South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 10, 1972 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. 2 — NO. 5 — PRICE TEN CENTS PORT ARANSAS ON MUSTANG ISLAND, TEXAS
FISHING
WATER EXCHANGE PASS IS OPEN
AUGUST 10, 1972
Much to everyone’s surprise,
the dredge crew included, the
new Mustang Island Water Ex-
change Pass, south of Beach
Access Road 2, was broken open
by a high tide and heavy surf
last week when the dredge still
had a distance of about 50 feet
to cut. Fishermen are already
lining the banks of the pass that
cuts all the way through the Is-
land, connecting Corpus Christi
Bay with the Gulf of Mexico.
The Island Road bridge over the
Pass is only 7 foot clearance,
and boats have been excluded
from the entire pass. Biological
and geological studies of the pass
are under way by the Texas
Parks and Wildlife Dept, and
researchers from the U.T. Ma-
rine Science Institute at Port
Aransas. Among other things,
the use of the pass as an avenue
of fish migration between the
Gulf and the bay is being stud-
ied, since, in theory, this pass
is also a fish pass.
Fishing in the Gulf had been
fairly slow for a while, but be-
ginning last weekend, every-
thing really shaped up. The
water out to about 20 fm. was
clear green and there were king-
fish everywhere. Nearly every-
one who fished had at least one
fish on the whole time they
fished. The charter boats
brought in some tired, but very
happy parties who were able to
hang up a box full of kings, and
a few ling each. The head boats
were all catching good fish. The
Wharf Cat, Lady Lorene, and
Marlin Queen II had lots of
kings. The Blue Heron had a
snapper trip on Saturday and
again on Sunday and brought in
about 100 pounds of snapper and
king each day and had a sailfish
on Saturday. And the Janice did
well on her over-night snapper
trips. The new Marlin Queen
made a family and friends trip
on Sunday, and the few who took
time out of the partying to fish
caught a good load of kings.
Of note was Herbie Kessler’s
78 pound Wahoo, on the Blue
Water two weeks ago. It was
the biggest landed here this
year, and not too far from the
87 pound state record.
Three Agencies
TAX RATES SET
Recent budget hearings by
the three local governing
agencies, The City of Port
Aransas, the Port Aransas In-
dependent School District, and
The Nueces County Water Con-
trol and Improvement District
No. 4, have resulted in the set-
ting of the 1973 tax rates. Valu-
ations, representing 50 % of
real appraised value, differ
for the three agencies due
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The new Marlin Queen tied up at the dock last Saturday after leaving the shipyard in Biloxi Miss,
where the 90 foot party fishing boat was built. The steel boat has an air conditoned cabin, is pow-
ered by turbocharged Caterpillar 343’s, and can run at speeds over 20 knots. The Marlin Queen
will be making 3 Gulf fishing trips daily from the Marlin Queen Dock in Port Aransas. Trips arc at
<s a.m., 2 p.m., and 7 p.m. Price is $7 per person, and special family and military rates are available.
La|ira!^ alternating duties on the biggest party fishing boat in town will be Hoot Beavers, Tom
McNatt, and Bubba Milina.
1972 BILLFISH - JULY 25 - AUG. 2
B—
-Blue Marlin
W—White
Marlin
S—Sailfish
7-22
B
J. Nelson
release
Gulf stream
7-25
S
Danny Adams
7’6
45 4
Ospray
7-26
S
Terry Cook
7’4
43'/z4
Miss Amy
7-26
S
rrank Shumati
6’3
25 4
Milan
7-27
S
W. Green
7’3
Bofus Too
7-29
S
G. Gilhair
6’6
Mo Misery
7-30
S
Cliff Speigle
6’3
34'/,4
Sea Hav'k
7-30
S
J. Elliott
7’1
42 4
Honey Doo
7-27
S
G. E. Adams
release
Mo Misery
8-2
s
Janet Combs
6’9
56 4
Glen Martin
7-29
s
Curly Johnston
7’6>/,
56 4
Boat Named Sue
8-5
s
Marlene Gordon
6’7!/|
25 4
Sea Urchin
8-5
s
Daniel Gorena
7’31/,
Blue Heron
8-5
s
Mrs. Ann Watson
7*1
37'/,#
Scamp
8-6
s
Les Strieber
7’1
37 4
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1972 Totals: Blue Marlin 44;
White Marlin 12;
Sailfish 77.
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to each having a different size
area of control. The area of the
City of Port Aransas is the
smallest of the three and is in-
cluded in the other two districts.
1973 tax rates and valuations
are as follows:
City of Port Aransas:
Tax Rate $1.33 per $100.
Valuation $11,216,749.00
Water District:
Tax Rate $1.10 per $100.
Valuation $14,002,072.00
School District:
Tax Rate $1.55 per $100.
Valuation $19,601,537.00
The tax rate for the City and
the School District has remained
unchanged from 1972 when tax-
es underwent an average in- j
crease of 26%. Valuation for.
the City increased this year by
about $1.2 million .But for the
school district, valuation only
increased by about million
dollars. This smaller increase is
due to a decrease in oil and gas
production in the school dis-
trict during the past year.
The tax rate set by the water
district is $.05 per $100 less than
the $1.15 rate set last year. Wa-
ter District valuation increased
in the past year by about $1.4
million. This includes an in-
crease of nearly $110,000 in oil
and gas and industrial valuation.
The tax rate of $1.05 reported
in the last issue of South
Jetty was announced by the
Water District on the basis of a
Water Board motion that car-
ried, but an unsigned resolution.
Upon reconsideration on August
2, the Water Board in a special
meeting, set the 1973 rate at
$1.10 in a signed resolution. And,
at that, the District will have
to dip into the surplus fund for
about $8,000 to pay bond obli-
gations in the coming year.
In the same special meeting
on August 2, the Water Board
voted to award a contract of
$60,542.10 to Cactus Utilities
Co. for construction of sewer
laterals as part of the 11th St.
sewer projects, mostly in the
Shibui Sands Subdivision area.
Sewer lines in the vicinity of
Station St. and Ave. M were
eliminated from the expansion
i plan due to lack of funds.
Parks and Wildlife Department
WRITES DREDGE SPOIL POLICY
AUSTIN — WThat do you do used,
with dredge spoil, sweep it un- Each spoiling operation should
der the carpet? be evaluated on the basis of the
Dredging and spoiling is done type of spoil, depth and impor-
by the U.S. Corps of Engineers, tance of water over the spoil
industry, land developers and site and the spoil’s effect on
private concerns to provide current or water movement,
navigation through shallow es-! A minimum of bay bottom is
tuaries. I to be covered by dredged materi-
The Texas Parks and Wildlife al and existing dumps to be used
Department regularly reviews whenever possible,
plans for dredging and spoiling In valuable shallow water, the
and often issues permits for such construction of permanent le-
activity. ees to retain the spoil will be
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A Day’s Tarpon Fishing For Two On The South Pier In The Early
50’s.
Department field personnel
are called upon to inspect dred-
ging sites and recommend pro-
cedures to minimize damage to
valuable fisheries habitat.
Up until the recent Parks and
Wildlife Commission meeting,
department personnel had no
guidelines or written policies to
assist them in evaluating work.
The department staff, with
commission approval, determin-
ed that spoil from dredging ope-
rations should be placed on shore
avoided because it will eventual-
ly convert large portions of bays
into dry land. Where the volume
of spoil is such that a levee is
necessary, the department will
recommend that the spoil be
placed on shore or removed from
the bay.
There are many instances
where spoil islands are taken
over by “squatters” and new
spoil sites must be found and
more habitat ruined.
Spoil islands created should be
whenever possible and that valu- retained for that purpose and
able marshland should not be | the appropriate level of govern-
ment should take action to see
that the islands remain free of
shacks and camp structures.
Continuous spoiling to make
a lengthy barrier across a body
of water will alter water circula-
tion, lower water quality and
interrupt fish migration pat-
terns. To offset these effects,
spoiling may be alternated to
opposite sides of the channel or
sufficient openings left to per-
mit water exchange.
New or greatly enlarged spoil
areas should be placed in waters
at least four feet deep whenever
physically possible.
Toxic spoil will be placed on
shore and the disposition of
such spoils will be coordinated
with the Texas Water Quality
Board.
The Texas Gulf Coast estu-
aries are vital nursery’ grounds
for many major species of food
and game fish. They also repre-
sent valuable feeding and rest-
ing areas for many forms of
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To abuse them with indiscrim-
inate dredging and spoiling
would be to destroy the liveli-
hood of thousands of Texans and
curtail the pleasure of millions
more.
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Frishman, Steven & Reeder, Suzanna. South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 10, 1972, newspaper, August 10, 1972; Port Aransas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth623686/m1/1/?q=+date%3A1945-1972: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ellis Memorial Library.