The current Texas state fly record for tripletail was caught only a few years ago, offshore in 2023. And, as luck would have it this summer, we almost literally ran over this fine specimen of a Tripletail in Aransas Bay as we cruised around the open bay in search of any fair game. This tripletail that Randy caught was 25.75 inches, the biggest I have observed in the waters surrounding Port Aransas & Rockport area.
Massive Tripletail caught in waters of Port Aransas, Texas
Congrats to the fine anglers that week who expertly caught this fish on its 6th cast while dodging the doublewide triple deep barge/tug with me!
This surprise tripletail measured 25.75 inches and was released.
Once we had hooked this fish, we were being approached by a barge/tugboat in the channel, so we had to move ourselves out of their way quickly with the engine to avoid collision with the barge. Using the engine to idle us out of the channel, we played the tripletail deep in to the backing. Praying that the massive fish and line did not get chopped up under the tug boat Randy played the fish keenly, bringing it boat-side to be photographed, and subsequently, released alive. I was so happy my guests agreed to release this extremely large specimen!
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