August 7, 2008 RSS feed / Fishing

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FISHING REPORT

Early red snapper closure turns focus to other species
With federal water red snapper season closed and state water snapper somewhat fished out, many boats are not fishing for them at all. So what to fish for now? No one wants to wait around for the tuna to show up closer to shore. More...

What a Warsaw!

Coty Nelson, 20, of Liberty Hill, fished aboard the Dolphin on a 40-hour trip out of Dolphin Dock on Monday, Aug. 4, and caught this 41-pound Warsaw grouper. More...

Late-season snapper

These anglers brought in some of the last federal-water red snapper of the season aboard the La Pesca out of Dolphin Dock on Monday, Aug. 4 (The federal-water red snapper season closed at midnight Aug. 5). More...

Big red

Micah Sherwood (who will be 9 years old on Saturday, Aug. 9) of Fort Worth, recently visited Port Aransas, where he caught this redfish. Micah is the son of Matt Sherwood of Port Aransas. More...

Happy birthday, indeed!

Mac Owens of Port Aransas celebrated his 16th birthday fishing with friends and family aboard the Tica Rica with Capt. John Brennan on Sunday, Aug. 3. They caught these amberjack, red snapper, ling and tuna. More...

Buy new licenses as early as August 15

Labor Day weekend is probably not a good time to buy a new fishing license, unless you plan on buying one online. New hunting and fishing licenses for 2008-09 will be available beginning Friday, Aug. More...

Texas Grand Slam is all-release tournament

Anglers will leave from ports all along the Texas coast to compete in an all-release billfish tournament sponsored by the Corpus Christi Big Game Fishing Club (CCBGFC), which homeports in Port Aransas. More...

Five kings

These five fished a 24-hour trip on La Pesca out of Dolphin Dock on Sunday, Aug. 3, and brought in their share of kingfish. They are, from left in back, Wes Gurley, Kevin Tardy and Tom Webster, and in front, Randy Graham, left, and Waylon Gurley. More...

Hope Devlin tourney Saturday to benefit kids

The 12th annual Capt. Hope Devlin Fishing Tournament is all about the kids. The kids fish, the kids win, the kids eat and the kids reap the benefits, all while having a good time. More...

The Outlaw strikes again

The Outlaw won the billfish division of the Rockport Offshore Challenge recently with this 504-pound blue marlin. The owner, crew and guests are, from left in front, Capt. More...

Twin snapper

Lisa Rogers of New Braunfels, right, caught these red snapper on a five-hour trip aboard the Gulf Eagle out of Deep Sea Headquarters on Monday, Aug. 4. Deckhand Lloyd Rodriguez, left, helped her display her catch. More...

Redfish Bay rewards

This group from Austin went fishing in Redfish Bay with Port Aransas guide Gary Cooper out of Woody's Sports Center on Thursday, July 31. They caught 12 redfish, 20 drum and two trout. More...













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