Racing Is Over, Time to Deep Sea Fish

After a two weeks of racing in the ARCA/REMAX touring series it's time to get back to FISHING. The High Cotton is ready for the upcoming Snapper season. We are right in the middle of Cobia fishing and have had some good trips with our largest fish coming in at 71 pounds. I hope we will have a few more shots at the flatheads this week.

I am looking foward to having the boss on board this week. He is planing on doing some grouper fishing. We will be using large live baits and fishing over natural bottom in deep water. This is truly deep sea fishing you never know what you will catch!

After that its a 12hr bottom fishing trip where we are going to fill the box for the Montgomery, AL. bunch. They told me they were ready to digg, I know I am. Call me if you are ready to do some fishing too!! 251-978-1467.

Capt. Chris

Offshore Bottom Fishing Video Aboard the High Cotton

We went bottom fishing 50 miles offshore and caught tons of amberjack, grouper, snapper, and triggerfish. Just a fun video and a great day of family fishing in Orange Beach and Gulf Shores, Alabama!

Fishing Pictures from the Past: Inshore and Offshore with the Hermans

Greg Herman and his Family have been Inshore and Offshore fishing with me for the last 11 years. He is helping me get this new fishing blog off the ground and emailed over some pictures from some of our past fishing trips.

We will post and archive all of our fishing pictures that clients send in from their past fishing trips aboard the High Cotton. Just email your pics over to fishhighcotton@gulftel.com and label the subject fishing pictures!

Weathered out!!!

Well our weekday bottom fishing trip will just have to wait a few more days. The weather is terrible and expected to blow like crazy from the south then from the north-west.
The fishing has been great with good catches of COBIA, BEELINER, AMBERJACK and more. All our Summer time weekends are filling up on the High Cotton so check us out and make your vacation plans in the Orange Beach, AL or Gulf Shores, AL Beaches.

P.S. I'll try for some stormy video in the A.M.

Gulf Shores and Orange Beach 2009 Tide Charts

Here are a collection of some of my favorite Tide Charts for the Gulf Of Mexico.

Here are the Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, and Perdido Pass 2009 Fishing Tide Charts from the Alabama Department of Natural Resources.

This Tide Prediction Server has Daily Tide Predictions, Seven Day Tidal Graphs, and Monthly Tide Charts, for numerous fishing cities from Alabama, Florida, Louisianna, Mississippi, and Texas. Another cool feature of this website is the Fishing Forecast Scale that rates how good the fishing will be for each day based upon the tide and moon phase. When the Tide Chart Fishing Forecast says today is going to be a 10, then you need to take off work and get out fishing!

Saltwater Tides has Tide Charts and Tables for most major cities along the Gulf Coast. Just choose your state, city, and month to see the Tide Predictions.

I would highly recommend checking the tide charts before heading out beach or inshore fishing. The baitfish and gamefish are much more active when the tides are moving!

Offshore Fishing Video Aboard the High Cotton

Here is a video from our last multi-day trip that was stellar. These guys led by John Buckner had one of the best trips of big game fishing in the history of the boat. Food was provied by a local resaurant NIX @ the Beach, which was superb. These guys really knew how to have a great time and fished like pros. The High Cotton is always ready for more trips like this one.

Some pictures, and more information from this same trip are available at http://mendofishingteamslaysgulffish.shutterfly.com/

Orange Beach Bottom Fishing Trip

Sunday, April 5th I had the privilege of fishing with Greg Herman and his family. Greg is from Peoria, Illinois and has been fishing with me every year for over 10 years now!

We headed out bottom fishing 50 miles offshore in search of some groupers, lane snappers, triggerfish, and amberjack! We were pleasantly surprised with a huge school of hungry amberjack at our first stop.

We also got into some awesome lane snappers, white snappers, and triggerfish at the first spot.

We then tried several other spots in the area and kept moving until we found a spot that wasnt loaded up with huge red snapper. Naturally when the Red Snapper are not in season, you end up catching some big ones! We just make sure to pop their air sacks and send them back home.

We ended up catching our limit of amberjacks, several nice grouper, and a cooler full of lane snapper, white snapper, and triggerfish!

I always enjoy fishing with Greg and co. They are a bunch of diehard fisherman who love to eat fish! Looking forward to fishing with them again!

Fishing Trip Information

On the "High Cotton" we offer a wide variety of Custom Deep Sea Fishing Trips out of Orange Beach and Gulf Shores. We specialize in bottom fishing, sight fishing, trolling, in-shore fishing, deep dropping, swordfishing, cobia fishing, billfishing and any combination you desire!

We offer day trips for as many as 20 anglers and overnight trips for up to 8 anglers.
All tackle, bait, ice, and fish cleaning will be provided for you.

Types of Trips
*Bottom Fishing
*Offshore/ Long Range Trips
*Cobia Fishing
*Swordfishing
*Deep Drop Trips
*Combo Trips with any of the above

Bottom Fishing Trips
Bottom fishing charters are usually day trips from 6-10 hours, or combined with offshore fishing on longer trips.

Fish we regularly catch bottom fishing:

*Red Snapper
*Grouper

*Amberjack
*Trigger Fish
*Bee Liners (lane snapper)

*White Snapper
*King Mackerel

*Sharks

Offshore Overnight/Multi Day Trips
The best overnight trips are 36 hours. You will leave around 6:00 am and return the following evening. This allows you two full days of fishing and the chance to spend the night on the boat. These trips give you the opportunity to troll around the deep water canyons and oil rigs, and have a chance at Marlin, Tuna, Dolphin, and Wahoo.

Fish we catch offshore:
*Blue Marlin
*White Marlin
*Yellowfin Tuna
*Dolphin
*Wahoo
*Sailfish
*Swordfish

*Bottom Fish Species as well

Cobia Fishing Trips
Our cobia season in Orange Beach is usually March - April. We sight fish for the migrating cobia right off the beach! We also will troll for mackeral and redfish if desired while looking for cobia.

Deep Drop Trips

We are one of only a few boats in the area that offer this type of fishing. Deep dropping is done in waters from 500 to 2000 feet deep. One of the most exciting things about deep dropping is that you never know what you are going to catch, or how big it will be. In 2006 the High Cotton caught two new Alabama State Record fish (Tilefish and Longtail Bass) on deep drop trips.

Pictures of the High Cotton Fishing Camp!

Chris,
Put pictures of your boat, house, dock, fish cleaning station, ice machine, fishing gear, people hanging out, TV, internet, etc. Create a "mock trip" fishing experience for someone to fantasize about. Showcase everything you have to offer!

Contact High Cotton

High Cotton Fishing Charters and Fish Camp
26701 Marina Rd
Orange Beach, AL 36561
Directions to the Boat

Capt. Chris Garner
(251)978-1467 (cell)



Contact us at Kell Realty
800-542-9376

Email
fishhighcotton@gulftel.com

Website
http://www.fishhighcotton.com/

The High Cotton is the premier Charter Fishing Boat in the World Famous Orange Beach and Gulf Shores area! We have the best fishing equipment, fish harder, longer, and have more fun than any other Fishing Charter! When you book a fishing trip with the High Cotton, you are booking YOUR OWN CUSTOM TRIP. What do you want to fish for? How do you want to fish?When do you want to leave the dock? When do you want to come back to the dock?

This is your personalized custom deep sea or near shore fishing trip. If you have ever had a bad charter or party boat fishing experience, let the High Cotton take you out on your own custom fishing trip without the crowds, tangled lines, barking captains, and cranky first mates! Not only do we specialize in high energy offshore trips for experienced anglers, but we absolutely love taking out family fishing trips! We can take your entire family and friends (up to 20 people!) out on a fun fishing trip with steady rod bending and fish boating action!

Bring your CD's, DVD's, Drinks, Snacks, and Sunscreen! We will even cook up some fresh fish or burgers out on the boat while your still fishing and just having a good time out on the water!

High Cotton Deep Sea Fishing

On the High Cotton we offer some of the best deep sea charter fishing on the Gulf of Mexico. The High Cotton is conveniently located on Marina Rd. in Orange Beach, Alabama, home of the Red Snapper World Championship, and just minutes away from Gulf Shores. We offer more than just fishing trips, we have a 5 bedroom 4 bath house available to those fishing with us. The boat is docked just outside the house so you can easily board the boat, and are close to all of the other attactions the coast has to offer!

The High Cotton is a fully equipped sportfishing boat that offers a variety of fishing trips that range from day trips up to multi day overnight trips, bottom fishing, offshore fishing, and deep drop trips. Overnight trips offer a chance for longer range trips that target fish such as Marlin, Tuna, Dolphin, Wahoo, and Swordfish. Day trips usually target Red Snapper, Grouper, Trigger Fish, Amberjack, Beeliners, King Mackeral and Cobia. Overnighters and multiday trips also offer you the option of combining different types of fishing on a single trip. We also offer charters for billfish tournaments. There are many more details on fishing trips, the boat, and much more throughout our site. Check out the photos page to see some pictures from our charters. So if you are ready to book your trip or have any questions please contact us for more information.