Local 1 TX/LA/NM bricklayer Lawrence Gabel ventured to the Arctic Circle to catch this 30-pound lake trout. “This fish was estimated to be more than 100 years old. I figured anything older than myself deserves every day it can experience, so he’s still up there waiting for the next bricklayer to sight his line,” says the 75 year-old retiree from Wills Point, TX.	Local 7 CO members recently angled away using homeade lures during a fishing contest in Northern Saskatchewan. Local 7 member/ contractor Mike Mathis, above, took top honors by landing 29 northern pike in an hour, with a lure fashioned out of a line pin.
Local 4 IN/KY member Gene Clifford’s granddaughter Christiana Wilkerson landed this 5.5-pound largemouth bass on her first fishing trip with her grandfather. “I know I have a fishing partner for life,” says Clifford.	Edward Whitelaw, a member of Local 15 MO/KS, spends his free time ‘clowning around’ as “Big Daddy,” and entertaining young and old.
On Father’s Day, BAC Region 2 Director Gerard Scarano, center, caught a 32 lb. Striped Bass with his son Gerard II, left, and friend Mike Schepperle, whose catch weighed 41 and 24 lbs., respectively.	Captain Ron Chesinski, a Local 5 NJ member for more than 30 years, has sailed the East Coast, with passages to both Bermuda and the Bahamas. Pictured above in his 32' sloop, Chesinski, a licensed Coast Guard Captain, is now planning an Atlantic crossing.

Local 9 PA Field Representa-tive Tim Wachter, left, with a 10-point buck, which he shot on the last day of archery season in the Pennsylvania woods in 2002.	Local 3 New York retiree Donald Baker, left, caught this 52" muskellunge on New York’s Lake Chautauqua in 2002.	Local 67 IL tile setters Scott Lemar, above, and Rob Klausner (not pictured) recently went on a big game hunt in Ft. Apache, AZ. The pair harvested this 6' 8" black bear.

Local 1 PA/DE bricklayer Brian Ayers of Hartly, DE is proud of his Union membership and of his family’s accomplishments. Ayers, right, with a pair of bass, is an award-winning member of the Red Clay Bass Club. His sons, Estil and Brandon Lanham, are also outdoor enthusiasts. Estil is headed for Delaware State University to study radio production and has recorded a CD with his band, Damien’s Day Out. Brandon, a high school sophomore, is an all-star football player, basketball player, and a ranking Delaware wrestler at age 14.

Brian Ayers	Estil Lanham	Brandon Lanham