The National Day of Prayer is next week – Tuesday, May 3. As a Nation, we must come together, call upon Jesus to guide us through unprecedented struggles, and thank Him for the blessings of freedom we so richly enjoy according to His grace, mercy, and kindness towards us. We must, as a people, return to the faith and hope of our fathers. The ancient paths of great men were blazed in prayer; the humility of the truly great men of history was revealed in their recognition of the power and might of Jesus to save all who call on His great name.

Our Church has started our Men’s Prayer & Coffee meeting each Tuesday morning at 7:30 a.m. The men meet for about 30 minutes and pray for our Nation, Church Family, Port O’Connor, and our planned Revival in September. All men are invited to join.

Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 13 and the Church will be honoring all mothers and presenting corsages to our oldest and youngest mothers. Attend church with your mother this Sunday! Many of us wish we could!

Everyone in Port O’Connor and certainly our Church, are looking forward to the upcoming “Warrior’s Weekend” on May 18 and 19. Everyone must do everything possible to insure a fantastic weekend for our Heroes.

Our Vacation Bible School will be June 11 to June 14., Doesn’t seem possible that there is only one more month before school is out for the summer! The Vacation Bible School this year will be “Amazing Wonders – Aviation”. It will be an interesting and exciting time for all children in PreK through the 6th grade.

The Children’s Summer Camp at Palacios Baptist Encampment, a great summer camp for children 3rd through 6th grade, will be June 19-21. You must register as soon as possible. Registration forms are available at the church. The children will depart Port O’Connor on Monday, June 18 and return on Thursday, June 21.

The Youth Camp this year will be at Camp Zephyr June 25-29. Candice Stryker is in charge of this camp.

See you in church Sunday!

ATTENTION: Fun-Loving Ladies!!!!

DO NOT FORGET that the next Bunco Party will be Tuesday Evening, May 1st, beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the Meeting Room of the Community Center. Greeting you as Hostesses will be Joyce Jordan, Debbie Busby, and Sue Kubecka, and with the crazy imaginations of those gals, well who knows … !

For further information, check with Shirley Gordon at the Library. See you on May 1st!

Kimberly Wofford of Austin caught this New State Record Catch and Release Sheepshead on March 4, 2012 in Matagorda Bay. The 23” fish was caught on live shrimp.

The idea behind the catch and release category is to recognize anglers who release their catch and may not have a scale available on the boat to obtain a certified weight before letting them go.

If a certified weight IS available, and the fish is released alive, an angler could possibly receive both a Catch and Release Record and a weight record for the same catch.

To sum it up, its been windy, very windy. We’ve had a few frontal passages with 25 knot North wind and then 25 knot Southerly wind between the fronts. It has been pretty uncomfortable fishing but the catching hasn’t been too bad. Its just a matter of finding a place to hide.

The bays are holding great numbers of glass minnows and mullet and the trout are showing up in mass to take advantage of them. Soft plastics and live shrimp have been responsible for some nice boxes of trout. Reds in the bays have been fair along the shorelines. Topwaters have been a bit difficult to work consistently due to the wind.

I’ve fished the lakes a few times over the last 2 weeks but haven’t had much luck, a red here and a drum there has been the standard lately. I’ve tried soft plastics and live shrimp with pretty spotty results. Drifting has been a little tough due to the wind; did I mention it has been windy?

Getting across the big bay to the jetties has been a rough, wet proposition on many days. Once you get there you just have to find a protected spot. The sheepshead have been there but the real big ones haven’t been showing up. Slot Reds are pretty good. Some trout are in the mix and most of them are big, 22+ inches. Sharks have been around as well lately. We have also caught Pompano, Spanish Mackerel and grouper.

In the photo above, Elias Gonzales and Lauren Deshong of San Antonio caught a bunch of really nice fish on their first saltwater fishing trip.

Capt. Bob Hill
Port O’Connor Charters
(361) 983-4325
www.fishportoconnor.com

Dale Bunting and his daughter Payton enjoyed a great day fishing Port O’Connor waters.

Chrystal Seymour, here with her biggest trout yet…28.5 inches and reaching almost 8lbs. She was fishing out of Baffin Bay with a well known guide that also fishes out of POC, Capt. Chad Peterek. She caught it using Gambler lures wading.

Chrystal has entered her fish picture to Piscavore Sportswear Co. photo contest for the month of April, and she needs your help winning. Please go to the following Facebook page and “like” her picture. She is in the lead but the contest doesn’t end till the end of the month.

http://m.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=410781792283908&id=131104456918311&set=t.723045157&__user=723045157