05/17/2026
David with an absolute GIANT of a Goonch Catfish💥
We decided to gamble on a new spot before the trip had officially ended. I had already caught the fish I was after, and David had at least caught a small one to check off on the species list - but was still yearning for a bigger trophy sized specimen. We had nothing to lose, and everything to gain.
We drive to a nearby town and lug our dear down a steep cliff to setup on some boulders near the water where we spent hours sitting on the most
uncomfortable rocks as the heat was beating down on us. While we hadn’t given up, the reality of us not hooking into another fish had already set in…
Yet right when we were getting ready to make our peace with this expedition and pack it up for good, one of the rods ABSOLUTELY buckles over. David is hooked up and starts battling what we know is a good one up current. After a strenuous battle stretching close to 30 minutes in the most unideal conditions he starts to get good leverage and brings the fish in.
In a wild turn of events this buzzer be**er fish bit within the last hours of the last day!
We didn’t realize just how big of a fish it was until we landed it. It was a giant beyond our wildest dreams. We never would have dreamt that going into this trip we’d have not 1, but 2 goonch over 100lbs landed. I’m still buzzing from it, a trip I’ll never forget for the rest of my life.
📷: Pentax 646nii
🎞️: Kodak Portra ( developed by )