Ten-year-old Haleigh Moehling caught this yellow cat in Brushy Creek in Thorndale.

Lake Sam Rayburn Chase Web (right) caught his personal best bass while fishing with guide Justin Rackley on Lake Sam Rayburn.

Ty Rangnow had never shot anything bigger than a .22 and this was his time. He watched his dad, Kyle, shoot the largest 8 point of his life the day before. Ty was ready and loved every second. Another young hunter is hooked.

Four-year-old Madison Grube caught her first fish, a hardhead, while fishing with her family at Galveston.

Jill Carlin caught this 6-pound, 14-oz., 25-inch flounder on an artificial lure while fishing at Sabine Pass. It was a personal best for her

Beverly Conger caught this 27.5-inch redfish after “the fight of my life” while fishing at Kemah.

Hayden Bush is pictured fishing for speckled trout on Austin Bayou with his “Pops,” Keith Khoury. Keith was teaching his grandson about glow-in-the-dark cocahoe minnows.

Christian Terry caught and released this 38-inch redfish in the Matagorda Channel at Port O’Connor.

Brylan Townley caught this six-pound, three-ounce bass while fishing with his family on Sam Rayburn. He told everyone he had a fish on, but they just kept fishing. When the bass came out of the water, they dropped everything and grabbed a net.

Terry Sims caught this huge trout on her first guided fishing trip, at Port O’Connor.

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