Gaftopsail Catfish

 

Adventure Location: Rockport, Texas

Today's Date: 4-27-2022

We got in a nice walk at a brisk pace today. The whole mile and a half went well so we were very pleased. The winds have slowed to some extent so we dropped by the Beach Park and ended up doing a little fishing with no success.

This afternoon we went back to the fishing pier to do some bottom fishing. When we got all set up to fish a sailboarding person showed up from the nearby beach to play. The little camera was having get a good focus on the rapidly moving boarder but here is what we did get.

The boarder was getting some major air often and was fun to watch.

Fishing finally took top interest and FishBites were the bait of choice with circle hooks as the choice we preferred. The bait was put on the bottom at several places with only minor pinfish nibbling. Around 1700 something pulled on line and then ran with the bait. It was FISH ON time. Whatever it was did a lot of pulling line from the reel at times. The OFM worked the rod carefully since we really wanted to know what the fish was.

The fight went on for a few minutes because the OFM rig was light line and he was afraid it might break. But everything held together and the fish was finally lifted onto the decking. It was a gaftopsail catfish about 18 inches long. But it fought like a 20 pound concrete block. When we looked up on the internet what a 18 inch gaftopsail catfish that size would weigh. The weight was about three pounds.

They are very good eating. But this one was lucky the OFM caught it and it got to go back into the water to make more fishes.

Now we are going to rest up for another long day of trying to have tooooo much fun in Rockport Texas.