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.
Anglers Choice
283
Reviews
55
Fishing Reports
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Our Team
Joe N.
Captain
Adam A.
First mate

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Cool Change Charters

Federally permitted
Excellent
4.8 / 5
(233 reviews)
Angler's choice
Orange Beach
 3 bookings in the past week.
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Trips from US $975

Cool Change Inshore Fishing

State licensed
Excellent
4.8 / 5
(50 reviews)
Angler's choice
Orange Beach
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Trips from US $400

Fishing Reports

Fun afternoon catching
Fun afternoon catching
Feb 17, 2026 Orange Beach
Had a very short afternoon trip, the trolling fish haven't started biting yet this season so we went near shore bottom fishing and caught and released some nice Red snapper, big triggerfish and got to keep some vermilion snapper. Great time with a fine group.
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Inshore Trout fishing
Inshore Trout fishing
Feb 14, 2026 Orange Beach
Had a returning customer and his daughter and son in law on board inshore fishing. Inshore has been hot and cold last week or so but we managed to find some speckled trout. Usually this time of year the sheepshead are showing up and we concentrate on them but they wouldn't bite for us today so we went in the back bay and found some keeper trout. It should only be getting better as spring approaches.
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Fishing Last week of June 2025
Fishing Last week of June 2025
Jul 2, 2025 Orange Beach
Had some great people and great trips the past week or so. The Red Snapper fishing jas been very good on the 6 hour and longer trips. The Trolling trips have produced some nice Spanish mackerel and King Mackerel on both Afternoon and Morning trips. Please read the trip description before booking a trip so your expectations will coincide with your trip. We have had many people this year have no idea what they booked, feel free to message me if you do not have any experience figuring out what type of trip you would like. Looking forward to taking some more new beginner fishing families out for a great experience.
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5hr Fishing trip
5hr Fishing trip
Jun 10, 2025 Orange Beach
Had an afternoon 5hr fishing trip and trolled out to the bottom fishing grounds and caught some spanish mackerel qnd Bonita. Bottom fishinh started out pfetty slow and took a while to get on some bottom fish. We ended up catching some keeper snapper on 2 spots along with a nice king mackerel on the drift line.
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Red Snapper are Biting
Red Snapper are Biting
Jun 6, 2025 Orange Beach
Had a small company trip, we targeted Red Snapper, Vermillion snapper and spanish mackerel. Had a good trip with a limit of snapper, biggest one was tad over 23lbs
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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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Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.8 / 5
out of 5 stars from 283 reviews
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Boat
Excellent
4.7 / 5
Crew
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.7 / 5
Photos & videos by reviewers (305)
Great time!!
Great time!!
The best charter I have done.
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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
93%
Satisfied with the boat
97%
Caught fish
91%
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Andrew H.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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The best charter I have done.

VERIFIED   5 Hour Combo Trip (PM) on November 8, 2025
I have gone on ten fishing trips and they were friendly and got us on some fish it was a great day.
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Matthew B.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Successful family outing!

VERIFIED   5 Hour Combo Trip (AM) on June 19, 2025
Many thanks to Captain Joe and deckhand Adam for a great trip today. We caught several Spanish mackerel as we trolled out to...
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KYLE N.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Great Experience!

VERIFIED   5 Hour Combo Trip (PM) on July 10, 2025
Adam and Captain Joe were great.ย  They put us on the fish and the 7,9, and 11 year old we had in our group of 8, caught fish...
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Robert M.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Gulf coast fishiing

VERIFIED   5 Hour Combo Trip (PM) on October 9, 2025
great crew and family hasd lots of fun.
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Mike D.
Excellent
4.7 / 5
Experience:
Very good
4.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

Very good trip with Cool Change

VERIFIED   8 Hour Full Day Red Snapper on August 2, 2025
Had a really good trip with Cool Change despite the fishing being slow the last few days. Capt kept us moving if the bite slowed....
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