Fish of the Year Page 3

Photo by Outdoor Life Online Editor

One Fine Day
Eight-year-old Dylan McKinsey (bottom right) was fishing with his grandpa at western
Kentucky's Clear Creek when this 51/2-pound largemouth struck his spinnerbait. Says Dylan, "It was one of the best days of my life."

Tag Team
Brothers Garrett (right) and Marshall Brancy combined their efforts to land this
17-pound coho from New York's Salmon River.
Garrett hooked the fish on a green fly he tied himself and Marshall reeled it in.

All by Himself

James David Smitherman III caught this bluegill on a cricket while fishing with his
father and uncle one spring morning
at a small pond in Prattville, Ala. James's
father says, "He was so proud of reeling
in the fish all by himself."

Who Invited the New Guy?
Eric Snavely is a relative newcomer to the annual fishing trip a bunch of friends take each year to eastern Ontario. Snavely caught this 13-pound northern pike on a crayfish-colored Pulsator spinnerbait in
20 feet of water off a rocky point.

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