How to Clean Gafftopsail Catfish Quickly

[Robert Haynes]

I caught a stingray at the cameron jetties a couple years ago. I was using 40 pound braid and did all I could to keep it from just out running me and spooling my line. It went about 100 yards and went under another boat and wrapped up two of their lines that they had out and then I got it headed back my direction. They cut their lines so I could finish fighting it. About 30 minutes later I was disappointed when I finally brought it up to the boat and saw what it was. I cut it off quickly. No idea what it would have weighed but had interest in finding out.