Spring is definitely springing! I hope everyone has been able to take advantage of the beautiful weather this Spring.  Have you noticed all the beautiful Texas Blue Bonnets and Indian Paintbrushes as you’ve been driving around? This is a great annual event and this year it seems to be better than ever. The wet winter […]

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 […]

Kids Fishing Tournament Saturday, May 23 portoconnorchamber.com ABC Fishing Tournament Saturday, June 13 361-572-0299 Pescado Grande Saturday, June 27 the.pescadogrande@gmail.com Cula Roja July 10 & 11 www.cularoja.com Lone Star Shootout July 21-26 www.thelonestarshootout.com Poco Bueno July 15 – 19 Port O’Connor Offshore (POOT Tournament) August 14 & 15 361-648-9326; Fishpoot.com Speedy Stop Kids Fishing Saturday, […]

Got Chicks? Almost! Pairs of American Oystercatchers are incubating eggs at the edge bays and sloughs right here in Port O’Connor & Seadrift. Oystercatchers are distinctive looking birds. With their bright orange bill and eye ring, black head, brown back and white chest they look almost clown-like. Both the male and female incubate the eggs […]