Addison Boyette of Alvin caught her first fish while fishing with her dad, Matthew, at Galveston Island State Park.

Madeline Green is excited about catching her first big redfish, a 27-1/2 inch beast she caught while fishing with her dad, J.D.

Daniel Arispe bagged this big boar while hunting on the Arispe Ranch, near San Diego, Texas.

Bryson Carrasco caught his first bass, while fishing near Fort Hood. The bass was 17.5 inches long with a 12-inch girth. Unfortunately, there was no scale to weigh it.

Twelve-year-old Rivers McConaughey made a great, clean shot to take her second bow buck, a 6.5 year old, while hunting on her family’s LP Ranch in Irion County.

Russell Rector caught this 88-pound blue catfish on 12-pound line while drift fishing with cut bait on Lake Somerville

Four-year-old Stellina Clements poses with her first fish, a nice-sized crappie. She was fishing on Lake Buchanan with her family. She was using a live minnow on her Shakespeare Disney “Frozen” rod.

Cason Crow, left, son of Courtney and Alisa Crow, caught this bass in his family’s pond in Rusk County. Cason was so proud he let his best bud Grayson Holland, right, hold it. Both boys are five years old.

Ty Rangow had never shot anything bigger than a .22 before bagging his first hog, on a hunt with his dad, Kyle, in Llano County. The day before, Ty was with his dad when Kyle got the biggest 8-point of his life. The young hunter is now hooked.

Andy Polk of Bolder, Colorado shows off the huge gafftop sail catfish that he caught near the North Jetty in Galveston the day after tropical storm Bill passed through the area.

While visiting her grandparents during spring break, Ellie Anne Chambers caught her first fish, using her own rod and reel that her “Papa Joe” bought for her. She was so excited, she wanted to go fishing every night she was there.

Fifteen-year-old Preston Kerr caught this 5.6 pound in a private pond in Cypress, Texas.

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