Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 5, 1978 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 7 - NO. 29 - PRICE 15 CENTS ON MUSTANG ISLAND, TEXAS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1978
OCT. 1977 - MARCH 1978
PORT ARANSAS
BAY-
SURF
MONTHLY
FISHING CONTEST
FOR THE HEAVIEST
REDFISH
FLOUNDER
SPECKLED TROUT
Registered At The Official
Weigh Stations:
BILMORE & SON
DOLPHIN DOCK
FISHERMAN’S WHARF
NETTIE’S BAITS
WOODY’S BOAT BASIN
-RULES-
1. Entrants must be guests or residents
in Port Aransas. A Port Aransas ad-
dress will be required.
2. Fish must be caught on rod and reel.
3. In case of a tie in fish weight, the
longest fish will be the winner.
4. Fish must be caught in the Port
Aransas area, and weighed fresh.
5. No angler may win more than twice
in the season contest.
6. A new contest begins the first day of
each month.
$35 CASH PRIZES
Contest Sponsors
B - B Lounge and Pizza
Beachhead Apartments
Beachway RV Park
Betty’s Liquor Store
Bilmore & Son
Bomarito’s Tr. Pk. & Ice House
Brundrett Taxidermist
Capn’s Cove Restaurant
Chicken Koop
Coral Cay Condominiums
Deep Sea Headquarters
Dolphin Dock
Double Barr Cottages
Executive Keys
Family Center
Fisherman’s Wharf
Glenn’s Marine & Auto
Ice Box
Island Exxon
Island Pharmacy
Island State Bank
Mark Grosse Realtor
Mora Marine Service
Mustang Telephone Co.
Nettie’s Baits
On the Beach RV Park
Port Plumbing
Rock Cottages
Schlitz Beer
Sea Isle Village & Island Retreat
South Jetty
Tarpon Inn
U-Phil
Wildfire Restaurant & Lounge
Woody’s Boat Basin
DECEMBER WINNERS
FLOUNDER — Bill Black, New Orleans, La., 10 lbs.
TROUT — Jerry Maurer, Port Aransas, 7Vj lbs.
REDFISH — C. A. Roble, Mineral Wells, Tx., 32‘/t lbs.
c.j. plummer photo
Work to Start on Island Water Line
Marine Lab
In Rockport
Open Again
To Public
After being closed for over a year
for renovation, the Texas Parks
and Wildlife Department’s Marine
Laboratory is again open to the
public.
The laboratory’s primary use is
for feeding and tagging experi-
ments using native saltwater
species — currently the aquarium
is being used to test shrimp tags.
But the laboratory has always
been popular with the public —
between 15-20,000 people per
year visit the facility.
Current visiting hours are 8:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday
through Friday except on state
holidays. The laboratory is open
on weekends from Memorial Day
through Labor Day.
New Record
Set Here
For Biggest
Barracuda
The Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department recently certified a
new saltwater state record barra-
cuda, caught by Henry Ed
Foerster of Universal City on July
24 The fish weighed 46‘/j pounds
and was caught 26 miles south-
east of Port Aransas. The former
record was held by Mark E. John-
son of Houston with a 45-pounder.
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The administrative paperwork
for construction of the “loop”
water system is now nearly com-
plete, with the local water district
directors’ awarding of the con-
struction contracts for the $1.9
million job on December 30th.
The final step is contract approval
by the Economic Development
Administration (EDA) that has
granted just over $1 million to the
district for this project that will tie
the local water system to the
Corpus Christi line on north Padre
Island, and triple the amount of
water now available to Mustang
Island and Port Aransas. The sole
water source at present, that
some days runs just below
capacity, is the 1.5 million gallon
per day capacity pipeline system
from the San Patricio District, in
Aransas Pass.
Two construction contracts for
the job. to be completed in one
year, were awarded. King Fisher
Marine Service of Port Lavaca,
provided the low bid of $865,125
for construction of the five water
crossings involved in laying the 20
inch water line on the southern
end of Mustang Island. And the
remainder of the pipe, pump and
storage tank construction went to
Mercer Construction Company, of
Edna, for their low bid of
$1,036,919.
By contracting with some of the
large landholders on the island,
who previously were not eligible
to receive water service from the
District, about $800,000 has been
accumulated by the District for
enlarging the line and storage
capacity of the system to serve
these tracts. For example, the
originally planned 16 inch line
size was raised to 20 inches, and
plans are in the works to change
the 100.000 gallon storage tank to
a 1 million gallon tank.
The funds accumulated include
$528,000 payment from Flato
Corp. to make 800 of their 1760
acres eligible for service. The
Mustang Bay Co., that was to
have paid $132,000 did not come
up with the money by the 30th,
and will apparently have to begin
negotiations on a new contract
with the District. 88 acres of
Wilson Estate lands provided a
proportionate share ($94,000) of
the costs, were annexed by the
District, on the 30th, and are now
eligible for water service. The
Estate also provided an acre of
land for future District storage
tanks, along with the 1.2 acres
granted by the Flato Corp. out of
its tract.
Owners of all involved tracts
have agreed in contracts to the
District to submit to Port Aransas
building codes and inspection, as
well as various deed restrictions
and prohibitions against sand
dune destruction.
An early participant in the
system, the Mustang Island State
Park, would have had to construct
its own water supply line if it had
not entered the loop water
system.
Local taxpayers, last year,
approved $750,000 in bonds for
financing the system construction.
As of press time, the City of
Corpus Christi had approved on
two readings, a contract to
provide water to the “loop” sys-
tem. that involves Corpus Christi
gaining ownership and mainten-
ance responsibility of the section
of the line from its tap to the
north end of the State Park,
where w ater sill be metered to the
local water district for distribution
on Mustang Island.
The completed system will be
capable of delivering some 4.4
million gallons of water to the
Island per day.
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Frishman, Steve. Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 5, 1978, newspaper, January 5, 1978; Port Aransas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth623724/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ellis Memorial Library.