Big Time Summer Fishing
Greetings from the island everyone. I hope everyone is doing well and getting those kiddos ready for their new school year. THANK YOU to all of our wonderful teachers for the great job that you do in educating these children. . . please know that you are very much appreciated.
The summer months mean big time fishing tournaments in our little POC town, and this summer has not disappointed. I always enjoy going down to the Big Jetties on the island, and watching the beautiful deep water fishing boats headed out during the Poco Bueno tournament. On July 19, I settled in at my favorite watching spot and enjoyed seeing over 40 big Poco boats headed out into the Gulf of Mexico to start their fishing journey. The beautiful fishing vessel Smooth Move was the big winner in Poco, bringing in an amazing 720 pound blue marlin. Congratulations guys!
The following week I went back to the Big Jetties and again had a wonderful view to watch over 40 beautiful boats heading out to fish The Lone Star Shootout offshore tournament. The overall winning boat was POC’s own Mechanical Man, and the blue marlin winner was Notorious with a nice 615 pounder. It was fun and exciting watching the weigh-ins of both of these tournaments, and to know that all of the fish that were caught were donated to various food relief organizations, including the Fisherman’s Chapel in POC.
I was also fortunate last week to be at the weigh-in for the POC Shark Hunters Sharp Tooth Shootout, and saw in person, a huge 693 pound, 12 foot Tiger shark brought in by “Team Slick Line”, that easily won this shark tournament. This shark, as well as the others caught, was also donated to various food group organizations, including the Fisherman’s Chapel in POC.
And contrary to rampant rumors that the Tiger shark was caught in 6 feet of water at Sunday Beach Pass, in reality anglers Kerry Henry and Mike Blaha caught the giant shark in 40 feet of water, 1.8 miles out into the Gulf from the beach shoreline near the Big Jetties. It took two hours to land the tiger and stingray was used for bait.
I spent an unplanned extra day on the mainland a few weeks ago when the fuel pump went out in my truck, leaving me stranded in Port Lavaca. Luckily I had the phone number to a mobile mechanic service, A-Tech Mobile Auto Repair, 361-482-9546, and Rich came out and dropped the fuel tank and put in a new fuel pump for me. Rich has done two other truck repairs for me since then. Never ending repairs with older vehicles. This guy does great work and is very reasonable.
I want to thank everyone for your thoughts and prayers for my mom. She is doing better and we are hopeful that she will be returning home in the near future.
That’s it from the island for now, everyone take care and please watch out for those kids heading back to school.
