ʻO ka poʻe lawaiʻa ma ka'āinaʻo Deep South Texas o Willacy e hōʻike iāʻoe ke komo nei nā mea hōʻailona i ke Lower Laguna Madre ma kahi wahi kokoke i kahi mau mile he 23 mai Raymondville mai ka makahiki 1900 mai. I kēlā manawa, ua hoʻopuniʻia kēia wahi'āpana, aʻo ia kahi i kapaʻia ai ka Mō'ī Ranchʻo Redfish Landing.
I ka makahiki 1933, ua liloʻo Redfish Landing i wahi e hiki ai i ka lehulehu ke kohoʻo Henrietta King, ka wahine make a Richard King, i hoʻokeleʻia he mau eka he 197 i ka HuiʻAmelika o Willacy County.
Eia naʻe, ua nui aʻe a emiʻole paha kahi wahi kūpono no nā makahiki hou aku.
Ua hoʻololiʻia nā mea a pau ma hope o ke Kaua Honua II. Ua hoʻokumuʻia ka District Navigation District ma Willacy County i ka makahiki 1948, ke hoʻokumu nei i kahi hui kānāwai e hiki ai ke hana i kī no nā kūlanakauhale kokoke o Raymondville a me Lyford. I ka makahiki 1950, ua hoʻopaʻi ka WCND ma mua o 1,700 mauʻeka, me ka'āina leʻaleʻaʻAmelika Hui Pūʻia ma Redfish Landing, e hana i ka mea i kēia manawaʻo Port Mansfield.
Akā, i kēlā manawa, he'āina ka'Āina o ka Navigation, akā,ʻaʻohe puka wai hāmama i ke kahawaiʻo Mexico. ʻO ia hoʻi, ua hoʻololi kokeʻia.
I ka makahiki 1957, ua hoʻolaʻaʻia ka Mansfield Channel, kahi i kau aku ai i Padre Island ma kahi o 24 mile ma ka'ākau o ke kauhaleʻo South Padre Island. Ma muli o kahi o ka hikina hikina o Port Mansfield, uaʻike nuiʻia kēia pūnaeweleʻo East Cut. Ua hala nāʻene kumu jetty i ka halaʻole, ua hoʻokumuʻia nā hale jetty i kēia manawa i ka makahiki 1962.
Ua hoʻonuiʻia ke ala i 18 kapuaʻi i kēlā manawa.
I kēia lā,ʻikeʻia he mea liʻiliʻi loaʻo Port Mansfield. ʻOiaiʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea i Port Mansfield i kēia mau lā ma mua o ka hale'aunu a me nā'āpanaʻelua,ʻo ia hoʻi, e nā kūlana o ka uluʻana o ka'āina āpau, he kūlanakauhale lawaiʻa hiamoe.
Akā, no nā lawaiʻa a me ko lākou mauʻohana me ka manaolana no kahi wahi liʻiliʻi a me kaʻoihana honua e lawaiʻa me ka mōhaiʻole i nā meaʻoluʻolu o kēia manawa, ua kokoke loa i ka maikaʻi loa.
Ke hāpai neiʻo Port Mansfield i kekahi wahi kaona kūpono i hoʻopuniʻia e ka lima o nā bait stands / marinas a me nā āpau moku. Eia kekahi ma kahi e pili ana i ke awa kū moku he mau hale kūʻokoʻa, a me nā condominiums hoʻolimalima a me ka inoa kaulanaʻo Get-A-Way Adventures Fishing Lodge. He nui nā hale a me ka hale kauhale i loaʻa i ka wai. ʻO Port Mansfield hoʻi he mau helu helu kūpono a he 20 mau minuke wale aku i Raymondville. ʻO ke kūlanakauhale o Harlingen he 45 mau minute wale nō no ka poʻe e nānā ana e hana i ka mea kūʻai aʻai paha ma kekahi o nā haleʻai maikaʻi loa o kēlā kūlanakauhale.
ʻO nā mea a pau o Port Mansfield i nele i nā mea lawelawe,ʻoi aku kaʻoi aku ma mua o ka hoʻokumuʻana i nā manawa lawaiʻa he nui. ʻO ke kumu kumu mua no nā kihi o ke kai ākea, ākea o ka Laau Madre Lae, e holo ana mai ka papaʻo Brazos Santiago, ma ka hema o South Padre Island a me Port Isabel, i ka'āina Kenedy E oki i kahi 20 mile ma ka'ākau o Port Mansfield. Ma kahi lōʻihi,ʻo ka Lower Laguna Madre ke kaʻawale maiʻelua aʻeono mile ka laulā. Ma loko o ke kai kūʻono, hiki i nā lawaiʻa ke hopu i nāʻanoʻano likeʻole me keʻano o nā mea kūpokiʻole (kahi kīpuni kūpilikiʻi), redfish (pahu pahu), kekena, ke poʻo hipa, ka pahuʻeleʻele a me ka uha.
ʻO ka East Cut, kahi e hui pū ana me ka Lower Laguna Madre me ke kahawaiʻo Mexico, ke kau nei i nāʻano lawaiʻa e like me kingfish (ke aliʻi mōneka), nā mea hoʻokanikani Spaniale a me ka hakakā i ka hikiʻana o ka poʻe hōʻailona. Hiki i nāʻoki'āpana ke huli i ka nui o ka hana no nāʻano e like me ka ulana snapper, ling, kingfish, bonito, ka tunaʻeleʻele, ka iʻa, ka tuna melemele a me nā mea'ē aku. Hoʻopiliʻia kēia mau koho hōʻailona e hana iā Port Mansfieldʻo kekahi o Texas 'kahiʻoihana paʻakai paʻakai.