10-year-old Jeremiah Thomas, of POC, was fishing with John Reneau and Phillip Miller on the evening of July 29, when he wrangled in this 29.5” redfish. Jeremiah is especially proud as he caught this one by himself and did not get any help aside from a landing net. Even more impressive is that Jeremiah caught […]

In January, Helios Ochoa started his GT project in 2nd-grade. He planted watermelon seeds with high hopes of growing a HUGE watermelon. This particular species of watermelon grows oblong fruit that has reached over 200 lbs! We knew we would not grow a watermelon that big here on the coast, but Helios wanted to see […]

Port O’Connor Chamber of Commerce Summer is coming to an end and the kids are headed back to school. The Chamber had a busy summer with the Kids Fishing Tournament, Kite Flying Contest, Fourth of July fireworks, and then our annual Golf Cart Scavenger Hunt. The Scavenger Hunt, rescheduled from November 2020, was held on […]

POC Farmer’s Market Saturday, Sept. 11 8:00 – 12:00 Kingfisher Beach Pavilion