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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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
(226 reviews)
Orange Beach
 3 bookings in the past week.
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Trips from US $350

Cool Change Inshore Fishing

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

Fishing Reports

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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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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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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Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.8 / 5
out of 5 stars from 275 reviews
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Boat
Excellent
4.7 / 5
Crew
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.7 / 5
Photos & videos by reviewers (293)
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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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Craig S.
Milton, FL
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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June fishing trip

VERIFIED   3/4 Day Trip โ€“ Bottom Fishing (PM) on June 27, 2018
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Yugo M.
Auburn, Alabama
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5 hour trip

VERIFIED   5hr Combo trip afternoon on July 2, 2017
Best crews and best service Very professional and impressed We had a great time more than expected Thank...
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Debra J.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Half day with captain Joe

VERIFIED   5hr Combo trip afternoon on March 17, 2017
The family had a wonderful time fishing on the Cool Change Charter.ย  We would definitely return and fish with Captain Joe.
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Darryl R.
Winder, GA
Excellent
4.3 / 5
Experience:
Very good
4.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Very good
4.0 / 5
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Not disappointed

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip โ€“ Trolling (PM) on July 25, 2019
The only reason I would not recommend this trip is that this was our first time out and didnโ€™t know what to book,ย  so ended...
Darryl R. does not recommend Cool Change Charters
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Chris R.
Memphis, TN
Very good
4.0 / 5
Experience:
Very good
4.0 / 5
Boat
Very good
4.0 / 5
Crew
Very good
4.0 / 5
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6 hr. trip fishing for Snapper

VERIFIED   3/4 Day Trip โ€“ Bottom Fishing (PM) on June 28, 2018
We had 8 people total and caught a total of around 20 fish; 8 keepers.ย  2- 20 lb. snapper were nice!ย  The crew did all they...
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