Angry breakers guarded the Devil’s Elbow of Padre Island’s wild and remote beaches. Watch out, others had warned us, or the surf will eat you alive. Billy Sandifer, a three-tour veteran of Vietnam and now a surf-fishing guide, faced the roaring whitecaps...
Billfishing was the perfect pursuit for a man endlessly intrigued with saltwater watching. Saltwater at first sight was Al Barnes’ epiphany. Its many manifestations dazzled the boy newly arrived at the fishing village of Port Isabel on the Texas Coast and became...
