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Funny fishing boat names
150 funny fishing boat names for people who actually fish
Fishing humour ages badly when it is only a fish pun. These lean on what actually happens out there - the drag screaming, the one that got away, the day you get skunked - so they still land on a boat that fishes hard.
The 10 best funny fishing boat names
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1
Tight Lines
The greeting every angler already uses, which makes it the quietly correct choice on this list.
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2
Reel Therapy
Cheaper than the alternative and honest about why the boat exists at all.
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3
Drag Screamer
Only makes sense to someone who has hooked something big. That is precisely the point.
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4
Fish On
Two words, seven characters, the cheapest name on this page and the one you shout anyway.
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5
Codfather
The most-used fish pun in the world and it still works. Order it in a serif and lean into the joke.
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6
Set the Hook
Reads as an instruction and as a philosophy. Clean over the radio, which most fishing puns are not.
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7
Bent Rod
Short, blunt, unmistakably a fishing boat. Eight characters keeps it affordable at a large height.
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8
One That Got Away
Long at fifteen characters, but the story writes itself every time somebody reads it.
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9
Skunked
The self-deprecating pick. Seven letters, and every angler on the dock will nod at it.
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10
Squid Pro Quo
The pun that lands with the lawyers in the marina. Latin joke, seafood delivery.
See Squid Pro Quo in steel →
All 152 names
- Reel Therapy
- Rod Rage
- Set the Hook
- Drag Screamer
- Screaming Drag
- Line Burner
- Chum Daddy
- Bait Runner
- Tight Lines
- Bent Rod
- Hook Line and Sinker
- Bobber Down
- Fish Tales
- Big Fish Story
- One That Got Away
- Gone Fishin
- Catch of the Day
- Keeper
- Throwback
- Undersized
- Limit Out
- Skunked
- Skunk Free
- Fish On
- Marlin Monroe
- Wahoo Doggie
- Mahi Mahi Mia
- Dorado Delight
- Grouper Trooper
- Snapper Judgment
- Flounder Founder
- Sole Survivor
- Bass Ackwards
- Crappie Day
- Crappie Attitude
- Walleye Cry
- Pike and Choose
- Trout of Order
- Salmon Enchanted
- Sturgeon General
- Herring Aid
- Anchovy Anxiety
- Sardine Packed
- Squid Pro Quo
- Shell Shocked
- Clam Down
- Oyster Shucks
- Mussel Beach
- Prawn Star
- Shrimply Irresistible
- Lobster Mobster
- Kraken Up
- Squid Row
- Live Bait Only
- Fish or Cut Bait
- Trolling for Compliments
- Bottom Feeder
- Deep Drop Out
- Codfather
- Fishy Business
- For Cods Sake
- Holy Mackerel
- Cod Almighty
- Halibut Hero
- Fishful Thinking
- Off the Hook
- Reel Deal
- Reel Lucky
- Reel Trouble
- Reel Talk
- Rod Bender
- Line Dancer
- Chum Bucket
- Bait Money
- Tuna Turner
- Sofishticated
- Fin Tastic
- Absotoothly
- Master of Nun
- Net Worth
- Net Gain
- Net Loss
- Gill Bates
- Fin and Tonic
- Fin Ale
- Fish and Ships
- Cast Away Again
- Cast Iron Alibi
- Just One More Cast
- Five More Minutes
- Dawn Raider
- Early Bird Special
- Last Cast
- First Cast
- Hook Up
- Double Header
- Triple Hookup
- Boat Side Release
- Gaff Shy
- Leader Shy
- Line Shy
- Circle Hook
- Barbless
- Catch and Release Me
- Slot Limit
- Over Slot
- Under Slot
- Tagged Out
- Punch Card
- Creel Limit
- Bag Limit
- Season Closed
- Season Open
- Opening Day
- Ice Out
- Turnover
- Spawn Run
- Bite Window
- Solunar
- Moon Phase Madness
- Barometer Drop
- Front Runner
- Post Frontal
- Slick Calm
- Snot Grass
- Weed Whacker
- Backlash
- Birds Nest
- Wind Knot
- Braid Burn
- Mono Filament
- Fluoro Carbon
- Drag Set
- Locked Down
- Sounded
- Deep Colour
- Colour Up
- Tail Walker
- Jumped Off
- Pulled Hook
- Straightened Out
- Spooled
- Long Distance Release
- Story Teller
- Tall Tale
- Measured in Beers
- Weighed by Eye
- Grip and Grin
- Hero Shot
- Bragging Rights
- Dock Talk
- Fish Camp
Name it after the fish you actually chase
A tuna joke on a bass boat reads as a rental. The species pun works when it matches the boat, the water and the rods in the rocket launchers - which is why this list runs by what you fish for rather than by how clever the wordplay is.
Salt eats everything except the letters
Fishing boats live in the worst conditions a name can face: constant spray, washdowns, gaff strikes and sun. That is the argument for 316 marine-grade stainless over vinyl - vinyl on a sportfish is a two-season decision, and cut steel is not.
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