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Coastal (Saltwater) Fishing Trips

10/26/23 – 10/29/23 Self-chartered Bay Fishing Trip at Port O’Connor

: Roy Zengerle with his 33″ black drum

: Wayne Weilnau with his 27″ redfish

: Roy and his 27″ redfish

: Binh Chu with his 24″ redfish

: Wayne with his Jack Crevalle

: Ted Lieb and his hardhead catfish

: Ted, Randy Rowley, and Binh

: Friday storm

: Friday storm

: Friday storm

: Friday sunset

: Friday sunset

: Saturday sunset

: The mangroves are slowly returning

6/8/23 – 6/11/23 Self-chartered Bay Fishing Trip at Port O’Connor

: Wayne Weilnau with Roy Zengerle’s 41-inch bonnethead shark

: Randy Rowley with his 36-inch bonnethead shark

: Randy with his 33 1/2-inch black drum

: Randy with his 33 1/2-inch bonnethead shark

: Randy with his 32 1/2-inch black drum

: Burl Fulenwider with his 32-inch bonnethead shark

: Zack Tumlinson with his 31-inch black drum

: Blake Lieb with his 30 1/4-inch black drum

: Randy with his 27-inch Atlantic sharpnose shark

: Randy with his 24 1/2-inch bonnethead shark

: Roy Zengerle with his almost 17-inch speckled trout (it was returned to the water)

: Roy with his 16-inch flounder

: Ted Lieb with his gafttopsail catfish

: Blake with his gafttopsail catfish

: Burl with his two hardhead catfish

: Wayne’s boat’s catch on the morning of 6/8/23

: Roy with a fish on

: New mangrovees!

: More new mangroves

: The current by the jetties

: The current by Saluria Bayou

: The current by Saluria Bayou

: Sunset 6/8/223

: Sunset 6/8/23

: Sunset 6/8/23

: Sunset 6/9/23

: Sunset 6/10/23

: Sunrise 6/11/23

: 6/8/23 dinner at the 5D Steakhouse

: FCS fishermen on 6/8/23

6/9/23 Chartered Bay Fishing Trip at Port O’Connor

: Zack Tumlinson, Raul Pena, Burl Fulenwider, and Roy Zengerlee

: Raul with redfish

: Burl with black drum

: Raul with shark

: The fish

4/22/22 – 4/24/22 Self-chartered Bay Fishing Trip

: Wayne Weilnau with his ~40″ big ugly

: Roy Zengerle fighting his ~40″ stingray

: Roy and his stingray again

7/22/21 – 7/24/21 Self-chartered Bay Fishing Trip

: Burl Fulenwider with his 33 1/2″ black drum

: Burl and his 31 1/2″ black drum

: Randy

: The current on 7/24/21

: It was calm at the jetties on the evening of 7/23/21

: Some of the offshore boats that almost swamped the Rowley’s boat on 7/22/21

: 7/24/21 sunrise

: The giant Texas Flag at the Lone Star Shootout (billfish Tournament), right next to the Inn at Clark’s (where we stayed)

7/23/21 Chartered Bay Fishing Trip at Port O’Connor

: Zack Tumlinson with his 33″ bull redfish

: Jim McGee and his 31″ redfish

: Zack and his 31″ bull redfish

: Jim and his spinner shark

: Randy and his redfish

: Randy and his speckled trout

: Chris and her speckled trout

: Chris fighting a trout

: Daryl Shipper, Burl Fulenwider, Randy Rowley, and Chris Rowley with Randy’s redfish and their 13 speckled trout

: The catch from Captain Marty’s boat

: Lunch at Cathy’s

4/16/21 – 4/18/21 Self-chartered Bay Fishing Trip at Port O’Connor

: Blake Lieb with his 40″, 36 lb. black drum

: Zack Tumlinson with his 34″, 22 lb. black drum

: Blake Lieb with his 40″ bull redfish

: Blake Lieb with his 38″ bull redfish

: The mangroves appear to be toast

: 4/19/21 morning – most boats stayed in port due to high winds

: We had our obligatory shrimp at Cathy’s

3/11/20 – 3/14/20 Self-chartered Bay Fishing Trip at Port O’Connor

Zach with his black drum again

Zach with his 40″ redfish

Zach with his 39″ redfish

Zach with his 38 1/2″ redfish

Yuri Tomlinson with her 30 – 38″ redfish

Jim McGee with his 30 – 38″ redfish

Zach with another redfish

Zach with another redfish

Jim with his 24″ sheepshead

Wayne Weilnau with his 20″ sheepshead

The catch

Fresh fish dinner

8/22/19 – 8/25/19 Self-chartered Bay Fishing Trip to Port O’Connor

Binh Chu and his 38″ bull redfish

Ted Lieb and his black-tip shark

Ted’s shark again

Another shark

Daryl Shipper’s flounder

Morning’s catch

Sunrise

6/6/19 – 6/9/19 FCS Self-chartered Bay Fishing Trip to Port O’Connor

Jim McGee with his 37″ black drum

Daryl Shipper with his 35″ bull redfish

Jim McGee with his 27″ Jack Crevalle

Wayne Weilnau with his speckled trout

Harley and Binh Chu with Binh’s slot redfish

Randy Rowley with his 20″ redfish

Chris Rowley with one of many croakers

Janet Prochnick with one of many hardheads

Randy with an one of many undersized redfish

One of many crabs

Randy Rowley with Chris’ ladyfish

Wayne’s crew’s haul of 15 trout on Saturday

Wayne’s crew’s Jack Crevalle and six trout on Sunday

Daryl’s crew’s catch on Saturday – two redfish and two trout

Friday’s sunset

Wayne’s crew

4/12/19 – 4/14/19 Self-chartered Bay Fishing Trip to Corpus Christi

Jose Primera with his 28″ redfish

Randy Rowley with his 16 1/2″ flounder

The top side of Randy’s flounder

Jose with one of his speckled trout and gafttop

Randy with one of his speckled trout

Chris Rowley with one of her speckled trout

Ian Daniels with one of his whiting

Ian reeling in a hardhead

Floating cabin

Fishing platform on the cabin

Mr. Murphy found us – Daryl Shipper lost his boat keys on 4/13/19 (he found them when we were packing up on 4/14/19)

Towing Daryl’s boat to Marker 37 Marina on 4/13/19 to get a new key made

Mr. Murphy also found us on the way to Corpus – one of Randy’s ignition coils went bad (this was the third one that had to be changed in three consecutive trips); Ian and Daryl changed it before we headed home; Randy changed the rest after he got home)

1/3/19 – 1/6/19 Self-guided/chartered Blast and Cast (Duck Hunt and Bay Fishing Trip) at Port O’Connor and Port Aransas

Jim McGee with his 29″ redfish

Daryl Shipper with his 27″ redfish

Chris Rowley with her sheepshead

Jim McGee with his 18″ speckled trout

Randy Rowley with his sheepshead

Daryl with his 17 3/4″ speckled trout

Wayne Weilnau with his pufferfish

Jim with his slot redfish

Binh Chu, Harley Chu, and Wayne

Jim, Harley, and Wayne

Jim with some of his fish

Randy and his 15 lb. rock

Randy and his 5 lb. rock

Almost still as glass outside the jetties on Saturday

Chris driving her and Randy’s boat

Port O’Connor – no ducks

Harley with decoys

Port Aransas – no ducks

Dinner at Cathy’s

6/27/18 Self-chartered Bay Fishing Trip at Port O’Connor

Yuri Gonzales with her 40″ Black Drum

Yuri Gonzales and Zack Tumlinson with her 40″ Black Drum

Wayne Weilnau with his 38″ Black Drum

Harley Chu with his 37″ Bull Redfish

Binh and Harley Chu with Harley’s 37″ Bull Redfish

Yuri Gonzales with her 35″ Black Drum

Wayne Weilnau with his 25 1/2″ Speckled Trout

Zack Tumlinson with his Speckled Trout

Trout and Redfish for Dinner

6/7/18 – 6/10/18 Self-chartered Bay Fishing Trip at Port O’Connor

Harley Chu and Binh Chu with Harley’s 41″ Redfish

Wayne Weilnau, Harley, and Binh with Harley’s 41″ Redfish

Binh and Harley with redfish

Burl Fulenwider with his 40 1/4″ Redfish

Zack Tumlinson with his 39″ Redfish

Another view of Zack’s redfish

Jim McGee with his 38″ Black Drum.

Yuri Gonzales with her 36″ Bonnethead Shark

Burl Fulenwider with his 28″ Black Drum

Wayne fighting his Jack Crevalle

Wayne with his Jack Crevalle

Mark Moore with his 24″ Speckled Trout

Randy Rowley with his 24″ Bonnethead Shark

Harley Chu with two hardhead catfish

Binh Chu with his gafftop