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SHRIMPING SEASON: A shrimp boat sets sail off Aransas Pass for a shrimping voyage. Shrimping is one of the city’s biggest industries. The town’s Shrimporee festival in September attracts more than 55,000 people with live entertainment and loads of shrimp.

Aransas Pass means water

With choice of fishing spots and kayak trails, town truly is a sea fun spot

By Mike bratten/Caller-Times

If there ever was a town that was synonymous with the sea, it’s Aransas Pass. The fish, shrimp and birds that are abundant here are big draws for tourists and staples of the economy.

Anglers can take their pick of hot fishing spots in Aransas Pass, with saltwater flats, bay fishing, deep-sea charters and piers all about. Speckled trout, redfish, flounder, black drum and sheepshead abound in Redfish Bay, adjacent to town.

Have your catch filleted, then take it to the Crab-N, a restaurant just a few miles outside town on State Highway 35, and they’ll cook it to order for you. Or try their locally caught dishes like snapper, flounder and amberjack.

Kayakers enjoy Lighthouse Lakes Kayak Trail Park — 20 miles of saltwater trails just west of State Highway 361 in northeastern Redfish Bay.

Shrimping is one of the biggest industries in Aransas Pass. Conn Brown Harbor is home to a fleet of shrimp boats.

The town’s Shrimporee festival attracts more than 55,000 people each September with live entertainment and shrimp prepared every way you can imagine. The festival also includes carnival rides, arts and crafts and more.

Bird watching sites in Aransas Pass are at Newbury Park, Aransas Pass Nature Park at 200 E. Johnson St., Conn Brown Harbor and State Highway 361 between Aransas Pass and Port Aransas.

Information: Aransas Pass Chamber of Commerce, (361) 758-2750.