Port o'connor News

Walter Fondren III, the first starting quarterback under University of Texas coach Darrell Royal and a founding member of the Coastal Conservation Association, died Jan.

Not only will you need your umbrella the next few days, but you'll also need to keep it from turning inside-out due to gusty easterly winds.

The financial burden of replacing busted sewer lines will remain the financial burden of homeowners in Refugio, even if that tap is 20 feet below the ground and in the center of the road.

A Small Craft Advisory is in effect as strong winds continue to rake the Texas coast today.

This week's already cold conditions should help soften the blow for freeze-resistant fish seeking shelter in deeper waters.

Originally published January 5, 2010 at midnight, updated January 5, 2010 at 1:40 p.m. 1909 Dec.

Originally published December 30, 2009 at 4:57 p.m., updated December 30, 2009 at 5 p.m. A bonfire on the beach Marsha Smith of Port Aransas, retired Multi-task. I'm going out to Port O'Connor and ring in the New Year and then leave in the middle of the night to go hunting.

Guide Danno Wise said fishing has been up and down in the Lower Laguna Madre over the past week.

Originally published December 20, 2009 at 2:09 p.m., updated December 20, 2009 at 2:10 p.m. Portrait of the artist Name: Virginia Dell Lichac Age: 65 Hometown: Warren, Pa.

The local Wounded Warriors of the Crossroads Area Chapter 3077 Military Order of the Purple Heart wish to express thanks to all businesses that have helped us.

Winds blew hard from the east, northeast early, then subsided by the afternoon. Tides have risen significantly with the easterly winds, which has pushed redfish tight to the shorelines in Trinity Bay.

Guide James Plaag of Silver King Adventures reported limits of trout to three pounds on 10W-40 Bass Assassin Sea Shad and MirrOlures.

High tides rolling in across Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula and a hurricane in the Gulf with a three-lettered name beginning with an "I". Though the two events weren't directly related, it certainly was enough to give some Ike-survivors a touch of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Birds have worked throughout the lake with the light winds. Both trout and redfish have been found under the birds and around slicks.

Officials at Naval Air Station-Corpus Christi have just identified the two instructor pilots lost in the Gulf since Wednesday Afternoon.

The Navy and Coast Guard are looking for the crew of Navy T-34 Training Aircraft Wednesday night.

Aircraft and boats from the Coast Guard, Navy and the Customs and Border Protection department are searching an area from Port Aransas to Port O'Connor, said Brett Dawson, a spokesman for the Chief of Naval Air Training.

The Coast Guard has mobilized a search for the crew of a Navy T-34 training aircraft.

What many considered to be the cold front to kick off the fall fishing season, wasn't. What many thought would be the weather pattern to get birds working over shrimp in East Matagorda Bay, didn't. So, why not? In his weekly fishing report on www.matagordabay.com, guide Tommy Countz referred to warm water temperatures as the culprit.

Guide Mike Williams of Tarpon Express said 20-40-inch redfish are solid in the surf around Rollover Pass on natural baits.