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.
Exhibit Storyboards
Storyboards produced for the exhibits are available to download.
- Billfishing Comes to Port Aransas (PDF, 1 page, 200k)
- Sport Fishing and Hunting Exhibit (PDF, 13 pages, 4M)
