Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 11, 2013 Page: 1 of 64
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Full Fourth
The beach was packed and so were
city streets and the Island Road
as visitors flocked to Port Aransas
for the four-day Independence
Day holiday. More than the usual
number of vehicular accidents were
recorded, lots of children were lost
and found on the beach, and police
were kept busy answering calls
about illegal fireworks. For more
Dhotos from the holiday, turn to
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The captain and crew of the Mojo out of Port Aransas were winners in the first Gulf Cup Fishing Tournament that
featured competitors from South Padre Island to Key West, Fla. on Thursday, July 4. Fishing on the Mojo with
Capt. Brian Phillips, angler Allen Latham reeled in this 501-pound blue marlin that was weighed in at Fisherman s
Wharf as fireworks boomed in the background. The trophy and bragging rights will stay in Port Aransas for a
year. From left are mate Brad Goodrich, Phillips, mate Jack Kenworthey, Latham, mates Tyler Bralley and Ryan
Smith and Ty Bralley, a captain who accompanied the group.
Anticipation is high for the
78th Deep Sea Roundup, which
starts Thursday, July 11, with
registration.
Fishing in all divisions is
Friday and Saturday, July 12
and 13, and the Bill Horn
Memorial Fish Fry and awards
lunch is Sunday, July 14.
Whether those who fish are
more excited than those who
watch the fish weighed in is a
toss-up. Both offer plenty of
excitement.
The tournament is open to
anglers of all ages, and so are
the weigh-ins. It is sponsored
by the Port Aransas Boat-
men, Inc., and proceeds fund
various scholarships for Port
Aransas High School gradu-
ates and community related
projects.
Tournament chairman Dave
Sullivan said he would like to
recognize the Boatmen who
have died this year, including
Ira Rathbun, Bo Horn, Larry
Hurt and Wally Mayer.
Sullivan also is focusing
on the orgin of the Deep Sea
Roundup as the Tarpon Rodeo
in 1932.
However, he said, “Lots of
folks never knew about the
original Tarpon Club, which
started about 1898.”
“Florida is not where sport-
fishing for tarpon started, but
rather it all started around the
mid 1800s, with Port Aransas
being one of only a couple of
premiere locations that the
more affluent sportmen visited
to pursue the new craze of big
game sportfishing,” Sullivan
said.
Sullivan is sponsoring a spe-
cial tarpon category this year
to commemorate the tarpon.
See ‘ROUNDUP,’ 12A
Kid catches
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Roundup, from changes
in the rules to fishing,
weigh-in times and
much more.
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Water
RESTRICTIONS
Stricter water
restrictions go into
effect on Monday in
Port Aransas.
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Kids won bikes and
boogie boards at the
Hope Devlin Kids’
Fishing Tournament on
Saturday, July 6.
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Back on Hoard
After breaking his neck a year ago,
Joe Wilson is surfing running again
Mended
Thirteen months after suffering a broken neck in a surfing
accident at Packery Channel, Joe Wilson is pretty well
healed up. He has gone surfing again and is planning to
run in the New York City Marathon Nov. 3.
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Dan Parker
Reporter
Thirteen months after
suffering a broken neck, Joe
Wilson is back.
He has gone surfing again,
and he’s back to long-distance
running. He is registered for
an upcoming marathon and
has every confidence he’ll
finish the 26.2-mile race.
Wilson, a 57-year-old
financial advisor, figures
a combination of physical
and spiritual factors are
responsible for the speed, the
strength and the very fact of
his recovery from an injury
that nearly killed him.
“It’s got to be ... the grace
of God - He must have
something else out there for
me in life - and the fact that
I must have been in excellent
physical condition (before
the injury),” said Wilson, who
lived in Port Aransas from
2003 to 2012. He currently
lives in Corpus Christi and is
planning to move back to Port
Aransas soon.
Wilson broke his neck June
14, 2012, while surfing on
the north side of Packery
Channel. He ended a ride by
diving off his board, a move
he’d made hundreds of times
in his long experience as a
surfer.
But, this time, he did it
awkwardly and in water that
was only about a foot deep.
“I still don’t know how
I managed to come down
right on top of my head like
a pile driver,” he said. “I think
it’s like this: You drive back
from a vacation 100 miles
away, you get within a mile of
your house, you stop paying
attention, being careful, and
you have a car wreck.”
His head slammed into the
sand bar. The blow felt like
an electrical shock shooting
up and down his spine. But
he didn’t lose consciousness.
He lay in the water, one arm
hanging over his board, for
half a minute, trying to figure
out what he’d done to himself.
He knew he was hurt, but he
wasn’t sure what the injury
was. He thought it might be a
concussion.
Slowly, he stood, picked
up his board and started
walking to his truck. He didn’t
have a his cell phone with
him, and he wondered if
he should ask someone to
call him an ambulance. He
decided against it. He figured
that if he could make it to the
truck, he was in good enough
shape to drive.
He put the board in the
truck and eased himself inside
as slowly and carefully as
possible. Keeping his back and
neck as straight as possible, he
drove himself about 11 miles
to Corpus Christi Medical
Center - Bay Area.
It wasn’t an easy drive.
“I caught myself
whimpering and moaning,”
he recalled. “My body was in
a huge state of shock.”
He pulled into the
emergency room parking lot,
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