Galveston Party Boats

Galveston Party Boats runs two catamarans from Pier 19 in Galveston. The New Buccaneer is 85 feet long and carries 100 anglers on most deep sea trips. The Cavalier is 70 feet, carries 86, and usually handles the bay trips.

The 4 hour bay and jetty trip goes 5 to 7 miles into Galveston Bay, leaving at 8 am and 1:30 pm, for drum, croaker, sand trout, whiting and sharks. Offshore, the 8 hour trip runs 40 to 60 miles out, the 12 hour trip 60 to 80 miles, and the 30 hour tuna trip 80 to 200 miles. Expect red, lane, vermilion and mangrove snapper, triggerfish, kingfish, ling and amberjack, with tuna, wahoo and tilefish on the long trip. Red snapper, amberjack and triggerfish follow federal seasons. The 30 hour trip takes 38 anglers age 16 and up.