CATCH PHOTOGRAPH RELEASE


CHRIS COLOSIMO TEWKSBURY, MASSACHUSETTS


Kayak Angler web editor Ben Duchesney dragged Chris out of bed and put him into a kayak. New to kayak fishing, Chris caught this personal best chain pickerel on Rapala’s Shadow Rap jerkbait. “An early morning catch in a kayak makes the 5 a.m. cold totally worth it,” he said. PHOTO: BEN DUCHESNEY


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CALLOWAY RABB PARIS, TENNESSEE


Craig Dye sent in this photo of Calloway’s huge 23.25-inch bass from the Kayak Bass Fishing Open in Tennessee. "This was my personal best largemouth and won me the Big Bass title at the event," he says. PHOTO: CRAIG DYE


PABLO HEIN PENINSULA DE NICOYA, COSTA RICA


“Big jacks, roosterfish and cubera snapper can't resist our subsurface action and we found some big schools of blackfin tuna,” says Pablo of Sea Kayak Adventures. He passed this greeting: “Wishing tight lines from Pura Vida land!" PHOTO: ALEXANDER GRAHAM


BRAD UHL KENTUCKY LAKE, KENTUCKY 70 … KAYAK ANGLER 70…KAYAK ANGLER


Brad was fishing the Hobie Bass Open on Kentucky Lake when he hooked into this bass on a topwater Spook. “Not bad for my second time fishing out of a kayak,” he says. Brad finished in fifth place in the tournament, catching a 20-inch bass right after releasing this one. PHOTO: BEN DUCHESNEY


CALLIE SHUMWAY STEPHEN FOSTER LAKE, PENNSYLVANIA


“Three of us caught 15 bass in just an hour,” Callie recalls. The anglers were working the edge of the lake with soft plastic jigs. “The real treat was a bald eagle flying overhead,” she says. PHOTO: SPENCER PUZAK


TOM “SIC YAKKER” PHILIPPI PENNS GROVE, NEW JERSEY


“This was the first bass of my five-bass limit to win the South Jersey Kayak Bass Fishing Club tourney,” says Tom. His sixth year with the club, this was the first time he caught a limit and won the tournament. PHOTO: DENNIS ROBINSON


TROY MEYERHOEFFER TWIN LAKES STATE PARK, VIRGINIA


After a nasty winter, Troy drove south to fish the Seventh Annual Yak Attack Charity Tournament. “I knew it was a big fish right away because she charged and spun the kayak.” PHOTO: BEAR WENZEL


CHRIS CARLISLE SHEYENNE RIVER, NORTH DAKOTA TIM MOORE BELGRADE LAKES, MAINE


“On the first cast I landed a pike around four pounds,” Tim remembers. “Not long after that I caught another slightly bigger.” His total for the five-hour trip was four pike landed, two lost and two missed. PHOTO: CHUCK FRITZ


After seeing the fish follow his fly to the boat and then refuse it, Chris switched to an Evolve baits Vibra Grub in a black red flake. “A few casts later and she hit hard,” he says. The fish broke his rod, but he managed to reel in the 40-inch musky. PHOTO: MATT NELSON


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