party boat

American  

noun

1. 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.

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Etymology

Origin of party boat

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

It was like an hour and a half of trying to get Leslie’s side of that and she just had to stay focused while there were frogs, cicadas and a party boat—

From Los Angeles Times

It was like 25 minutes of the party boat.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From BBC

A party boat sank on the Thames and 50 people were led to safety in Hackney after heavy rain battered London.

From BBC

“All this is happening so fast,” said Greg Cudnik, a recreational fisherman, bait and tackle shop owner and party boat captain from Ship Bottom, New Jersey.

From Seattle Times