party boat

American

noun

a boat that takes paying passengers for a day or several hours of fishing, as in coastal waters or a bay, and usually rents fishing tackle and sells or provides bait.

Etymology

Origin of party boat

First recorded in 1935–40

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party boat

It was like 25 minutes of the party boat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2025

A party boat moored at Temple Pier on the River Thames sank on Thursday during heavy rainfall.

From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2024

Some 50 cases have now been detected including the three linked to the Sydney party boat.

From Reuters ● Dec. 9, 2021

In its second life it became an illicit party boat, the site of Burning Man-style raves, and a home to artists and other off-the-grid types.

From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2021

Barney shuddered inwardly at the latter notion, but promised to see the sporting characters to the Sweetwater Beach Municipal Pier in time to catch a party boat, and did so.

From Gone Fishing by James H. Schmitz

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