Joan Conway was crappie fishing at Lake Fork when she caught this 8-pound, 9-ounce lunker. The bass was her biggest fish, ever. Her secret? “Minnows, perseverance, wearing pearls, and luck.”

Thirteen-year-old Parker Jarvis landed this eight-pound largemouth with a white spinnerbait while fishing with his “Papa” on Lake Tawakoni.

Ten-year-old Sam Neves of Corpus Christi caught this catfish while fishing with his Uncle Thomas Reding at the family ranch in Karnes County.

Nine-year-old Grayson Holland shot this sow hog… get this …out of his bedroom window!

Five-year-old Lilly Fontenot caught her first redfish while fishing with her grandparents in Aransas Pass.

Monica Stem caught this 34-inch redfish while fishing at Port Mansfield.

Alyce Haynie caught this five-pound speckled trout at the Sabine Pass Jetties.

Dr. Walter Peddy took this eight-point buck while hunting with his sons at Garrison. Both boys also got their first bucks on the hunt.

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