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FISHING REPORT

Tuna take the bait

Yellowfin tuna is beginning to make an appearance and red snapper hits are still going strong. Besides those two targets, offshore boats also are going after blackfin tuna, amberjack, grouper, barracuda, kingfish, shark, dorado and ling. In the bays, anglers have been reeling in redfish, drum, flounder and a few speckled trout. From along the channel, folks have caught drum, […]

Happy birthday, Port A!

Centennial celebration is Saturday

Port Aransans will be celebrating big, at the city’s 100-year birthday celebration on Saturday, Oct. 16. Everyone is invited out to the all-day festivities to be held at venues around town. There will be something for everyone, all ages and all interests. The following events are planned for the celebration. Refer to the schedule on Page __ for detailed listings. […]

From the ashes . . .

Residents rebuild after historic October ’09 fire

They lost fabulous homes and many treasured possessions inside the structures. But, one year after the monster fire that ripped through the Private Marina neighborhood of Port Aransas, property owners are rebuilding. Taddy McAllister and her relatives spent 33 summers in their vacation house at Private Road A before it burned down Oct. 9, 2009. Losing it “was like a […]