It was not your typical romance. She fell for the first line you fed her and she played hard-to-get, but she was a beauty and she was worth every ounce of effort. A catch like her doesn’t come along ...

He’s been told his first present when he was born was a fishing pole, perhaps setting the tone. When a kid, he says all he could think about was someday being a professional fisherman.

Jake Boerger, left, and Brad Willits caught two 8-pound Northerns, the two biggest fish of the day, to win the inaugural Born To Fish pike tournament Feb. 7 at Pactola Reservoir.