Aside from the sometimes extreme heat, our Texas shorelines offer some really great fishing fun during summertime. It’s this time of the year when one of my very favorite types of fishing generally turns on strong around here – shell. Fishing the many shell pads available in San Antonio Bay (SAB) during late June, July, […]

While hanging out at Clark’s Marina and bait camp I watched my friend and local guide open his fish box and I saw a good catch of specks and reds and drum that his party caught this morning. All of the specks were nice size and one was 27 inches long. When asked why it […]

NOS Special Projects has developed, in collaboration with the National Geodetic Survey and NOAAs Coastal Services Center, a new tool to view NOAAs collection of historical shoreline surveys. The NOAA Historical Shoreline Survey Viewer provides access to a large number of historical shoreline surveys conducted by NOAA and its predecessor organizations. About 7,800 surveys, the […]

You can tell Summer is here. We have 90+ temps, big crowds, full parking lots at the boat ramps, lines at Speedy Stop and lots of boats going to Sunday Beach. Memorial Day brought lots of people to town and the weekend after was about the same. Everything was orderly and I didn’t see any […]