Michael Ober (holding fish), Pittsburgh, earned a Catch-and-Release Award for this 44-inch northern pike. He caught the fish last August on a crankbait in Sugar Lake, Crawford County.

Mel Swab, Elizabethville, shows the 5-pound, 10-ounce brown trout he caught in Wiconisco Creek, Dauphin County. The fish measured 22 inches long.

Virginian Richard Krause caught this 4-pound smallmouth bass while working a 3/8-ounce spinnerbait on the Juniata County portion of the Juniata River last April. He earned a Commission Catch-and-Release Award for the 20-inch fish.

John Dondero and his two sons, Tyler (left), 6, and Alex, 2, show the 17-inch, 3 1/2-pound smallmouth bass that John caught in the Susquehanna River at New Cumberland.

Guaroa D. Ariza, Poland, OH, is proud of the 9-pound, 11-ounce walleye he caught last July in Lake Erie. The fish, which hit a crankbait, was nearly 33 inches long.

While fishing for bluegills in a northcentral Pennsylvania pond, Donnie Smith, age 5, caught this 32 1/2-inch channel catfish. He landed the brute with no help from his Dad! The catfish weighed 21 pounds. Donnie weighs 42 pounds.

Tony Korch, Nanticoke, caught this 7-pound, 6-ounce largemouth bass last July while fly fishing in Sylvan Lake, Luzerne County. The 23-inch bass hit a home-tied hair frog. The bass is Tony's largest fly rod-caught fish in over 50 years of fly fishing!

Glenn Roth, flanked by his angling partners, holds the 35-pound striped bass he caught last June in Raystown Lake. The action took place six days before Glenn's 14th birthday.