HomeLifePhoto Gallery: Anglers flock to SPI for historic fishing tournament
19-month-old Briggs Birkelbach cries while holding his catch of piggy perch as his three-year-old brother Owen holds up his own catch of piggy perch and catfish Saturday afternoon, August 6, 2022, during the Texas International Fishing Tournament at the Southpoint Marina in Port Isabel. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)
Jaxon Wernecke struggles to hold up the 13.6 pound black drum he caught that day Saturday afternoon, August 6, 2022, during the Texas International Fishing Tournament at the Southpoint Marina in Port Isabel. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)TIFT Dock Crew volunteer Elizabeth Campos gets 9-year-old fisherman Hannah Watts’s catch of whiting measured and weighed Saturday afternoon, August 6, 2022, during the Texas International Fishing Tournament at the Southpoint Marina in Port Isabel. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)TIFT banners decorate the docks as competitors bring their boats in to have their catch weighed and measured Saturday afternoon, August 6, 2022, during the Texas International Fishing Tournament at the Southpoint Marina in Port Isabel. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Texas State University – San Marcos graduate student Joe Kuntz takes a tissue sample of a competitor’s red drum to check its mercury levels for his research Saturday afternoon, August 6, 2022, during the Texas International Fishing Tournament at the Southpoint Marina in Port Isabel. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Competitor Emilio Villarreal measures his redfish on his boat before handing it over to the dock crew for the official weighing and measuring Saturday afternoon, August 6, 2022, during the Texas International Fishing Tournament at the Southpoint Marina in Port Isabel. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Dock Crew volunteers weigh and measure competitors day’s catches from the bay Saturday afternoon, August 6, 2022, during the Texas International Fishing Tournament at the Southpoint Marina in Port Isabel. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)A competitors weigh-in basket is filled with red drum Saturday afternoon, August 6, 2022, during the Texas International Fishing Tournament at the Southpoint Marina in Port Isabel. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Competitors and dock crew congregate at the official weighing and measuring station Saturday afternoon, August 6, 2022, during the Texas International Fishing Tournament at the Southpoint Marina in Port Isabel. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)19-month-old Briggs Birkelbach cries while holding his catch of piggy perch as his three-year-old brother Owen holds up his own catch of piggy perch and catfish Saturday afternoon, August 6, 2022, during the Texas International Fishing Tournament at the Southpoint Marina in Port Isabel. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Competitor Nathan Fulks gives his caught trout some air before throwing it back into the bay following the weighing and measuring Saturday afternoon, August 6, 2022, during the Texas International Fishing Tournament at the Southpoint Marina in Port Isabel. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Competitor Robert Conn carries a kingfish off the boat to be weighed and measured Saturday afternoon, August 6, 2022, during the Texas International Fishing Tournament at the Southpoint Marina in Port Isabel. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)A 55 pound blacktip shark caught by competitor Ryan Maza is weighed Saturday afternoon, August 6, 2022, during the Texas International Fishing Tournament at the Southpoint Marina in Port Isabel. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)TIFT Host Caroline Miller poses for a photo with brothers James and Isaiah Garza and their catch of mangrove snapper, redfish and speckled trout Saturday afternoon, August 6, 2022, during the Texas International Fishing Tournament at the Southpoint Marina in Port Isabel. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)
