August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery
Tiffanie Bridges, 10, caught this 7-pound largemouth this past June fishing at Silver Lake in Maine. Field & Stream Online Editors
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August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Tommy Tupman of Newport Beach, Calif. caught this 246-pound halibut in Alaska this July.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Bob Ford hauled in this monster muskie out of Deer Lake in Grand Rapids, Minn.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Richard Huck reeled in this nearly 14-pound yelloweye rockfish near Elfin Cove, Alaska.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Jessica Clark, 11, caught this 5-pound smallmouth fishing at Long Lake in Spokane, Wash.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Steve Reisner shot this 38-inch dall ram at 390 yards.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Martin Vezzuto caught this 512-pound thresher shark while fishing 30 miles south of Fire Island Inlet in Long Island, N.Y.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

“Dear Field and Stream, I have been a reader of your magazine for many years but have never had a subscription. My wife got me one this year and I am loving it more than ever. You make an awesome magazine. This photo was taken at the Yakima Training Center in June. I am a Tank Commander of a M1A1 Abrams Battle Tank with Delta Co. 1-161INF. We had gunnery (shooting) this June and I got my F&S; “The Best Ammo” issue just before I headed to the field. I had to take this picture. The round I am holding is a 120mm sabot. This is our main round for heavy armor targets out to a little over 4,000 meters. Yes, all the rounds in your magazine are great, but they’re a little small for what we do. Thanks again for a great magazine!” SGT Petersen
Delta Co. 1-161INF
Washington National Guard
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Bert Downing Jr. caught this salmon during a recent Alaskan fishing trip.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Benjamin Greenland landed this 9-pound silver salmon on a fishing trip to Alaska.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Smith Dewlen shot this nearly 12-foot alligator at Grosse Savanna Lodge in Lake Charles, La.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Rick Barton hauled in this 41-inch pike during a fishing trip to Silsby Lake in Manitoba, Canada.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Drew Lane caught this chinook on the Naknek River outside of King Salmon, Alaska.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Colby Cryer killed this goose the last day of the season in Guntersville, Ala.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Tyler Pockette caught these two big browns out of the Middlebury River in Vermont.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Ryan Bradley, 4, caught his first fish ever, this smallie, on the Tygart River in West Virginia.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Dave Benedict caught this 2-foot dogfish fishing out of the Brown Levee in Demotte, Ind.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

One is not a lonely number for Spencer Kommes, who shot his first turkey on the first day of the season within the first hour of hunting. Luckily, the gobbler had a 9-inch beard, not a 1-incher.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Renee Warden needed help holding up her 55-pound catfish that she caught this past July.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Chris Tennant curls up with his spring bear that he shot in the Blue Mountains of Washington.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Josh Fisher’s 9-pound bass caught in Athens, Texas is almost as big has his newborn daughter.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Samuel Hickman caught this 16-inch rainbow trout at Lake Cuyamaca, Calif.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Logan Cooper from Kaneohe, Hawaii caught this trout during a family trip to Morgan Lake in La Grande, Ore.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Nick Trapp reeled in this 42-inch pike this winter at Twin Lakes in Alaska.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Skiler Hays hauled in this 26-inch landlocked striper from Lake Texoma in Oklahoma.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Daniel Giunta caught this wahoo on a recent deep-sea fishing trip.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

On the same fishing trip, Donald Giunta’s father (see previous picture) caught this nice dolphin.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Ken Streebee caught this largemouth night fishing on Lake Amador, Calif.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Jim Anderson caught this 38-inch northern on a recent trip to Canada.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

David Phenneger hauled this 30-inch channel catfish out of the Northeast River.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Jimmy Kremidas caught and released this redfish surf fishing at Cape Lookout, N.C.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Jerry Hanks and his prize squirrel dog, Tiger, after a good day small game hunting.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Chris Campise caught this 7-pound largemouth at the San Joaquin River in Fresno, Calif.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Brian Isaacson reeled in this rainbow fishing at the Farmington River in Barkhamsted, Ct.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Melissa, with a king salmon she caught while fishing Lake Ontario in New York in July of this year. The fish weighed 24 pounds and was 37 inches long.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Randy Brown from Tempe, Ariz. caught this 40-pound lake trout in Canada’s Grass River this May
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Seven-year-old Shawn Faulkingham, Jr. caught this largemouth bass on his aunt and uncle’s farm in St. Clair, Mo.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Joel Krause sent us this picture from his family’s recent bottom fishing trip out of Newport, on the Oregon coast.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Mark Gobeli of Orland Park, Ill. caught this stringer of redfish in July in Tampa Bay. He was using shrimp for bait.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Jeff Gobeli released this 32-inch redfish in the same area. It was over the slot limit.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Greg Wehler of Grand Rapids, Mich. caught this 21-pound king salmon in Lake Michigan, off Muskegon. He was trolling with downriggers, dipsy divers, and lead-core line.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Eight-year-old Dalton Blanchard shot this hog, his first, near Bunnell, Fla.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Kimberly Gallagher caught this largemouth bass at her fiance’s cabin on Floodwood Pond, near Saranac Lake, in New York.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Robert B. Lee caught this bluegill while fishing at Cowen Lake, Ohio during a -¿Fishing Has No Boundaries’ event this June.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Jonathan Dahlstrom of Pocatello, Idaho, with an elk he took with his bow.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

P.J. Perea’s four-year-old son Phil caught this 11-inch shellcracker in the pond behind the family’s house. And made grandma cook up a panfish lunch for him the next day.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Patrick, from Buffalo, N.Y. caught and released this muskie while fishing in Ontario, Canada. Also shown is his brother Nick.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Tanaya Perpich caught this 53-inch muskie in northern Minnesota. It was her second 50-plus-incher this month.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

Richard Murphy and David Naron caught this 200-pound yellowfin tuna 100 miles off the Alabama/Mississippi coast on a two-pound live hardtail. They hooked up at 7:05 am and finally landed the fish at 11:00.
August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

August Readershots, Part I Photo Gallery

“Dear Field and Stream,
This photo was taken of my fianc¿¿ shortly after we got engaged. She is proudly displaying a 7-pound, 2-ounce bass. She’s also proudly displaying her engagement ring. Two great catches in one photo!” –Chris Skipper