FISHING REPORT
Summer season equals great fish being caught
      Summer fishing continues to be great, and a wide variety of good catches has been reported. Offshore catches weighed in at Fisherman's Wharf this week include a 57-pound Warsaw grouper and a 397-pound blue marlin, John McNatt reported. The marlin was to be released, but did not survive. "We're ...
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Huge fish catch
      These Dallas anglers snagged these fish Sunday, Aug. 5, aboard the Kingfisher out of Deep Sea Headquarters with Capt. Keith Schoolcraft. From left are James Robert with a 20-pound dolphin, Kevin Erdman with a 21-pound snapper, Terry Mason with a 47-pound kingfish, Billy Hicks with a 90-pound shark...
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Look at all the trout!
      These fisherfolk, from left, Gary and Patty Stevens of North Richland Hills, and JoAnne McNight of Spring, fished on Thursday, Aug. 9 with Port Aransas guide Ed Woodhouse. The group fished Mud Island using croaker and made a haul bringing in 26 trout and three redfish. The catch was hung at Fisher...
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Trio scores
      The Green family, a grandfather, father and son trio of San Antonio, fished on the Ambush with Capt. Mike Buffington, left, and deckhand Travis Kahn, right, Sunday, Aug. 12. The catch included 49 dog snapper, a limit of red snapper, three bonnethead sharks and two ling using a variety of jigs tipp...
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Limits of trout
      Capt. Frank Duxstad led these anglers to trout limits in the surf and reds near Hog Island using croaker and piggy perch. From left are Doug Behart of Houston, Duxstad, Danny Buckner of Cleburne and Randall Crume of Belton. They hung the catch at Woody's Sports Center.
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Grand anyway
      It was almost a grand slam for 13-year-old Thomas Winton who made his first offshore trip with Billy Wiggins and John Price Saturday, Aug. 4. He caught a sailfish, a white marlin and had a 250-pound blue marlin hooked but didn't get it landed. In the top photo, he poses with the white and PAISD su...
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Tourney starting tomorrow honors legendary fisherman
      Anglers will leave from ports all along the Texas coast to complete in an all-release billfish tournament that honors the late fishing legend, Bill Hart. The Bill Hart Grand Slam Billfish Tournament, scheduled for Friday through Sunday, Aug. 17-19, honors Hart who has been described as a "true T...
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Big blue
      Aboard his boat, the 40 Cabo, Colin Bailey, top, reels in a nice blue marlin about 65 miles off Port Aransas on Saturday, July 28. Helping Bailey were Paul Snow, bottom, and Jeff Tallent, both of Port Aransas. The marlin, estimated at more than 400 pounds, was released.
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Kiwanis Club had fun for kids at tournament
$2,000 RAISED FOR SCHOLARSHIPS
      Four Port Aransas High School seniors will benefit from scholarships with funds raised at this year's Hope Devlin Fishing Tournament, said Elvia Tamayo, who ran this year's 11th annual tourney. A totals of 66 youngsters entered the tournament, held Saturday, Aug. 11, at the Fred Rhodes Memorial P...
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