Fishing remains consistant this week with great catches offshore and in the bays. An overnight trip over the weekend released a sailfish, while a 48-pound king mackerel was caught on an eight hour trip. Offshore trips this week brought back kingfish, sailfish, wahoo, shark, vermilion snapper, Spanish mackerel, amberjack and ling. Pier and jetty anglers caught trout, sheepshead, shark, redfish and […]
Lots of fish in the sea
These folks from San Antonio, Austin and Odessa brought back kingfish and vermillion snapper after a 12-hour overnight trip aboard the Scat Cat Saturday, May 15, with Capt. Ronnie Hale out of Fisherman’s Wharf.
Sunset skate
Two skaters are silhouetted against the setting sun at Port Aransas Community Park on Sunday, May 16. The ring surrounding the skaters was a trick of how the light played on the photographer’s camera lens. To see more photos taken at the skate park, go to www.portasouthjetty. com. Click on the blue button at the top right, and select the […]
At long last: Legs
Harry Shaw may walk again, 27 years after combat injuriesEditor’s note: This is the first in a series of stories about Harry Shaw, a Port Aransas man who lost his legs to injuries he suffered while serving as a U.S. Army paratrooper in the Grenadan conflict. The series traces Shaw’s experiences from his childhood to present, as he attempts to walk again for the first time in nearly three […]
Island Agenda
DAILY • Port Aransas Community Park Swimming Pool, 700 Clark Parkway: swim lessons, water exercise and lap swimming. Open daily except Monday. Open swim: Tuesday through Thursday,1- 2 p.m., Friday through Sunday, 1 to 6 p.m. Lap swim: noon to 1 p.m. Call 749-2416 for more lap swim hours and information. • Computer Center, Monday – Friday, 10 a.m. – […]
Donate your blood Friday
Every blood donation can save three livesAre you a blood donor? A single blood donation can save three lives, according to the Coastal Bend Blood Center. Visit the center’s mobile unit tomorrow, Friday, May 21, at the Family Center IGA, 418 S. Alister St., from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., to donate your blood. All donors will receive a t-shirt and a Whataburger coupon. The goal […]
Immortalized
Artist Mayfair Coover of Corpus Christi presents longtime Port Aransas fisherman Bubba Milina with a portrait she painted of him and his dog. Coover made the presentation before about 50 people at a gathering she called “A Celebration of Bubba.” She said she painted Milina because he is considered by at least some to be the most famous fisherman in […]
‘Three Pigs’ on stage tonight
Children’s theatre performance one night only“Huff” and “puff” your way on over to the Port Aransas Community Theatre, 2327 State Hwy. 361, for tonights production of “The Three Little Pigs”. The Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce Tourist Bureau and the Texas Commission on the Arts will present the performance by the Houston Express Children’s Theatre tonight only, May 20, at 7 p.m. Tickets, $15 for […]
Shred documents Wednesday
Spring cleaning help is hereIt’s time for spring cleaning. Do you have important papers that you need to get rid of but can’t seem to find the time to shred on your own? The Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce- Tourist Bureau will hold Island Shred Day, Wednesday, May 26, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., at the Port Aransas Community Theatre chamber office, 2327 […]
