Warrior’s Weekend Hero What would cause a trucker from North Lima, Ohio to drive down just to volunteer at the Warrior’s Weekend events? Meet Al Becker, a self-employed trucker. Concerning Warrior’s Weekend he says, “I just come down here to give the veterans one day of pleasure fishing.” It all started in 2013 when Al […]

The Memorial Day Kids Fishing Tournament included 45 entrants this year. Kids were allowed to fish anywhere in POC, except in a boat! All sorts of fish were caught, including pin perch, hard heads, trout and more! Trophies were given in each age group for Most Fish, Biggest Fish and Smallest Fish. Winners for age […]

Summer Island Families Enjoying Beach Time Greetings from the island everyone! I hope that all of you are doing well and surviving this brutal and oppressive pre-summer heat we have been experiencing lately. Oh my goodness, other than between 6-10 am and 6-9 pm, it’s pretty much impossible for my manly sized physique to be […]

Team members from Braskem took a day away from their usual duties at the Seadrift Operations site to cleanup a popular Calhoun County fishing spot. The Coloma Creek Bridge on highway 1289 is so popular that unless the weather is blowing, folks can be found there all times of the day and night. Why this […]

It is late Spring, and the Colonial Waterbird nesting season is in full swing. And not far from Port O’Connor, nearby Chester Island is covered in birds, nests, eggs and chicks. Much of the year, this island is mostly uninhabited except for a healthy population of Eastern Diamondback rattlesnakes. But from February to September, it […]