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Birthday booty
      Jackson Webb of Elgin celebrated his birthday with a trip aboard the Scat Cat out of Fisherman's Wharf on Saturday, Jan. 27. Limits of Atlantic sharpnose sharks and kingfish were caught on this 9-hour trip with Capt. Marvin Horner.
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Super sow
      Lawrence Ash of West Virginia is pictured with a sow red snapper he caught on a Tuesday state water red snapper trip out of Deep Sea Headquarters Tuesday, Jan. 30. On the trip aboard the Gulf Eagle with Capt. Keith Schoolcraft, snapper limits were caught by anglers.
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FISHING REPORT
Offshore trips resume on better weather days
      Better weather part of the week sent anglers out on the water. Limits of red snapper in state water, limits of shark and kingfish offshore and limits of sheepshead inshore were reported. Matt Parker of Dolphin Dock said a few amberjack and blackfin tuna were caught along with limits of Atlantic ...
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COURTESY Boyle's big buck
      Trevor Boyle of Port Aransas shot his first buck recently on a ranch near Laredo, while hunting with his Uncle. Boyle is 16 and a junior at Port Aransas High School.
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Big black drum
      Bob Plasko of Georgetown caught and released this black drum in the surf near Beach Access Rd. 2 on Monday, Jan. 29. It took about twenty minutes to land the fish using dead shrimp. It measured 42inches long with an estimated weight of about forty-five pounds.
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Shark and kings
      On a trip aboard the Scat Cat out of Fisherman's Wharf on Friday, Jan. 26. Kevin J. Kilian of Minnesota reeled in a good catch of Atlantic sharpnose sharks and kingfish. Capt. Marvin Horner led anglers to limits on this 9-hour trip.
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Forming CCA chapter
      Students at Texas State University in San Marcos and graduates of Port Aransas High School, Matt Richter, left, and Donovan Kypke are forming a chapter of the Coastal Conservation Association at TSU. They're planning a banquet and raffle on March 1. Donations of cash and raffle items will be readil...
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