1. In March, Travis Cardona, 23, arrowed a 74-pound black buffalo at Missouri’s Duck Creek CA
“At a gas station on the drive up, I took a Snapchat of our boat with the caption, ‘I have a feeling.’ So it was surreal when it maxed out our scale.”
2. In February, AJ Klein, 36, netted an 11.10-pound largemouth in Delaware’s Wagamons Pond
“It felt like fighting a boulder, but I was too concentrated on reeling it in to enjoy myself until after we got it in the boat. Then I was just in awe.”
3. Last fall, Greg Gasiciel, 43, landed a 9.33-pound smallmouth in Michigan’s Hubbard Lake
“I was so cold from being on the water all day, but when the fish hit, it was like getting punched in…
