Guide Charlie Paradoski had positioned his boat along the edge of a shell reef so we could quietly make a drift with the wind while working Assassins under Bomber Paradise Popper rattle floats on West Matagorda Bay. The water depth was about 6 feet and the occasional mullet could be seen on the surface. “This […]

Larry Marshall and some friends from Austin Texas come to Port O’Connor every Easter as a tradition and have been coming for many years Pictured above and below are just some of the fish that they caught over the weekend. Above: Kourtney Coveney celebrating her 18th birhtday, caught this drum Easter weekend fishing with her […]

Port O’Connor News Excerpts from The Port Lavaca Wave, April 15, 1954 by Mrs. P.L. Lewis Mrs. A.E. Hawes who has been away with her husband, who has been undergoing treatment, flew home from Freeport with her son last Tuesday. She says it was a little scary up there but they made it O.K. She […]

Dear Family, Friends & Co-Workers, I just want to tell everyone thank you for your thoughts and payers for me before, during, and after my surgery at MD Anderson. And please don’t stop – I need and covet them. I especially want to thank my husband Frank. Not being in good health himself, he has […]

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