Brown bullhead

First Catfish!

I caught them yesterday and lost a HUGE longnose gar. I pulled it up from about 20 feet of water like it was a bluegill barely any resistance at all. I thought it was a tiny one. Then, when it got about 10 feet away from me and fully extended, I realized this thing was easily 4-5 feet long. 😳 It dove straight back into the deep, and this time it took off like I was attached to a truck. I managed to pull it back, but the hook came off. 🤬 The crazy part is, it literally parked about 5 feet away from me for maybe 10 seconds, looking for bait like a madman, left and right, then disappeared. About 30 minutes later, it hit my bait again and almost ripped the rod out of the holder. I thought, This time I’m finally going to hook it. Nope. It came off the hook almost immediately. 😂 And this kept happening over and over for a while. Speaking of fish that are hard to hook, land, and actually have a good landing ratio, this fish is absolutely the hardest. Longnose gar are terrible for my mental health. 😂🤬