Captain
Chris Garner
Member since January 2015
Orange Beach, United States
- Background
- Captain Chris Garner is a Montgomery, Alabama native. He started working on a fuel dock in 1985 when he moved to Orange Beach. John Stewart, one of the local captains introduced Chris to the beautiful waters of the Gulf of Mexico and let him go on commercial trips. His first job as a captain was aboard the Miss Mary IV. And when a few years later Chris met Paul Kell and started working for him as the captain of the High Cotton, they built a great working relationship. In 2012, Chris acquired the High Cotton from the Kell family.
Hey, I'm Captain Chris Garner
- Background
- Captain Chris Garner is a Montgomery, Alabama native. He started working on a fuel dock in 1985 when he moved to Orange Beach. John Stewart, one of the local captains introduced Chris to the beautiful waters of the Gulf of Mexico and let him go on commercial trips. His first job as a captain was aboard the Miss Mary IV. And when a few years later Chris met Paul Kell and started working for him as the captain of the High Cotton, they built a great working relationship. In 2012, Chris acquired the High Cotton from the Kell family.
My Charter Listings
angler's choice
US$ 1000
Fishing Reports
Cobia Season
Cobia fishing is a wonderful Springtime opportunity for devoted anglers as well as family fishing FUN!! The migration begins in mid March and is gangbusters by mid April. Cobia run between 20 to 50 pounds. As one of the… Read Full Report →
Customer Reviews
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VERIFIED Went fishing on Monday, May 21, 2018
The High Cotton was a great boat! Nicest one we have ever fished off of. The captain and crew were excellent. Everything was easy with this trip. Had plenty of fish to cook up at Mikey’s that night too! Couldn’t ask for anything better!
Scarlett Ormond recommends High Cotton ChartersFished May 2018
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VERIFIED Went fishing on Saturday, May 12, 2018
One of the most amazing times that I ever had because of what Captain Chris Gardner and his crew did for me and my boys. Not to mention the rest of the gang everybody had their own personalized epic moment. My two sons haven’t stop asking when are we doing this again. Corey and Trever, the first mates were absolutely phenomenal with helping the boys showing us the ropes. Captain Chris Gardner was great with the boys, he even allowed us to come up top to show us the trinkets charaters of the vessel. I guess I can speak for all of the guys. Chris Gardner was absolutely worth every penny for 10 hour trip we spent during out time at sea.For every moment we were fishing there was one of us feeling in a keeper. We have already decided our next time we will definitely do an overnight that’s how awesome his professionalism and his boat was. The resources he provided for us was epic. Thank you again Captain Gardner you rock
Charles Barber recommends High Cotton ChartersFished May 2018
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Replied to this review on Monday, May 14, 2018
Mr. Barber-
You all were an absolute pleasure.
Capt Chris
VERIFIED Went fishing on Tuesday, July 18, 2017
We caught nice King Mackerel in the way out. Captain Chris had us in Red Snapper in no time. We had 16 people fishing and all caught our limit of Red Snapper in no time at all. The biggest weighed around 20 lbs. We also caught around 30 lb Cobia and several Bonita’s on the ride back that had the water boiling with them feeding. Great time for all deck hands professional and always helping. Recommend High Cotton Charters.
Troy Hartwick recommends High Cotton ChartersFished July 2017
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VERIFIED Went fishing on Tuesday, July 4, 2017
Booked full day, captain did eventually put us on fish, but I was looking for all large and he stopped at some not great sites to fill the day and caugh half smaller fish. Boat was fine, equipment was getting tired and not always easy to reel.
Brian Cuccias recommends High Cotton ChartersFished July 2017
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VERIFIED Went fishing on Thursday, June 16, 2016
With rough seas, Captain Chris worked hard to get us on fish. Bamb, and when he did we caught some big red snapper. The trip was great. Can’t wait to do this again. The Captain and Crew were great.
Randall Bowden recommends High Cotton ChartersFished June 2016
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VERIFIED Went fishing on Tuesday, August 11, 2015
The trip was awesome, we caught lots of fish. Our captain was great and so was the deck hand. He was very patient and kind. The boat was supper nice too, if anyone is going as a family or a big group I would highly recommend them. There wasn’t anything about this trip that was bad the whole thing was a great experience and when we go again we will go with them.
ThanksShannon Flowers recommends High Cotton ChartersFished August 2015
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Replied to this review on Saturday, August 22, 2015
We are so happy you all had a great time!!
