Seventeen-year-old Emily Duin caught and released this good size black drum at San Luis pass out of a boat on a late July morning. Her dad watched her catch, boat and release the fish.

Nine-year-old Werner Bauer caught this four-pound bass, his largest so far, from a farm pond in Hood county.

Winston Pickering was on his first fishing trip with Dad Welton Pickering and his Uncle Jacob Goodale when they boated this nice red.

Ten-year-old William Hilton caught this 24-inch, eight-pound blue catfish from the lake at Benders Landing Estates, in Montgomery County. It was the largest fish this avid young anger has caught, to date.

Fourteen-year-old Brooklyn Polk of Allen shows off the big black drum that she caught while fishing with her family in the Intracoastal Waterway near Port Bolivar. Her catch was definitely the big catch of the trip.

Tim Bradford and his fourteen-year-old son, Keatchie, caught 23 blackfin tuna, one 65-pound yellowfin tuna, a blue runner and 20 vermilion snapper on an offshore trip with Dolphin Dock Charters out of Port Aransas. It was Keatchie’s first tuna trip, and he had a blast.

Katalyna Rivera is pictured petting her first keeper, an 18-inch flounder caught on a pier in Copano Bay. Her sister, Abryanna is on the left, smiling. Katalyna caught it on her 2-foot Minnie Mouse rod.

Logan Kuenstler of Austin caught this 34-inch red while fishing in Rockport with guide Terry Coufal

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