Ten-year-old Hank Lindahl of Roanoke caught this beefy smallmouth on Oct. 6 while fishing behind the family's cabin on West Virginia's Greenbrier River. After a few pictures he released the fish, which was over 20 inches long. More details about the catch are in my column today in The Roanoke Times.
While growing up in rural Southern Oregon, Mark Taylor developed a passion for the outdoors while he and his younger brother tagged along with their father on fishing, hunting and camping adventures.
Graduating from Northwestern University in 1988, Taylor spent four years as an officer in the U.S. Navy based in Norfolk before moving into journalism.
After five years writing about the military for a Norfolk-based publishing company, he became the outdoors editor at The Roanoke Times in 1998. He lives in Roanoke with his wife and twin daughters.
That is a nice smallmouth good job .
Comment by Daniel Reynolds — October 14, 2007 @ 5:30 pm
Hey man. Watz up bro? Nice fish, nice release. I'll catch a even BIGGER fish, but it's probably very unlikely.
Comment by Amanda — June 11, 2009 @ 8:03 pm
Hank that monster of a fish!! Way to go for A round of applause!!!
Comment by Static Lines — June 12, 2009 @ 6:19 pm