Fishing – Coastal
7/22/21 – 7/24/21 Self-chartered Bay Fishing Trip
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- Burl Fulenwider with his 33 1/2″ black drum
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- Burl and his 31 1/2″ black drum
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- Randy Rowley and his 27″ black drum
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- The current on 7/22/21
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- The current on 7/24/21
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- It was calm at the jetties on the evening of 7/23/21
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- Some of the boats that almost swamped the Rowley’s on 7/22/21
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- 7/24/21 sunrise
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- 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
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- Zack Tumlinson and his 33″ bull redfish
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- Jim McGee and his 31″ redfish
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- Zack and his 31″ bull redfish
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- Jim and his spinner shark
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- Randy Rowley and his 27″ redfish
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- Randy Rowley and his approximately 19-inch-long speckled trout
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- Chris Rowley and her approximately 18-inch-long speckled trout
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- Chris fighting a trout
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- Daryl Shipper, Burl Fulenwider, Randy Rowley, and Chris Rowley with Randy’s redfish and their 13 speckled trout
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- The catch from Captain Marty’s boat
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- Lunch at Cathy’s
4/16/21 – 4/18/21 Self-chartered Bay Fishing Trip at Port O’Connor
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- Blake Lieb with his 40″, 36 lb. black drum
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- Zack Tumlinson with his 34″, 22 lb. black drum
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- Blake Lieb with his 40″ bull redfish
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- Blake Lieb with his 38″ bull redfish
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- 4/16/21 evening
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- 4/18/21 morning
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- The mangroves appear to be toast
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- More dead mangroves
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- 4/19/21 morning – most boats stayed in port due to high winds
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- 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 44″ black drum
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
Sunset
Storm
6/28/19 – 6/30/19 Bay Fishing Trip to Port O’Connor
John Freeman with his 40″ Jack Crevelle
John with his 25″ speckled trout
6/2819 – 6/30/19 Bay Fishing Trip to Corpus Christi
Ryan Rowley with his 24″ black drum
Randy Rowley with his 21″ black drum
Ryan Rowley with his ladyfish
Ryan Rowley with Randy Rowley’s sea turtle
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
Saturday’s sunrise
Saturday’s sunrise again
Saturday’s sunset
Saturday’s sunset again
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
4/13/19 sunset
Sunrise 4/14/19
Blue Angels on 4/13/19
Ian and Jim McGee at Doc’s Restaurant
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)
4/12/19 Bay Fishing Trip to Aransas Pass (Fin & Feather)
Binh Chu with his 42″ black drum
Brad Burgtorf with his 42″ black drum
Mark Moore with his 40″ black drum
Mark with another big black drum
Binh and Mark with their redfish
Mark and Binh again with jetty carts and their redfish
Binh and Mark’s redfish
Mark with his personal best speckled trout
Binh with speckled trout
Bonnethead shark
Sheepshead
Pufferfish
4/9/19 Bay Fishing Trip to Port O’Connor
Wayne Weilnau’s three keeper speckled trout
2/22/19 Bay Fishing Trip to Port O’Connor
Mark Moore with his bull redfish
Bobby Beall and Daryl Shipper with their redfish
Jim McGee with his 21 1/2″, 6 lb. sheepshead
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
10/13/18 Bay Fishing Trip near Port O’Connor/Port Alto
Fishermen
Binh Chu with a black drum
Binh with a redfish and a trout
Binh with two redfish
Binh cleaning a redfish
They were throwing back slots and upsizing!
7/21/18 Jen and Ronnie Ross
7/11/18 Chris Rowley with her 28″ long thresher shark at Port Aransas
6/30/18 Ronnie Ross with one of his nephews and their catch
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 Weilnau with his 28″ Jack Crevalle
Wayne fighting his Jack Crevalle
Wayne with his Jack Crevalle again
Wayne Weilnau with his 24″ Redfish
Mark Moore with his 24″ Speckled Trout
Randy Rowley with his 24″ Bonnethead Shark
Harley Chu with two hardhead catfish
Binh with his gafttop
6/10/16 – 6/12/16 Self-chartered Bay Fishing Trip at Port O’Connor
Chris Rowley with 21″ Redfish
Burl Fulenwider with 18″ Redfish
Randy Rowley and Burl with hardheads
Going back to Port O
Chris with Gafftop
Chris with hardhead
Randy, Burl, and Chris
Trevor Shipper with rock fish
Trevor with redfish
3/12/16 – 3/13/16 – Redfish Bay near Aransas Pass at the Fin N Feather
3/12-3/13/16 – Mark Moore
3/12-13/16 – Mark Moore with his Black Drum
11/21/15 Port Aransas Fishing Trip
Earl Prochnick and Randy Rowley
6/26/15 – 6/28/15 Self-Chartered Bay Fishing Trip
Shark cloud
Trevor Shipper with black drum
Tim Price and friends
Binh Chu’s crew
Fish on!
Mark Moore
Binh Chu’s drum
Unhooking the drum
Fish aren’t the only things to hit lures
Harley and Binh Chu
Harley Chu
6/28/15 – Harley Chu & Roger Tran
8/02/14 – Guided Fishing Trip – Galveston Bay
Bruce Crockett & Justin Sheffield
Luke Rogers
Redfish
Bruce Crockett
Bruce Crockett, Luke Rogers, Justin Sheffield – morning’s catch
Catch grilled that evening
6/21/14 – Port Aransas Fishing trip
Chalrles Batts with 140 lb Hammerhead shark
Charles Batts & CB Hardware employees
4/25/14 – 4/27/14 – Shelf Chartered Bay Fishing Trip
Darryl Shipper’s group
Trevor Shipper
Trevor Shipper
4/19/14 – Cabo San Lucas
Bihn Chu at Cabo San Lucas
3/28/14 – Port Aransas
Mark Moore with his 50 lb. Black Drum at Aransas Pass
11/16/13 – Bay Fishing
Mark Moore & Miquel 40 inch black drum
Mark More and redfish
11/16/13 – Trevor Shipper – 39 inch redfish
7/14/13 – Port Aransas
Trevor’ Shipper’s stingray near Port Aransas
Daryl Shipper cleaning a shark
Daryl and crew near Aransas Pass
Daryl Shipper
Daryl Shipper
12/14/12 Deep Sea Fishing Trip
Adam Koch
8/31/12 – 9/2/12 Self-chartered Bay Fishing Trip at Port O’Connor
Port O’Connor jetty
Tim Price fighting redfish
Tim Price with 40″ bull redfish
Chris Rowley with blacktip shark
Daryl Shipper and bull redfish
Daryl Shipper with blacktip shark
Tim Price landing redfish
Rockfish
8/06/12 – Corpus Christi
Ashley Howard with Redfish