The BenYehuda family holds a fishing contest each summer during their annual Adirondack vacation. This year Karen BenYehuda, of Westvale, crushed the competition on Inlet’s Fourth Lake with a monster rock bass.
BenYehuda’s rockie stretched the tape to 2 ½ inches, just half an inch shorter than the nightcrawler she used to catch it. Second place came in around the 1.5-inch mark.
Barak BenYehuda, Karen BenYehuda’s son and family spokesman, described competition this year as “fierce.”
Younger brother Bo “certainly put out the most lines with the least success,” observed Barak, while his younger sister, Elmore, was, he said, “more focused on tanning than fishing.” Barak also praised his older sister, Liat, for doing the most to “dress the part” despite being the least-skilled angler in the family.
Grandmother Ann Clifford judged the contest.
12-year-old Landon Mills of Liverpool recently reeled in this super 4-lb smallmouth bass and 5-lb walleye while fishing with this father and grandfather on the St. Lawrence River.Danny Liedka
Meet 12-year-old Landon Mills, an avid angler from Liverpool who fishes every chance he can get. He was fishing the St. Lawrence River recently with his father and grandfather when he reeled in a super 4-lb smallmouth and a wonderful 5-lb walleye that both gobbled up a spinner/worm combo.
Brian Davis, of Skaneateles, caught a couple of nice Skaneateles Lake walleyes recently, measuring 19 inches and 23 inches.Brian Davis
Brian Davis, of Skaneateles, caught a couple of nice Skaneateles Lake walleyes one a recent summer morning while trolling Mepps spinners in 35 FOW on the east shore. One fish measured 19 inches; the other 23 inches.
Jack Rohlin, 13, of Marcellus, recently caught this burly bucket mouth on Big Moose Lake using his new baitcaster and a wacky-rigged worm.Megan Popkess
Jack Rohlin, 13, of Marcellus, recently caught this burly bucket mouth on Big Moose Lake while casting from his grandparents’ dock in Boulder Bay. Rohlin was using his new baitcaster and a wacky-rigged worm for bait.
Seth Shultis caught this 6-lb largemouth bass at a local pond in his hometown of Saugerties, using a five-inch watermelon senko. Nice fish, Seth, but your long-arm game is absolute world-champion level.Seth Shultis
Seth Shultis caught this 6-lb largemouth bass at a local pond in his hometown of Saugerties, using a five-inch watermelon senko. Nice fish, Seth, but your long-arm game is world class.
Josh McKeown, of Baldwinsville, landed this whale of walleye in Alexandria Bay that weighed 7½-lbs and measured 27 ¾ inches.Josh McKeown
Josh McKeown, of Baldwinsville, recently landed a whale of walleye in Alexandria Bay that weighed 7½-lbs and measured 27 ¾ inches.
“It bent the rod and was so heavy the reel wouldn’t turn, but I cranked it enough to bring it in,” remarked McKeown. “Beautiful day on the river, always my happy place!”
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