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Invite them bank! Fried, blackened, peel-and-eat, every day back home. Invite them day back home. them every day back home. Invite them toto joinevery you next season! WeInvite would loveto bacon-wrapped…I love it all! joinyou you next season! Wemore wouldthe love next season! We would love join you next season! We would love to join have them join us. The Hto otowhave ehave v e r,them I n join ejoin v e rus. k nThe eThe w tmore hmore e the them join us. the to have them us. The more the merrier! importance of wild-caught shrimp and merrier! merrier! merrier! how big of a business shrimping is in ThisTexas. September, we will host our South That is, until I will went on Thisnot September, we willhost host our This September, our This September, we will host our second, soShrimp annualwe (thanks to the the Texas Gold Tour. 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It’s Janette Baertsch’s upfront declaration made the tuned as we announce our travel tuned tuned as as we we announce announce our our travel travel definitely not magic! plans. Leyva, the Texas Gold boat guide, offered detailed insight Special toGulf Welcome Home RGV plans. plans. recent visit to Brownsville’s Texas Gold wild-caught plans. Specialto WelcomeHome HomeRGV RGV Special Special totoWelcome Welcome Home RGV I hope you’ll join us on one of our into various aspects of the shrimping industry. shrimp all the more intriguing. Texas Gold Shrimp Tours. They are It has been a real pleasure to serve Topics addressed: the length of the shrimping season, t seems like only yesterday we It has been a real pleasure to serve It has been a real pleasure to serve It has been a real pleasure to serve Baertsch is originally from the Texas Hill Country. 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Safe travels, Y’all! • Safetravels, travels,Y’all! Y’all!••• us at Welcome Home RGV look by] Welcome Home has been so Safe Safe travels, Y’all! us at Welcome Home RGV Welcome Home RGV look “That’s why [Tours us at Home RGV look addition to Tours by Welcome Home RGV’s line-up (after forward your return. Plans are “It’s like exploring my home state fun,” Baertsch shares. forwardto toyour your return. Plans return. Plans are forward to return. Plans are We’re just connecting the dots, We’rejust justconnecting connectingthe thedots, dots, a hiatus since 2016). We’re We’re just connecting the dots, all over again!” And the reviews are in. “The owner was so personable, FAREWELL WINTER TEXAN SEASON FAREWELLWINTER WINTERTEXAN TEXANSEASON SEASON FAREWELL FAREWELL WINTER TEXAN SEASON CONTINUED ON PAGE >> CONTINUEDON ONPAGE PAGE4444>> CONTINUED CONTINUED ON PAGE >> and boy did he teach us some things!” says Baertsch. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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