My family and I spent the weekend in Port Aransas at the 9th annual Ray Sekula saltwater classic fishing tournament. To be in the tournament is one thing but to get ready for it is another. Being this was our first year to enter the contest we were prepared with a capital P.
There's alot to do to get ready for a day of fishing ...there's rods to reel, bait to buy & trash to talk. Plans were made to host a huge fish fry with all the fish they caught I mean this thing was BIG, we were bound and determined to WIN, WIN, WIN, there were ego's at stake and fish to eat! Go TEAM GO!
My dad, boyfriend and his father competed in this "competition" together as a team. This 3 man team had been preparing for weeks so they set out to do what they came for - they set out to fish!
Starting out on the water first thing Saturday AM they left the tackle box back in the truck (after boating 25 minutes all the way out to their fishing spot) forcing them to go back and get it - you can't fish w/out bait right? Next my dad gets a tad sea sick, so with one fisherman down in our 3 man team it wasn't looking good. But, they move on, they find their perfect spot to fish & my boyfriend throws the anchor overboard to realize nothing was attached to the anchor. So now anchorless they charge on now letting my dad take the wheel of the boat, he will lead the fishermen to victory! uh-oh, what's that? The 3 man team is now on top of a sand bar. Just one more obstacle in this fishing competition and they are running out of time to meet the deadline for weigh-in! BUT after being out in the water for 7 hours with nothing caught worth saving they had back to shore, not even stopping by the weigh-in station they had back to the condo for showers, beers & a/c.
It wasn't all for not though, they qualified and WON the "Hard Luck Award" which they completely deserved since that was all they caught out on the water!
Here are the proud fishermen with their award. Better luck next year!
Here's a view of the Port Aransas beach this morning. The waves seemed a bit more fierce with Gustav coming close by.
Have a great labor day!
Kristin Moran
Specializing in San Antonio & surrounding cities
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