FISHING REPORT
Weekend looks good
      The weather has not been conducive to fishing, but there is plenty to do in Port Aransas. February and March are activity season around here. Between the Parks and Recreation Department, the Joint Effort Leisure Ministry the Art Center Center for the Islands, school sports and shopping, it’s a wonder anyone is able to fit fishing in at all.
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Private charter
      Les and Sam Michaels of Reedsville, Wis., in back, fished a private charter trip with Lolita Haines and their son Robbie Michaels of Corpus Christi, out of Dolphin Dock on Monday, Jan. 25, with Capts. Tim Oestreich and Timmy Oestrich. They caught this 50-pound grouper and Robbie Michaels caught the 265-pound mako shark.
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Snook hearings scheduled
      A Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) proposal to lower the minimum legal length of snook from 24 to 22 inches will be discussed in a series of hearings. Public comment will be sought on, among other things, catching and possessing fish within protected length limits or in excess of bag limits.
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A saltwater orientation
      John Speights, who recently was hired as the building official for the City of Port Aransas, displays a sheepshead he caught about two years ago near Goose Island. Speight, 61, has been visiting Port Aransas and other spots around the Coastal Bend for more than 50 years.
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