Captain Dee will discuss the evolution of techniques and equipment used in fishing and sportfishing. There will be some live demonstrations of what happens in the cockpit of a sportfishing boat when a fish is sighted, hooked and landed or released.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
About Capt. Dee Wallace
Capt. Wallace grew up in Port Aransas after his family arrived in 1963 when he was eight years old. He worked his way up from a Woody’s dock boy, to deckhand, to licensed captain at 20 years of age. At 23, he had his 500 ton captain’s license. These years put him in contact with many, now-legendary captains. He himself was a captain on one of the pioneering mothership operations, the French Look. He has judged tag-and-release categories for the Deep Sea Roundup for years, along with other tournaments — and was inducted into the Port Aransas Boatmen Hall of Fame in 2023. Capt. Wallace currently is the tournament director at Fisherman’s Wharf and has been a broker for Fox Yacht Sales for more than 20 years.
