Charter Operator
Cool Change Charters

Member since May 2015 Orange Beach, United States
Background
I started commercial fishing the bays at the age of 12, and have since worked on the water, running all types of vessels. I have been in the charter fishing business full-time since 1987, and I have been USCG licensed since 1982. I have fished over 4,000 paid charters and still love to see people catch fish! Our crew takes pride in our boat, customers, and catch. I would like to have the opportunity to take you and your family, or a group of friends, fishing!
Techniques
I use whatever will work, we use live bait and light tackle for the inshore fishing.

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Orange Beach, United States
Background
I started commercial fishing the bays at the age of 12, and have since worked on the water, running all types of vessels. I have been in the charter fishing business full-time since 1987, and I have been USCG licensed since 1982. I have fished over 4,000 paid charters and still love to see people catch fish! Our crew takes pride in our boat, customers, and catch. I would like to have the opportunity to take you and your family, or a group of friends, fishing!
Techniques
I use whatever will work, we use live bait and light tackle for the inshore fishing.
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Joe N.
Captain
Adam A.
First mate

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Cool Change Charters

Federally permitted
Excellent
4.7 / 5
(205 reviews)
Orange Beach
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Trips from US $975

Cool Change Inshore Fishing

State licensed
Excellent
4.8 / 5
(49 reviews)
Orange Beach
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Trips from US $400

Fishing Reports

6hr bottom fishing
6hr bottom fishing
May 30, 2025 Orange Beach
Had to go a little garther than normal to het some fish to bite but when we got there we caught Vermillion snappers and tons of undersized triggerfish, action was definitely there. Had 1 big shark on and everyone faught him and he finally got loose. Great group of people .
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Bottom fishing Blast
Bottom fishing Blast
May 28, 2025 Orange Beach
Took a large family out with plenty of kids to reel the fish in! They were busy catching olenty of keeper Vermillion snappers and alot of triggerfish (only 1 keeper today) they were busy the whole time catching.
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Fishing has been good this week
Fishing has been good this week
Sep 21, 2024 Orange Beach
Had a few inshore tripa did well on flounder, Spanish mackerel, black snapper and one trip after catching flounders and black snapper we went drift fishing for kings we caught and released 10 kings on light tackle in an hourall between 1p and over 20lbs awesome trip! Offshore been catching some spanish,kings ,bonita and bottom fishing for Vermillion snapper.
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Fishing has been good this week
Fishing has been good this week
Sep 21, 2024 Orange Beach
Had a few inshore tripa did well on flounder, Spanish mackerel, black snapper and one trip after catching flounders and black snapper we went drift fishing for kings we caught and released 10 kings on light tackle in an hourall between 1p and over 20lbs awesome trip! Offshore been catching some spanish,kings ,bonita and bottom fishing for Vermillion snapper.
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Inshore fishing this week
Inshore fishing this week
Sep 18, 2024 Orange Beach
Had a few great trips, lots of catching. We caught black snapper, spanish mackerel, some big King mackerel and Flounder. Had kings all around the boat Wednesday caught and released 10 kings in an hour on light tackle fun fun.
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Inshore fishing this week
Inshore fishing this week
Sep 18, 2024 Orange Beach
Had a few great trips, lots of catching. We caught black snapper, spanish mackerel, some big King mackerel and Flounder. Had kings all around the boat Wednesday caught and released 10 kings in an hour on light tackle fun fun.
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Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.8 / 5
out of 5 stars from 254 reviews
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Boat
Excellent
4.7 / 5
Crew
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.7 / 5
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Fishing with Joseph
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Angler rating
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Anglers claimed
Good experience
91%
Friendly captain
99%
Recommend this charter
93%
Appropriate for children
92%
Satisfied with the boat
97%
Caught fish
90%
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Kevin T.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Fishing with Joseph

VERIFIED   NEW  3/4 Day Trip โ€“ Bottom Fish (AM) on May 14, 2025
Charter was great, fishing was OK because of weather. Windy, captain still got us on fish.went with 8 of us and we all caught...
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Jay B.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Perfect Trip

VERIFIED   NEW  Half Day Trip โ€“ Trolling (AM) on May 26, 2025
Inshore half day and hammered more than 40 fishโ€ฆ King and Spanish Mackerel and a few other species while trolling. It was...
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Kara W.
Excellent
4.7 / 5
Experience:
Very good
4.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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August fishing trip

VERIFIED   5 Hour Trip (PM) on August 7, 2024
We went on a 5 hour afternoon trip and we had the best time!ย  We had 10 people with varying levels of skill - zero experience...
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Leroy G.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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AWESOME CAPTAIN & CREW

VERIFIED   3/4 Day Trip โ€“ Red Snapper (AM) on July 4, 2024
Would highly recommend Captain Joe and first meet Brad and second meet little red great crew great guys had a great time limited...
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Dean W.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Nonstop catching

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (AM) on September 18, 2024
Captain Joe booked our trip on short notice. We caught Black Snapper, Flounder, Spanish Mackerel. We closed the day on King...
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