Types Conditions Room The Standard For Captains Support · support@ironjetty.com
© 2026 IronJetty LLC · Galveston, TX · Veteran-owned. "Verified" describes IronJetty's own credential-checking process and is not an endorsement by the USCG, TPWD, NOAA or any insurer. Each listing displays the date every pillar was last confirmed. Deposits processed by Stripe. Captain-called weather cancellations refund in full, automatically. iOS apps launching for the 2027 red snapper season. Terms & privacy published at launch. All artwork original.