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RAF VARGAS LA CYGNE, KANSAS
Raf caught this long-nose gar on his last fishing trip before winter. “It was a rush, especially landing this prehistoric beast and not getting its teeth sunk on my calves,” he laughs. PHOTO: RAF VARGAS
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LEE YOUNGBLOOD MATLACHA, FLORIDA
Lee found reds and snook feeding in two feet of water.
“The tide was coming in,” says Lee, “and it was an overcast and windy day that turned into a beautiful afternoon.” Lee used a speckled chartreuse Saltwater Assassin paddle tail to catch this 30-inch red. PHOTO: LEE YOUNGBLOOD
GLENDA DENNISON CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA
Glenda caught this bull red drum on a Gulp! jig. “This was her maiden paddle in her new Jackson Kayak Cuda 12,” writes husband, Jim, “and this was the first fish she ever hooked, fought, landed, unhooked and released solo.” PHOTO: JIM DENNISON
RICK MORALES IRVING LAKE, CALIFORNIA
12…KAYAK ANGLER
Rick caught this eight-pound, 11-ounce rainbow trout while trolling a night crawler on a fly. “My buddy Blake Higgins called me to say the fish were biting on the other side of the lake,” recalls Rick, “I paddled over and landed this beauty.” PHOTO: BLAKE HIGGINS
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LIAM CALLAGHAN LANARK VILLAGE, FLORIDA
Jeff Suber sent this photo of his buddy Liam with a fat redfish.
“We were fishing Lanark Village where the U.S. military practiced for the D-Day invasion,” Jeff writes. The pair were sight casting to reds with Aqua Dream Living’s Gold Spoon. “The tide was coming in and the water was extremely clear.” PHOTO: JEFF SUBER
COLIN BELLE MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN
COBY PAWLOWSKI PINE ISLAND, FLORIDA
“This is a brown trout that I caught during the Super Salmon Kayak Tournament,” says Colin. He caught the trout 15 feet off the bottom in 180 feet of water. Colin finished second in the tournament with a king salmon that he caught later the same day. PHOTO: COLIN BELLE
Coby used a soft-plastic paddletail to catch this redfish, his first over 30 inches. “There was a cloud of silt where the other reds in the group spooked,” he adds, “but this one chased my bait and then ate it.” PHOTO: CONRAD FIOCCA
ROBERT “YAK’N’AGGIE” FIELD DEVIL’S RIVER, TEXAS
MARCO BERTRON LAKE ONTARIO, NEW YORK
Marco was fishing for salmon as the fish staged to make their spawning run. “The day started hot,” he says, “after I boated two nice salmon on a Storm Thunderstick.” Following a noon siesta, the bite was on again. “I bagged this 32-pound king salmon on a black and purple Rapala J-plug.” PHOTO: STEPHEN BERTRON
“On the first day of my five-day, four-night kayak fishing and camping excursion down the legendary Devil’s River near the Mexico border, I landed a new personal best smallmouth bass,” writes Robert. “Smallies are rare in Texas, but they are plentiful in the Devil’s River.” PHOTO: ROBERT FIELD
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