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100 Years of Sport Fishing in Port Aransas

Vintage photo of a fishing rodeo with several boats in the water and some on shore.

This exhibit highlighted a century of Sport Fishing and Hunting in Port Aransas. Some of the great artifacts from this exhibit are still on display at the museum, including:

  • Antique skin mount of a tarpon, the fish that brought recognition to the town.
  • Fishing gear from yesteryear including rods and reels from the turn of the century.
  • Newsreel of President Franklin D. Roosevelt when he fished the area in 1937 with local guides in a Farley boat.

The stern of the Farley boat, Manny, was salvaged, converted and placed inside the museum.

Come sit in it for a feel of how the folks fished, while you learn about these local craft and how they were built.

The stern of the Farley Boat, Manny, inside the museum.

Exhibit Storyboards

Storyboards produced for the exhibits are available to download.

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