DAVID TASSOS POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA
David tells us he was working a wacky-rigged worm when a monster took off with his lure. “The fight was on!” he says. He estimates this largemouth bass weighed over 10 pounds. Catching the trophy fish did have negative side- effects for David. “I can’t concentrate at work because I’m daydreaming about this lake,” he complains. PHOTO: MATT GUAY
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JONATHAN SNYDER POTOMAC RIVER, VIRGINIA
“We caught a few largemouth early on,” Jonathan’s story starts. But then the bite slowed. When Jonathan switched to a homemade stick bait, his luck improved. “I skipped that lure into every good looking gap between the reeds until I hooked up with this 23-inch bass.” PHOTO: RYAN VALENTINE
one CPR photo with the angler wearing a PFD. The
photographer receives a Mustang M.I.T. 100 Inflatable PFD.
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MADISON BEAVER JEDEDIAH PLUNKERT SUSQUEHANNA RIVER, PENNSYLVANIA
“This crazy looking 20-inch smallmouth had wild colors and strange markings,” Jedediah reports. The same could be said about the angler! PHOTO: JEDEDIAH PLUNKERT
PAMLICO SOUND, NORTH CAROLINA
On her first fishing trip in a kayak, 13-year-old Madison caught this hard-pulling redfish on a four- inch Gulp! under a popping cork. PHOTO: ROB ALDERMAN
BILL SCHULTZ STURGEON BAY, WISCONSIN
AARON STIGER WESTERN LAKE ERIE
“In May and June 2014, I caught over 700 smallmouth bass,” Bill boasts. “More than 50 of those fish weighed between four and five pounds.” Bill says the fish are fattening up on bar gobies. “If you love catching big smallies, head to Door County, Wisconsin.” PHOTO: BECKY SCHULTZ
Aaron caught this 38-inch walleye on a Rapala Deep Down Husky Jerk. “It is my personal best,” he brags, “everyone in the group caught a walleye over 25 inches.” PHOTO: SEAN STONE
COREY GALLOWAY CANEY FORK RIVER, TENNESSEE
Musky are an apex predator, but they don’t come easy. It took Corey three fishing trips before he hooked this monster. “Anytime you get a chance to tangle with a big fish is worth the trip,” he says. PHOTO: COREY GALLOWAY
JORDAN PERKINS PORT FOURCHON, LOUISIANA
“The day before a full moon I had more action than I expected,” Jordan’s report begins. First he caught 12 redfish. Then he scored 10 seatrout and a flounder. “I ended the day with this monster gar,” Jordan says. We blame it on the moon. PHOTO: JORDAN PERKINS
MATT MICKEY UPPER CHESAPEAKE BAY, MARYLAND
This 42-inch monster striped bass gave Matt a wild ride. “I was on my first trip to the Susquehanna Flats,” he writes, “and this was my first striped bass from the kayak.” Matt wasn’t carrying a net, so he had to wrestle the 40-pound fish into the kayak. “That was an adventure!” PHOTO: DARREN GATES
THERESA SOUTHERLAND PORT O’CONNOR, TEXAS
Theresa and husband Ty were filming a webisode of 30MilesOut when she hooked this 24-inch redfish. “Nothing beats an early-morning topwater bite,” she says. PHOTO: TY SOUTHERLAND
BRIANNA KIRBY SPRING LAKE, MICHIGAN
Chris Kirby sent in this photo of his seven-year-old daughter’s trophy largemouth. Brianna was trolling a
Rapala F07 while her dad paddled the kayak. “I don’t know who was more excited,” Chris admits. PHOTO: CHRIS KIRBY
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