Local boats dominate TX Legends tournament



tournament Port Aransas and Rockport boats led the fifth annual Texas Legends Tournament held in Port Aransas on Saturday, Aug. 7. The largest blue marlin ever weighed in the history of the tournament was caught aboard Tom Shumate’s 67-foot Patron. The 545-pound marlin earned the crew a first place win and the perpetual Bob Byrd Memorial Championship Trophy. The Patron […]

Two sails



Toothy catch



Plenty to be proud of



Father and son firsts



FISHING REPORT

Variety caught all week

Fishing conditions have been favorable this week for a nice variety of fish caught by anglers fishing offshore and in the bays. Offshore, anglers have caught amberjack, ling, kingfish, dorado, wahoo, barracuda, state water red snapper, vermilion, lane and mangrove snapper and shark. In the bays, fishermen have caught redfish, drum, speckled and sand trout. From the jetties, drum, redfish, […]

Islander’s eyes on spill site




A Port Aransan has found himself at ground zero in the massive effort to cap and control the formerly oil-spewing Deepwater Horizon well that has captured the world’s attention for months now. Wil Rivers 54, is an offshore surveyor working for Dof Subsea, a firm that has been helping tame the runaway well. As Rivers flew aboard a helicopter into […]

Life support

Aging ambulance needs constant repair; plan is to sell it, replace it in next budget


Port Aransas is a small town where an ambulance can really get a work-out, with large influxes of visitors and nonresident workers regularly flooding town, and the nearest big hospitals located more than 25 miles away. One of the town’s two ambulances is set to be replaced fairly soon. The purchase is one of the biggest capital outlays planned by […]

Teachers may see pay hikes




Across-the-board pay raises for all staff members will be recommended tonight, Thursday, Aug. 12, when the Port Aransas ISD board meets. Superintendent Dr. Sharon Doughty said the proposed raises would not affect this year’s school budget. “They are built into the budget and do not cost anything from the fund balance or savings,” Doughty said. She said the pay raises […]

Shaping up



Progress continues at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute on the $21 million structure that will house institute labs and headquarters of the Mission Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR). Above, a forklift pauses on the grounds of the building. Workers are finishing exterior walls and doing earlystage work for electrical, heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. The building […]