Gulf Coast Fishing Tournaments

Fishing Tournaments in Port Aransas, Texas 2009.
3/27/09-3/28/09
Texas Redfish Series
Phone: 210-385-3333
Website: www.texassaltwaterseries.com
 

5/16/09
Anglers on Wheels Tournament
Phone: Jim Blair 210-637-8316
Website: http://www.doorinthewall.org
Woody's 361-749-4795
 

6/06/ 09
CCA Take A Kid Fishing
Phone: 361-749-5252
Website: www.woodys@centurytel.net
Woody's Sports Center
 

6/19/09 - 6/20/09
Powder Puff Tournament (Women Only)
Phone: Woody's (361) 749-5252
Website: http://www.gulfcoastfishing.com
Women only. At Woody's Sports Center.
 

6/26/09-6/27/09
Annual Fishing Break
Phone: Todd Purcell, 512-750-0700
Website: www.annualfishingbreak.com
 

7/03/09 - 7/04/09
Hope Devlin Kid's Fishing Tournament
Phone: Elvia (361) 749-4096
Website:
An annual fishing tournament for kids of all ages.
 

7/09/09-7/12/09
74th Annual Deep Sea Roundup
Phone:
Website: www.deepsearoundup.com
Anglers abound! As the oldest fishing tournament on the Gulf Coast, this is the granddaddy of them all. Categories include bay/surf division, offshore division, and a Piggy Perch contest for the children.
 

7/18/09-7/19/09
Outboard Fishing Tournament
Phone: Kim Hill (361) 749-6211
Website:
All proceeds benefit the Port Aransas Fire Department.
 

7/24/09 - 7/25/09
Blue Wave Owner's Tournament
Phone: Shawn Pipkins (800-432-6768 x 101
Website: http://www.bluewaveboats.com/
Family n' fun tournament.
 

7/31/09 - 8/01/09
Hooked on Youth Tournament, Oink
Phone: Matt-210-695-3016
Website:
 

8/06/09 - 8/09/09
Texas Legends Billfish Tournament
Phone:
Website: www.txlegends.com
 

8/22/09
Texas Women Anglers Tournament
Phone: Sharon Miller at (361) 882-6000
Website: http://www.gofishtx.com/TWA/Home
 

9/11/09-9/12/09
IFA Redfish Tour
Phone: Jerry Stackly
Website: www.redfishtour.com
 

9/25/09 - 9/26/09
Kenner Owner's Fishing Tournament
Phone:
Website: http://www.trackermarine.com/owners/

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ATHENS , Texas —The water temperature may be only 61 degrees, but Lake Conroe is on fire. Thursday afternoon the lake just north of Houston churned out its fourth ShareLunker of the current season, a 13.8-pound largemouth bass caught by Renee Linderoth of Conroe . The big bass is the sixteenth ShareLunker to come from Lake Conroe , giving the lake a solid grip on the number four spot on the list of top big bass lakes in Texas , after Lake Fork , with 240 entries, Alan Henry (25) and Sam Rayburn (23).

 

Linderoth was fishing in two feet of water south of the F.M. 1097 bridge when the fish took a Hula Grub. “I have to give credit to my fishing guide, Ron Higgins of Higgy’s Freshwater Adventures,” Linderoth said. “Without him putting me in the right place and fishing the right way, I would not have caught this fish.”

Higgins also gets credit for the bass being entered into the ShareLunker program rather than being immediately released. Linderoth grew up fishing with her father but had not fished in recent years until buying a boat. “I had not heard of the ShareLunker program and was going to release the fish, but Ron said ‘No, we have to get it weighed and see if it is a ShareLunker,’” she explained.

Shortly afterward the fish was swimming in a minnow tank at April Plaza Marina and ShareLunker program manager David Campbell was on his way to pick it up.

Anyone legally catching a 13-pound or larger largemouth bass in Texas waters between October 1 and April 30 can enter it into the ShareLunker program by calling Campbell at (903) 681-0550 or paging him at (888) 784-0600 and leaving a number, including area code. The fish are used in a selective breeding program at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center aimed at increasing the size and number of big bass in Texas .

CAPTION: Renee Linderoth of Conroe caught ShareLunker No. 462 from Lake Conroe February 26. The fish was 25.125 inches long, 21 inches in girth and weighed 13.8 pounds. TPWD Photo © 2009, Larry D. Hodge

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