Captain John

[Lumberjack93]

Galveston's newest Party Boat

Now Celebrating Our 60th Year

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ABOUT OUR FISHING TRIPS
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Williams Boat Service, LLC, at Pier 19 in Galveston announces that the new boat has arrived. Third generation owner, Capt. Johnny Williams has named the boat in honor and memory of his dad, Capt. John H. Williams.


The Capt. John is a 75 foot long by 27 foot wide all aluminum catamaran. It is Galveston's fastest and most modern party boat. Its cruising speed is around 22 knots (25 mph) when fully loaded. The extended operating range available on day trips, with its great speed, will enable the Capt. John to fish additional areas that are not presently accessible. Day trips will take up to 83 fishermen offshore, while extended length trips of 36 hours to 60 hours will be able to accommodate up to 40. Bunks for the 40 fishermen make these overnight trips a comfortable reality.


The Capt. John was built by GEO Shipyard in New Iberia, Louisiana, and was designed by Schuller & Allan, Inc., Houston, using state of the art catamaran hull design technology to ensure comfort and safety. Two seven hundred horsepower turbo-diesel engines by Lugger are the power plants driving the Capt. John. Two 33 kilowatt Northern Lights generators supply the electrical power. For night fishing, the Capt. John has numerous mid-level outside lights, not to light the decks - the standard deck lights take care of that, but to attract baitfish into the water around the boat, then they will attract the tuna, etc. The cabin has dual air conditioners, insuring a comfortable atmosphere even on the hottest days. The upper deck, with its bench seating, provides an area for resting and sightseeing. A full service, dual microwave snack bar is located inside the cabin. A full electronics package for your safety and to aid the Captain to locate the fishing spots includes two radars, two bottom sonar machines, three radios, global positioning system and a weather fax for the latest weather updates, all supplied by Dorsey Electronics in South Houston. These items, along with the required structural changes, enables the Capt. John to be Coast Guard rated for a maximum range of 200 nautical miles offshore. Each fishing spot also has its own rod holder, and convenient bait trays are around the inside perimeter of the lower rail. Fish cooler boxes, built into the outside bench seating, assist in keeping your catch fresh.


The Capt. John is a beautiful, efficient fishing machine we are all going to enjoy for many years.


Make your reservations on the Capt. John today for an offshore fishing experience you will never forget.

http://www.galveston.com/captjohn/plan.html

[tngbmt]

BTW'tngbmt give me a call I'd love to see you get a big warsaw

thanks john, but nothing available til 5/29 & i'm unavailable mid may thru july. i'm on standby with cptn john 36hrs may trip, they havent called & running out of time.

[DaParson]

First Post on 360Tuna - I will also be on the May 8th - 9th - Captain John Trip. Looking forward to meeting new friends.

Take a look at my fishing adventures .... http://daparsonfishing.blogspot.com/

Get Bit!!!

Mark

[Ragman]

Originally Posted by DaParson

First Post on 360Tuna - I will also be on the May 8th - 9th - Captain John Trip. Looking forward to meeting new friends.

Take a look at my fishing adventures .... http://daparsonfishing.blogspot.com/

Get Bit!!!

Mark

Hey Dr Mark!

Glad to see you found 360!

Thanks again for your order and remember to post pics when you catch!

Check your 2Cool PM's for a link to those 600# 3-way swivels you need!

[JohnJ]

Mark you can get the three way's from Bass Pro.FTU is out.The BassPro item #is35-400-559-01.That's a 5pack for7.99 Hope that helps.

[Brewgod]

I headed to G-town Monday in some awful murky rain that started in Livingston, and was getting a little concerned about the weather, though the offshore prognostication sounded promising. Shouldn't have worried. Leaving the harbor we had a few swells, but nothing over roller 4's and a long period, when we hit blue water it setteled even further, 2's mostly, and by wednesday was in serious danger of slicking off.
Started off Snapper fishing, aand a few nice ones were comming aboard, but for some reason I couldn't buy a bite from a legal one. Made several stops with mostly reds witha few b-liners and mangroves thrown into the mix, lots of Triggers, a couple of small Dusky's and the occasional marauding school of chicken dolphin just to spice things up.
We finally got the word fron Johnny to roll 'em up, we're headed to Boomvang. Allright! Yellowfin country! We got there a bit after dark and start jigging and the action was, ummm, slow. Realize there is a nearly full moon, and not a cloud in sight. Daammm. Stayed on the drift until midnight or thereabouts with little to show but a few small blackfin, and that from some excellent and experienced tuna heads on the boat (not just the newbies).
By this time Johnny's a little frustrated and decides to run to Tequila, where we see about the same results, very scattered tuna, some smallish AJ's and Lee Bull pulls up a 61/2', 42 lb King Snake eel. You just think hardheads are slimy...
We stay tied up to Tequila and Lee, myself and Deckhand Kenny decide to do some deep drops from the front of the boat, as we know a couple of large grouper have come from there tis year. Man it sucks to get cut off at 800 feet. After a couple of hours, I toddled off to catch a few ZZ's, and the next thing I know the head deckie is hollering down the hatch for his sleeping deckies to get up and give him a hand. Outside, a large school of Rainbow Runners was putting the whoop on a bunch of light tackle. that lasted until we got run off our mooring by a workboat, but it was outrageously fun while it lasted...
Made a couple of stops on the way in and the last one we were on was absolutely covered up with b-liners and Rob out of Lone Oak was putting the hurt on some BIG ones, I mean 5-6 pounders. Everyone filled their limit of snaps I think, except for that one guy I only saw come out of the bunk once in 36 hours, lots of B-liners, one nice Gag grouper(I think) and about a 25 -28 pound king.
All in all, a fun trip with some fish in the cooler. No, we didn't slay huge numbers of tuna (18 for the boat) but sometimes fishing is like that...

[Brewgod]

Johnny went deep this week, to a floater platform somewhere east of Gunnison, not exactly sure of the mileage, but it was a hell of a long ride. One older gentleman fishing near the port corner with a rageldy boat rod with a half a spool of line found a nice 70+ yellowfin, all the rest fishing Avet's, Tiagras, Accurates and Internationals dreged up a few dink blackfins. I got bored with the slow pace, and as my elbow was killing me from jigging two weeks in a row, I tried a deep prospect for a sword, Until Johnny said "roll 'em up". Rode back in a couple of hours and tied up to a platform Where Tom Gregory commenced to put on a topwater school on some big, fat, 30+ pound blackfins. Jigging action was fairly steady as the boat got about 80 - 90 blackfin total, but the fatties were just outside the lights. I couldn't keep up with Tom and get to the edge, damn tendonitis. Good numbers of varied Snapper, some Kings, one nice Scamp, one Yellowmouth, five BIG deepwater Jack Crevalle (where the hell did those come from?) and a Bluefish.

Got Wasabi?

[Brewgod]

Lumberjack93 and I are going to go try and slay some fish this weekend, hope the weather gods smile un us...

[jig]

Hope you slay 'em. I am going, but not on Capt. John. Maybe the one later in Feb.

I have been wondering where LJ93 has been lately. No posts in a looooong time it seems.

[faeder]

Gents,

I am looking to schedule a 36 hour trip in the near future and need a honest opinion. I do not have any personal saltwater gear for these deep water trips. I have fished before on Capt Johns boat 12 hour venture and had a blast with just the gear supplied.

My Question - Would I be completely disappointed using the gear supplied by the boat versus trying to either rent some (dont want to buy anything for just one trip obviously) or whatever?

Any responses would be great. Thanks

[Ragman]

Hey faeder!

Welcome to 360 Tuna!

I doubt you would be "completely" disappointed because it is possible to catch BFT's with most boat gear.

I haven't seen CaptJohn's gear though.

You would however do really well to borrow from a friend a 50# rig and if possible a topwater rig.

That way you'll pretty well know you have gear good enough to land a YFT if you hook one.

I think it would be worth whatever effort it took you to find some loaner gear to make that trip be as good as it could be.