What was the funniest thing you have seen on a party boat?

[JOHN D]

il never forget this one,

i was about 7 years old on a bluefishing party boat and some piss drunken idiot started eating bunker chunks saying he forgot his lunch.

[Steve-O]

It was a last minute tuna trip last year, and a trip to remember. NOAA was as always wrong, they said 2-3 foot seas 5-10 wind. But it turn out to be 6-8 foot and 20 to 25. My good friend john end up praying to the porcelain god for a good 4 hrs. And during that time, all he remembered is getting a golden shower from His friend Ed. It was not intentional but the waves were rockin and john could not move so he did the best he could. All I said to john is " good thing you didn't look up."

[Ol Pedro]

Back in 1973/74 I was fishing the Afternoon trip on the Seaforth . We set up inside NW La Jolla about 1/4 mile outside of the kelp . We had a pick of Calico Bass , Bonito , and big Greenback Mackerel going when some Yellowtail showed up in the slick . They would follow but not bite anything that we threw at them . I saw one pounce on a hooked Mackerel but it was too big to swallow . I quickly stripped a fresh Mack and flylined the strip out . I let it soak a while as the current was running straight back . While walking the strip back I got bit . I gave it a count of 3 and locked her up . Fish on ! A nerdy young deckhand we called Lightweight grabbed one of the strips that I cut , hooked it on his new custom Sabre set up , stood on middle pipe of the stern starboard corner rail and let the strip fly . I guess that he figured that he could see the fish better that way . Just as Capt. Larry started yelling at him to get down the kid got bit . He swung the rod , fell backwards , and let go of the rod in mid air as he did an ass plant on the deck . The rod hit the top of the rail and took off like the roadrunner in cartoons being towed by the Yellowtail towards the kelp . The deckhand on the tanks laughed so hard that he stepped in the starboard bait tank , soaked half of his body , and narded himself . With the reel locked up there was no chance of recovering it . Other than a bruised ass , family jewels ,and Ego's , the only thing that was terminal was the gaff in my Yellowtails head . It was one of the best times I had while fighting a fish .

[Capt. Debbie]

When we were kids my old man took my brother and I out bottom fishing- Ling, Whiting & Cod. Forgot the boat out of the Atlantic Highlands.

Anyway my fishing expert younger brother pulls something up. We had not see one like this- much sleaker looking than the other "pudge" fish (ling ,cod).

Someone says a pollock. About 7-8 pounds. My brother George squeezing it with two hands after unhooked said I would NEVER catch a nice fish like this. It wiggled. He squeezed it even harder to hold it.

It popped free of his hands upwards. It hit the rail and was back in the Atlantic. He's yelling to get the gaff. I laughing and my dad is so pissed off.

Some guy next to me I never met before says : "serves him right. Now you can catch it."

FUNNY MOMENT. There were not many funny moments with my dad fishing (or crabbing).

He would turn crazy man on the water if anything went less than pefect.

[BlendiC]

Well not a party boat but funny.

When I was a resident in general surgery in manhattan I and a friend of mine that is jewish. He was born in manhattan raised there and did not even know how to drive. One day after being on call for 90 hrs he overhears me ament philadElphiA crew talking about going fishing for tuna out of cape may nj.
He begs me to comme so I reluctantly agree. We get there and while everyone is chunking and jigging the whole time he is in the bunk We see the fish but they won't bite so everyone is sort of pissed. He wakes up after 10 hour nap comes up and grabs a rod. Gets a rod with a lucanus jigg. I teach him how it works to release the spool and count the feet. So he is watching us vertical jigging and does the same. First jigg on the drop he hooks up and turns to us scared and is yelling" the **** is wrong with my rod. You goyems gave me a bad one"

So he had no idea wha had happened untill he was almost spoled. That was the only fish of the day b

[LeftyReeler]

yeah ... pretty F*%&$ funny if you ask me

[Sea Bear]

Not exactly funny, but...

When I use to work deck on party boat bluefish trips, we caught a blue marlin one day on an AVA jig. Freak, once in a lifetime thing.

Word gets out and the next day two guys show up in the morning and they ask us if we have a fighting chair on the boat in case they hook up a blue marlin. At first I naturally assumed they were joking, but they weren't.

[makosnax]

On a thanksgiving open boat blackfish tripthere was a guy with his new rod,new white grundens, the whole nine.This guy would not shut up,he was the best at everything.He even said fred gamboa wont shark fish unless this guy is working the reel"he is that good a fisherman"Capt sets anchor ,says drop em' this guy sets the hook for the first time and his new rod explodes.Took everything in my power not to laugh out loud.

[spyro]

i've seen alot of funny things happen on boats but I think I know how the term HEAD BOAT came about ... I was on a trip with 7 anglers ... on the first fish spot ... on the front bench while everyone was fishing in the back ... STRIPPER FISHING ... one guy this girl starts getting friendly $%#@!? and after an explosion ... the guy comes to the rest of us crying and hugs the mate ... then tells him that she will do him too ... after a while the mate comes running around the boat like a little kid that just learned to ride a bike ... telling the rest of us that she showed him her boobs and touched him .... during all this the guy put his rod down (again) and catches the pool fish ... on the way in the girl sits down with another angler and has an extent conversation about social morals while this guy seems to be sleeping ... true story ...