Josh Lewis, 11, with his first tom. He took it on the opening day of the Idaho youth hunt. Field & Stream Online Editors
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“This photo is my buddy Jeff with a 46 1/4-inch pike caught in Ontario, Canada.” –Robert L. Connor Field & Stream Online EditorsJoshua Williford caught this 43-inch northern pike on a fishing trip to northern Manitoba. Field & Stream Online EditorsBart DuBois Jr. bagged this turkey with a 9 1/2-inch beard and 7/8-inch spurs this May. Field & Stream Online EditorsJohn Hower shot this Blackbuck on Rainbow Ranch in Hamilton, Texas in February of 2007. Field & Stream Online EditorsJason Herbert holds up a 4-pound, 6-ounce largemouth taken from Lake Osborne in West Palm Beach, Fla. Field & Stream Online EditorsJohn Williamson of Spring, Texas caught this 15-pound striper at Lake Amistad, Texas. Field & Stream Online EditorsScott Swenson caught this 28 1/2-inch walleye at Mille Lacs Lake, Minn. Field & Stream Online EditorsTurner Stuart caught this largemouth, which weighed 8 pounds and was 27 inches long. Field & Stream Online EditorsThis 13-pound, 30-inch bass was caught in DeLeon Springs, Fla. by Keith Abrahamson. Field & Stream Online EditorsSydney Updegrave, 3, hauled this 20-inch brown trout from Clark¿¿s Creek in Dauphin County, Pa. Field & Stream Online EditorsNathan Dillard, 7, far right, watches his mother measure his 10-pound, 8-ounce bass caught out of his grandfather’s pond in Fairburn, Ga. Field & Stream Online EditorsBrad Hanselman downed this gobbler west of McAlester, Okla. in late April. The tom weighed 21 pounds, had a 5-inch beard, and 1-inch spurs. Field & Stream Online EditorsHank Graves hauled this hybrid striped bass from Lake Monroe, Ind. Field & Stream Online EditorsTanner Henderson, 6, caught this carp while fishing with his father at Cuyahoga River in Ohio. Field & Stream Online EditorsAptly named Jeff and Wayne Salmon holding their silver salmon catches from Ayakulik River in Kodiak, Alaska. Field & Stream Online EditorsMitchell Byrd caught this 55-inch wahoo about 65 miles off the coast of Orange Beach, Ala this past Mother’s Day. Field & Stream Online EditorsDavid and Chris Downer of Mason, Ohio caught these two bluegills at the same time. For both of them, it was the first fish they ever caught. Field & Stream Online EditorsCathy Belair hauled this record-sized king salmon out of the Talkeenta River in Alaska on her first salmon trip. The king’s estimated weight was over 60-pounds and measured 53 1/2-inches in length and 29 1/2-inches in girth. Field & Stream Online EditorsTo break up his routine while serving for six months in Iraq, Erik Kobs and a few of his fellow service members would go fishing for a few hours on Sunday. Here is Kobs with an asp he caught. The pictures on the next two slides were caught by guys fishing with Kobs. Field & Stream Online EditorsGlenn Howell poses with his asp. Field & Stream Online EditorsDonald Roberts holds up his carp. Field & Stream Online EditorsMichael Hoskins caught this bass at a neighborhood pond while on leave from serving in Afghanistan. Field & Stream Online EditorsJosh VanHise caught this 25-inch, 6 1/2-pound largemouth bass out of Little Sebago Lake in Windham, Maine. Field & Stream Online EditorsJonathan Dang caught this 7-pound largemouth on a family friend’s private lake in Texas. Field & Stream Online EditorsDanny O’Connor hauled this 16-inch bass out of Keen Lake in Waymart, Pa. Field & Stream Online EditorsJared Avelis introduced his girlfriend, Michelle Jackson, to bass fishing this spring at a local fishing hole near Terra Haute, Ind. Field & Stream Online EditorsMason Daughett hauled this 65-pound king salmon out of the Kenai River in Alsaka. Field & Stream Online EditorsJames Grady caught these hybrids while fishing at Barren River Lake near Bowling Green, Ky. Field & Stream Online EditorsKatlyn Storms shot this tom, her first turkey, this spring. The gobbler weighed 21 pounds, had an 8-inch beard and 1-inch spurs. Field & Stream Online EditorsNate Schuessler won first place at a local biggest gobbler competition with his nearly 24 1/2-pound bird. Field & Stream Online EditorsGreg Thomas shot this nice 10-pointer this past November. Field & Stream Online EditorsCorie Podscheine, left, and his little brother, Josh, managed to each bag a bird this spring while hunting together in mid-May. Field & Stream Online EditorsConnor Bond shot this 8-point Texas Hill Country buck near the community of Driftwood. Field & Stream Online EditorsJamie’s Landau shot this jake, her first turkey, this spring. Field & Stream Online EditorsNate West shot these bighead carp bow fishing in the Platte River near its confluence with the Missouri River. Field & Stream Online Editors
