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The Fourth of July weekend started off great, but unpredicted winds came up and it got rough offshore on Saturday. Bay anglers had it a little better, and the surf anglers reported great catches of speckled trout. Arther Toscano and his friends Pat Forister and James Svoboda came down from San Antonio to fish for the weekend. They took the jetty boat over to St. Joe’s to fish in the surf and came back with limits of speckled trout. More ... Marty Truss, in back from left, Nick Truss and Jon Ray, all of San Antonio, and Jennifer Ray from Dallas, fished aboard the Iced Down out of Deep Sea Headquarters with Capt. Nate Forbes (kneeling) on Monday, June 29, bringing in this catch of red snapper, ling and vermilion snapper. More ... Jake McCoy, 12, of Fort Worth caught his first kingfish on Friday, July 3, fishing southeast of the north jetty using ribbonfish as bait. More ... The Evans family, right, from San Antonio fished on the Cherokee on Thursday, July 2, with Capt. Tray Clark and mates Thomas Winton and Rene Lopez out of Fisherman’s Wharf. They brought back these red snapper, amberjack and a grouper that weighed in at 115 pounds. The fight lasted an hour on 80-pound tackle. More ... Anglers are revved up about the 35th annual Outboard Fishing Tournament, slated for Friday through Sunday, July 17 – 19, in Port Aransas. Emergency Medical Services Auxiliary sponsors the tournament, exclusively for boats powered by outboard motors, with all proceeds benefiting the Port Aransas Volunteer Fire Department. Registration begins Friday, July 17, from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Port Aransas Civic Center, 700 W. Ave. A. Registration festivities will feature boiled shrimp with chips and dip for $15. The tournament fee is $75 per angler. More ... The Rick Lauchner family had a reunion in Port Aransas and went fishing out of Deep Sea Headquarters on Sunday, June 28, aboard the Kingfisher with Capt. Clint Clark on an 8-hour private fishing trip. They caught kingfish and a limit of red snapper and Atlantic sharpnose shark. More ... Dave Sullivan was named Boatman of the Year for 2009, and his son Matt isn’t doing too badly in the fishing department, either. Matt Sullivan, at left in the photo, took the angler, at right in the photo, billfishing recently aboard his boat, the Sea Hawk in Honolulu. They brought in this blue marlin, weighing in at 795 pounds, and the 130-pound ahi tuna. More ... If you’ve been hankering for fresh Gulf shrimp, your wish will be granted. The Gulf of Mexico commercial shrimp season for both state and federal waters will open 30 minutes after sunset Wednesday, July 15. The opening date is based on an evaluation of the biological, social and economic information to maximize the benefits to the industry and the public. More ... An offshore excursion on Wednesday, July 1, reaped bountiful rewards for these anglers. Griffin Henkel, 11, from left, and his dad, Chris Henkel of Houston, Brian Seiler and his son, Jacob Seiler, 11, of Houston and Port Aransas, boarded Seiler’s boat, El Jefe, with Brian Seiler’s father, ‘Snapper Bob’ Seiler of San Antonio and Port Aransas, and returned with this catch of red snapper and a triggerfish. The youngest anglers caught the biggest snapper. More ... Trevor Rodden of Fort Worth, from left, Stan Husley of Acton, Micah Rodden of Fort Worth, Shane Benton of Fort Worth, Scoot Rodden of Gainesville and Colton Husley of Fort Worth fished with Capt. John Stark and mate Trent Hannah aboard the Billbusters II on Friday, June 26. They brought in these red snapper, kingfish, shark and wahoo. The largest snapper, caught by Benton, weighed more than 20 pounds. More ... Ryan Barton of Port Aransas and Lubbock caught this 30-inch, 7.77pound trout fishing on the south jetty on Friday, July 3. He was hoping it was a contender in the CCA Star tournament, but it was a little light. Barton, on summer break from Texas Tech, is the son of Alan and Lisette Barton of Houston and Port Aransas. More ... Beverly Stapleton of Aransas Pass caught this warsaw grouper on Wednesday, July 1, fishing aboard the Adventurer with Capt. Jeff Heimann out of Offshore Adventures. More ... Pat Forister, from left, James Svoboda and Arthur Toscano, all of San Antonio, caught these speckled trout in the surf on San Jose Island on the Fourth of July. They used mostly croaker as bait, with a few plastics thrown in. More ... These folks fished with Capt. Jeff Heimann out of Offshore Adventures on July 1, 2009. The 12-hour trip brought in limits of red snapper, Atlantic sharpnosed shark, kingfish and a 37-pound warsaw grouper. More ... |
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