Jose Quintanilla caught this 28-inch redfish in the Bayport Ship Channel in Houston, using live crab.

Taylor Wilson caught a mess of crappie last Spring Break while fishing on Choke Canyon.

Parker Martin was fishing with his dad on a pier in Palacios when he hooked into a fish with his Zebco reel with 10-pound test line on it. The fish headed out to the bay and he and his dad followed, running down the pier. After about 30 minutes they were able to land the 37-inch red—his first. He has been hooked on fishing ever since.

Douglas Brumble caught this 55-pound, 3-foot 6-inch blue catfish on the Trinity River at night. He caught it on cut shad with an Abu Garcia 5500 on a 7ft All-Star rod. The fish was weighed and measured then released!

Brandon Pfleiderer and James Pfleiderer show off their catch from an offshore father and son fishing trip out of Galveston aboard the Capt. John.

Joseph Trevion caught this 26- “beast of a redfish” while kayak fishing on the Laguna Madre. He caught the red on a Super Spook Jr (bone).

Britton Budnik caught her first fish, a largemouth bass at Joshua Spring Park in Kendall County. The smile says it all. She’s “hooked!”

Josh Elliott and friends caught blackfin tuna, tile fish, kingfish and and heck of a good time (and a sore crew!) on a recent offshore trip.

Four-year-old Richard Couch III caught this bass in his local church pond. Nearly five now, He started catching bass on plastic lures when he was three. Now he can cast the bait, finesse the line, set the hook and reel the fish in all on his own. Every single time he gets a fish his face lights up like a Christmas tree.

Chris Lawson caught this 23-inch speckled trout on a soft plastic lure wadefishing in Baffin Bay, while dodging heavy rain clouds all day long.

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