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[trio-assassin]

i was thinking about trying a 12hr sat night trip on the Scat Cat sometime soon. Anyone do any of these trips? Im assuming its just bottom fishing, but maybe some blackfin too? any info is appreciated!

[Boy]

I wanted to do a 10pm til 10am trip a while back but back out on because i know my wife wont stay awake...
Tips i got from people that have done it are:
1. make sure you dont get sea sick before hand because once they they the DONT come back .
2. check on the weather before hand because they stay out there even in rough weather.

[Shallow Angler]

Not sure about the night trips but I have been to several of there 8hr day trips. It is mostly drift fishing for king mackerel and red snapper with an occasional black fin. Also fished a rig or two and around a few shrimp boats. I've gotten really sea sick every time as they do stay out in rough conditions.
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[shallowsport]

To this point I have never gotten sea sick. That said I am sympathetic pucker. If someone gets sick I have to get away. Generally that means staying out of the galley or the port & starboard bench seats. But people get sick day or night. They are right, it is highly irregular for the boat to return to port early. So be prepared to go the duration.

[carolina kinger]

Done one night trip year before last but not on the Scat Cat.
During snapper season, The boat caught limits of snapper for the count on the boat. After that they settled in over B-liners the rest of the night. Tackle was too heavy for this in my opinion and I'll not go on another.

Call and ask what the target species is going to be and ask questions before you book your spot.

[Shallow Angler]

Oh, I forgot that the worst part of these trips is the cigarette smoke in the cabin. The employees and the passengers smoke inside the cabin and it reeks like a mofo.
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[iYak]

My worst offshore trip EVER was a 12 hour overnight on the Scat Cat. I had been out many times in the day in rough seas, and never came close to getting sea sick. On the night trip, I was sick within 30 minutes and I really was hoping someone would shoot me to put me out of my misery. That was the longest 12 hours of my life

The seas were running 8-10, and by all rights the boat should have cancelled. Any of the party boats I frequent out of Freeport or Galveston would have. But not the Scat Cat. If they don't go out, they don't make money. And they won't refund your money unless they cancel...

When underway, the waves were breaking over the wheel house, crossing the upper deck, and crashing down the ladder port to drench anyone standing in the back. Standing out on the sides would have resulted in being washed overboard. There was absolutely no way to stand outside, so everyone was crammed in the cabin with the cigarette smoke.

Being out at night really messes with your senses. One trick I always do on daytime trips to avoid sea sickness is to keep my eye on the horizon. That doesn't work at night - no horizon to look at. And the oil rigs seemed to jump to the left and then to the right. It just made it worse.

By the time we reached our fishing spot, only a handful people could fish; the rest of us were deathly ill. I think the entire haul for the boat was about 100 pounds (50 of it came from one grouper...).

That was 15 years ago, and I haven't been out to sea at night since... If I ever do go, and the seas are anything above 6's (maybe even 4's), I would cancel in a heartbeat. I won't get my money back, but I won't get my money's worth while hanging over the rail either, and at least I will be alive...