Captain
Chris Barnett

Member since September 2015 Hatteras, United States
Background
A third generation waterman, Captain Chris was born and raised in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. He spent more than eight years mating on some of the top boats in the Hatteras fleet. After earning his Captain’s license, Captain Chris also operated a commercial boat out of Wanchese, NC during the off seasons. Captain Chris is incredibly passionate about fishing. He loves flying Billfish flags on the way home and throwing fish on the dock after a great day out on the water. His words of encouragement will keep anglers going even when their battle with a large fish is starting to wear them down. When he's not fishing, Captain Chris enjoys spending time with his wife Kerri and his two children, Sylas and Colbi.
Techniques
We are typically trolling skirted ballyhoo or pulling lures. A typical spread of lures will be 8-10 lines. This spread works great for tuna, dolphin, wahoo, marlin and sailfish. When we run across a school of dolphin, we will quickly pull the lines in and use light tackle drifting with lots of angler participation which gets fast and furious! Occasionally we will stop over some wrecks and other "secret" spots for some high speed vertical jigging or deep dropping for grouper and tile fish.

Hey, I'm Captain Chris Barnett

Hatteras, United States
Background
A third generation waterman, Captain Chris was born and raised in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. He spent more than eight years mating on some of the top boats in the Hatteras fleet. After earning his Captain’s license, Captain Chris also operated a commercial boat out of Wanchese, NC during the off seasons. Captain Chris is incredibly passionate about fishing. He loves flying Billfish flags on the way home and throwing fish on the dock after a great day out on the water. His words of encouragement will keep anglers going even when their battle with a large fish is starting to wear them down. When he's not fishing, Captain Chris enjoys spending time with his wife Kerri and his two children, Sylas and Colbi.
Techniques
We are typically trolling skirted ballyhoo or pulling lures. A typical spread of lures will be 8-10 lines. This spread works great for tuna, dolphin, wahoo, marlin and sailfish. When we run across a school of dolphin, we will quickly pull the lines in and use light tackle drifting with lots of angler participation which gets fast and furious! Occasionally we will stop over some wrecks and other "secret" spots for some high speed vertical jigging or deep dropping for grouper and tile fish.

My Charter Listing

Excellent
4.9 / 5
(69 reviews)
Hatteras
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Trips from US $1,400

Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.9 / 5
out of 5 stars from 69 reviews
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.8 / 5
Photos & videos by reviewers (78)
Family Trip
Amazing Crew, Amazing Boat
Amazing Crew, Amazing Boat
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Angler rating
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Anglers claimed
Good experience
96%
Friendly captain
100%
Recommend this charter
93%
Appropriate for children
86%
Satisfied with the boat
100%
Caught fish
87%
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Aaron D.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

Amazing Crew, Amazing Boat

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip - Gulf Stream on July 10, 2024
Have seen this boat in the Marina for years, and finally pulled the trigger on a gulf stream trip. Capt got us out safely in...
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Shafin L.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Best fishing trip ever!

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip - Gulf Stream on May 3, 2024
Man what a day! 30 minutes after putting lines in the water we landed a 250-275lb blue Marlin! Captain Chris and First Mate...
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Greg H.
Excellent
4.7 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Very good
4.0 / 5
Overall

Family Trip

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip - Gulf Stream on July 21, 2024
My wife & two sons went out on this charter on 7/21. We caught 1 wahoo & about 13 black fin tuna. We only fished for about...
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Douglas K.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

Great crew!!

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip โ€“ Wreck (AM) on July 9, 2024
we had a blast. they made it fun.
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Shawn S.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

Fishing with Chris

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip - Gulf Stream on September 27, 2024
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