Kasuwanci a yankin Willacy dake kudu maso Yammacin Texas suna gaya maka cewa masu kusanci suna zuwa Lower Laguna Madre a wani wuri mai nisan kilomita 23 daga Raymondville tun farkon shekarun 1900. A wancan lokacin, wannan karamin wuri ya kewaye, wanda a wancan lokacin ne aka kira King Ranch a matsayin Redfish Landing.
A 1933, Redfish Landing ya zama wuri mai amfani da jama'a lokacin da Henrietta King, matar marigayi Richard King, ta mallaki 197 acres zuwa Willacy County na Amurka.
Duk da haka, ya kasance mafi ko žasa kamar wata mahimmanci don wasu shekaru da yawa.
Wannan duk ya canza bayan yakin duniya na biyu. An kafa Willacy County District Navigation a 1948, wanda ke haifar da tsarin shari'a wanda zai iya samar da tashar jiragen ruwa ga biranen nan na Raymondville da Lyford. A shekara ta 1950, WCND ta hukunta fiye da 1,700 kadada, ciki har da ƙasar da aka bari a ƙasar ta Redfish Landing, don ƙirƙirar Port Mansfield a yanzu.
Amma, a wannan lokaci, Yankin Kewayawa suna da ƙasa, amma babu wani ruwa mai budewa zuwa Gulf of Mexico. Wannan, ma, zai yi canji ba da daɗewa ba.
A shekara ta 1957, tashar Mansfield Channel, wadda ta haɗu da garin Padre Island, kimanin kilomita 24 a arewa maso gabashin garin Kudancin Padre, ya keɓe. Saboda shi ne wurin da ke gabas da gabashin Port Mansfield, wannan tashar tana da masaniya da East Cut. Bayanin '' jetty 'na asali ya riga ya kasa, an kafa tsarin jetty na yanzu a wuri a 1962.
Har ila yau an kara tashar wutar lantarki har zuwa ƙafa 18 a wannan lokacin.
Yau, kamar alama Port Mansfield ya canza duka kadan kuma mai yawa. Duk da cewa akwai shakka fiye da Port Mansfield a yau fiye da gidan kaya da wasu shacks, shi ne, ta hanyar yanayin ci gaba na jihar gabas, har yanzu ƙauyen ƙauye ne.
Amma, ga masunta da iyalansu suna sa zuciya don rashin jin dadin rayuwa da kullin duniya ba tare da yin sadaukarwa ta yau da kullun ba, yana kusa da cikakke.
Port Mansfield a halin yanzu yana shahara da kyakkyawan tashar jiragen ruwa kewaye da kundin tsaye / marinas da jirgin ruwa. Har ila yau, gaban filin tashar jiragen ruwa yana da gidajen gida mai yawa, har ma da masu hayar katako da kuma mai suna Get-A-Way Adventures Fishing Lodge. Akwai gidaje da koli masu yawa a cikin ruwa. Port Mansfield kuma yana da adadin cafes kuma yana da ɗan gajeren minti 20 zuwa Raymondville. Birnin Harlingen yana da minti 45 ne kawai ga wadanda ke neman yin cin kasuwa ko cin abinci a ɗakin cin abinci mai kyau na garin.
Duk abin da Port Mansfield bai samu a cikin abubuwan da ke da kyau ba, sai dai ya fi dacewa da damar samun damar kifi. Abinda ya fara samowa ga mazauna yanki shine ruwa mai zurfi na Lower Laguna Madre, wanda ke gudana daga gundumar Brazos Santiago, a kudancin kudancin Padre Island da Port Isabel, zuwa Kenedy Land Yanke kimanin kilomita 20 daga arewacin Port Mansfield. Tare da tsawonsa, Lower Laguna Madre ya bambanta daga biyu zuwa shida mil fadi. A cikin kogin, masu kifi zasu iya samo nau'in nau'o'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'i kamar ƙuƙummaccen ƙugiyoyi (redot), snook, sheepshead, drum black and flounder.
Yankin Gabas, wanda ya haɗu da Lower Laguna Madre tare da Gulf of Mexico, yana jawo nau'o'in yanayi irin su kingfish (sarki mackerel), Mutanen Espanya da makamai masu linzami. Masu haɗin gwiwar waje sun samo yalwa da yawa ga jinsuna irin su jan abin da ake yanka, ling, kingfish, bonito, tuna tuna, kifi, tuna tuna da sauransu. Duk waɗannan zaɓuɓɓukan angling sun haɗu don yin Port Mansfield daya daga cikin 'yankunan mashin teku na Texas.