Chrislee Parks of Canyon Lake celebrated her 21st birthday in Port Aransas. As part of her birthday festivities she went on a 4-hour state water trip out of Dolphin Dock. Above, she shows off her red snapper catch. Parks was aboard the Flipper with Capt. Clay Sherman.
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Anglers hook redfish, tuna
Fishing reportRedfish, red snapper and yellowfin tuna have been regular catches during fishing trips out of Port Aransas this week, according to workers along the waterfront. Over at Deep Sea Headquarters, state water trips have returned with red snapper, bull reds, jackfish and spinner shark, according to employee Marilyn Savage. Federal water trips are bringing in vermilion snapper, dogsnapper, blacktip shark, […]
Grouper on deck
Mark Vercruysse of Santa Fe, N.M., shows off a 17-pound scamp grouper he caught Friday, April 11, while on a nine-hour trip with Dolphin Dock Capt. Chris Moerbe.
Bays, jetties, offshore yielding big catches
Fishing reportAnglers fishing in the bays are catching lots of gafftop and sand trout, while offshore trips are returning with limits of vermilion snapper reported folks at the docks along the Port Aransas waterfront. Chelsea Pytel, a Dolphin Dock employee, said that anglers on a 12-hour offshore trip came back with limits of vermilion snapper, small groupers and barracuda. Lots of […]
Anglers hook redfish, snapper
Fishing reportAnglers have been reeling in redfish and red snapper during recent trips, according to folks at the docks along the Port Aransas waterfront. Capt. Dee Wallace, at Fisherman’s Wharf, said fishermen in the bay have been bringing back good catches of redfish. Offshore fishing has been very good with catches of yellow tuna, blackfin tuna and grouper. Over at Deep […]
Offshore catch
Todd Ohlde of Linn, Kan., came back with a nice catch from a 60-hour trip on Thursday, April 10. His catch included yellowfin tuna, queen snapper and tilefish. He was aboard the Scat Cat out of Fisherman’s Wharf with Capt. Justin Giles.
Inducted
The late Penny Slingerland of Port Aransas was among folks inducted into the Texas Saltwater Fishing Hall of Fame during ceremonies on Saturday, April 5, in Sugar Land.
Family shark fishing
A large group of family and friends from Pewaukee, Wisc., went shark fishing with Jason Guajardo, owner of Just Do It Shark Fishing on Tuesday, March 22 at Markers 51 and 52 on the beach. They posed with this pregnant shark and quickly released her back into the water. Some of the kids helped reel the shark in with assistance […]
Anglers catching variety of species
Fishing reportAnglers are catching a wide variety of fish both in the bays and channels and on offshore trips, according to the folks at the docks along the Port Aransas waterfront. Chelsea Pytel, an employee at Dolphin Dock, said four-hour bay trips are bringing back gafftop, whiting and sand trout. Anglers on four-hour state water trips are returning with redfish, little […]
Totin’ tuna
A 36-hour trip on Saturday and Sunday, March 22 and 23, yielded nice catches of yellowfin tuna. Above, Waylen Meeks, left, and Josh Beckman show off the yellowfin tuna they caught. Their catches weighed in from 6o 60 80 pounds. The offshore trip was aboard the Gulf Eagle with captains John McIntire and Cowboy Tyler out of Deep Sea Headquarters.
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