Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 7, 1983 Page: 1 of 18
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Nine fishing tournaments
scheduled this summer
The first of nine fishing tourna-
ments scheduled so far in Port
Aransas this season will be held
June 4.
The season opener will be the
sixth annual Petticoat Fishing Tour
nament for women only.
This tournament drew 129 entrants
last year. Overall winner was
Dorothy Casias of Somerset. She
also placed first in three categories:
trout, redfish and pompano.
Scheduled for June 11 is the
Anchorline Saltwater Fishing Touma
ment. In 1982, over 100 fishermen
competed in this event. The Cap
tain’s Pot was divided between Mike
Frank of Port Aransas and C.L. Moss
of Aransas Pass.
The Port Aransas Masters Fishing
Tournament will be held this year on
June, 17, 18 and 19.
Forty-nine boats participated in
last year’s Masters. Top prize for a
440 pound blue marlin was won by
John Uhr II in his boat Bastante out
of Rockport.
The 16th annual Texas Champion-
ship Billfish Tournament is sched
uled for June 24 , 25 and 26.
Registration will begin at 2 p.m.
June 24 at the Port Aransas Civic
Center, 700 W. Avenue A. Fishing
days are June 25 and 26. The same
.basic rules as last year will apply to
this year’s contest.
In Dtst year’s tournament, the top
prize went* to Troy Giles and the
crew of the Brokeer. They won with
a 493-pound, bounce blue marlin.
Their three marlin N*«>n the points
total of 867 pounds of fish.
The 48th annual Deep Sea Round
up, oldest fishing tournament on the
Texas coast, will be held this year
July 4 through July 8.
Entrants may pre register by
sending $65 per person, checks
payable to the Port Aransas Boat-
man's Association Inc., to Deep Sea
Roundup Pre registration, Attention:
Wayne Kirby, chairman, P.O. Box
501, Port Aransas, 78373.
Registration here on opening day
will be $70 per person.
On July 4, the Roundup activities
will include a boat parade, a beauty
contest, and registration.
July 5, 6 and 7 will be fishing
days. Special activities are being
planned for July 6, and the trophies
will be awarded July 8.
Last year's Deep Sea Roundup
champion was Barbara Furiow of
Port Aransas, topping 630 other
contestants.
She won with a 50 pound, 3-ounce
sailfish and a 57-pound, 2-ounce
white marlin, both on 12-pound test
line.
The ninth annual Outboard Fishing
Tournament will be held July 15, 16
and 17.
This tournament is the only one on
the Texas coast for boats powered
exclusively by outboard motors.
Inboard outboards, jet boats or air
boats are not allowed to participate.
Pre registration fee for the out
board contest is $30 per angler if
sent before July 13 to Box 541, Port
Aransas, 78373.
On registration day, July 15, the
fee will be $35 per person. The fee
may be paid at the Port Aransas
Civic Center from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
July 15, and from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m.
July 16 at the City Harbor Office.
The registration fee includes two
buffet dinners. Guest tickets will be
$12 for each dinner.
Proceeds from the tournament will
go to the Port Aransas Indies Fire
Auxiliary.
I^st year’s Outboard Tournament
winner was Darrell Smith of Corpus
Christi with a 53.1-pound ling.
Registration for Woody’s Ladies
Fishing Tournament, also known as
the Powder Puff Tournament, will be
on July 22. Fishing day for the
tournament, for bay fishing only, will
be July 23.
Woody’s Kingfish Tournament will
begin July 28 with registration day.
Fishing days are July 29 and 30.
This contest is a team-fishing
event. The three largest kingfish
caught in the two days will win
money prizes. Trophies will be given
for five other types of fish. There will
be a dance on the final day of the
tournament, July 30.
The 10th annual Dean Hawn
Memorial Billfish Tournament is
scheduled this year for Aug. 11, 12
and 13. This contest is named for the
late Dean Hawn, who was a noted
Port Aransas billfisherman.
Registration for this event will be
Aug. 11. Fishing days are Aug. 12
and 13.
There will be a seafood dinner and
dance Aug. 13, featuring the Joe
Douglas Band from New Orleans.
About 100 boats are expected to
participate in this year’s competition.
Last year 80 boats were registered.
One had to drop out at the last
minute, and another had problems
on opening day and the contestants
on that boat never got a line wet.
This misfortune led to a Hard Luck
Trophy for Bubba Milina of Port
Aransas and the Miss Vicky B. II.
Overall winner of the tournament
in 1982 was John Maupin of Corpus
Christi. He won with a 282 pound
blue marlin, boated on the Prime
Interest. Maupin’s winner was also
his first billfish.
The Tom Teller Invitational Tour
nament has been held in October. No
schedule has yet been announced for
that contest this year.
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Fishing Tip
Several fishermen have indicated that a gafftop run has started. They
also said that the best results were obtained using shrimp for bait.
Weather
Ilie extended forecast for Mustang Island calls for cloudy skies with
a possibility of rain either Friday or Saturday. High temperatures will
be in the 70s and lows in the 50s.
Beach
The beach is in good condition, both moderately clean and the sand is
packed well making driving easy. 'Hie seawater temperature is about 64
degrees.
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Bemd linsmever of Frankfurt, Germany spent a lot of time just kicking around the Port Aransas
beach this past weekend. linsmever and two of his soccer-plaving friends were vacationing here the
past week. The three are members of a soccer team in German* and spent much of their time
practicing on the beach.
Two incumbents lose
Voters favor longtime residents in city election
Voters in last Saturday’s general
election for three seats on the Port
Aransas City Council seemed to favor
longtime island residents over the
cindidates who have resided on
Mustang Island only a few years.
Place 1
The results of the race for the
Place 1 seat in the April 2 election
could be considered a prime exam
pie. In that race. Tom McNatt, an
island resident for more than 20
years, easily defeated two other
candidates, including incumbent Bill
Cofield, who have not lived here so
long.
McNatt won his race by gamering
268 votes, 53 percent of the 515 cast.
McNatt won the seat outright and no
runoff will be required.
Cofield, who has lived in Port
Aransas for five years, had 116 votes
or 22 percent. The other candidate,
Jim Lynn, who has lived in the city
for four years, had 123 votes or 24
percent.
‘Tm sure glad I won, but I was
kind of surprised. I was expecting a
runoff," McNatt said after the
election.
Cofield said that he "wasn’t
terribly surprised" by the result.
"It’s difficult to go through what
this council's been through as far as
balancing the books. We weren’t
able to accomplish any new projects.
It’s been a frustrating time," Cofield
said to explain his lack of surprise.
The outgoing councilman also
commented that he felt the rather
low voter turnout hindered his
chances for at least a runoff election.
Place 3
The race for the Place 3 seat was a
similar story, except in that race two
longtime island residents "bumped"
the incumbent off the council, and a
runoff election will decide which of
the two earns the seat.
The two longtime residents. Pat
McNamara and write in candidate
Ralph Keene, will face each other in
a runoff election Saturday, April 23.
McNamara, who has lived here
"off and on" for most of his life, was
the top vote getter in the race with
206 or 41 percent. Keene, who has
lived here for more than 10 years,
received 170 write in votes or 34
percent of the total. Tinnin. who is
serving his first term as a council-
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MclNiiinnra
man, received 128 votes or 25
percent.
"Ai! i can say is that I left them a
balanced checkbook," Tinnin said
upon learning of his defeat.
“Td just like to thank the 206
souls who voted for me. F m real
pleased and real surprised,"
McNamara said, adding that the
public support he received despite
his lov key campaign makes him
more anxious for the job now than
ever.
“Tm real proud of it." Keene said
the day after the election. He added,
"Tm real surprised that I drew that
man) votes as a write in."
PI arc* 5
The race for the Place 5 seat also
pitted two longtime island residents
^ \ man*
against a relative newcomer incum
bent. However, in that race the
incumbent. Allan Wymore. sue
ceeded in capturing the most votes.
He will have to win a runoff election
with one of the longtime residents,
Jimmy Barr, to maintain his seat.
Wymore received 206 votes or 41
percent, while Harr was a close
second w-ith 187 votes for 37 perrent.
Nettie Mayfield, the third candidate,
received 111 votes or 22 percent.
“I think I did very well. Tm
pleased," Wymore said when learn
ing the results of the election
Wymore added that he thinks both
his runoff contest and the one
between McNamara and Keene will
be very close.
"Barr has been here a long time
and has a lot of friends," Wymore
said in discussing the upcoming
runoff.
lie maintained that he is confident
that he can wan, however.
Barr, who has lived here for most
of his life, also said he was pleased
with the results of the election and
also thinks it wall be a competitive
runoff election
Mayfield, who has lived hero for
more than twenty years, was the only
longtime resident to be defeated in
the election. though either
McNamara or Keene will lose in the
runoff.
Zoning
In summing up the election issues,
both the incumbents who were
defeated were zoning advocates.
Wymore, though an advocate of
zoning, had more problems with the
proposed ordinance than any of the
other present councilmen.
McNatt was very outspoken
against the proposed zoning ordi
nance, saying it was too long and
that the issue should be decided by
referendum. McNamara and Keene
both indicated they favored zoning
but felt. also., that the proposed
document snouid oe simpler any uiai
the issue should be decided by the
voters
Wymore is an advocate of zoning
but voted against the proposed
ordinance at one point when it was
being considered because he did not
airree with the portion of the
ordinance dealing with mobile
homes Barr, like the other longtime
resident candidates, feels the docu
ment needs to be shortened and the
issue decided by the citizenry
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Wallace, David. Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 7, 1983, newspaper, April 7, 1983; Port Aransas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth623525/m1/1/: accessed March 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ellis Memorial Library.