FISH OF THE WEEK
Time to double on youngsters earning FOTW.
Brandon Stawik, 9, caught a 5-pound largemouth bass on June 16 from Kemper Lakes. His dad, Robert, emailed that it came on a plastic worm.
Brianna Snyder, of Naperville, who turns 12 today, caught her first smallmouth bass on the Kankakee River last week with her grandfather George Peters. Many smallmouth had crawfish in their maws.
Submit nominations on Facebook (Dale Bowman), on Twitter (@BowmanOutside) or by email (straycasts@ sbcglobal.net).