Tony C. Zappia       Focus on the Outdoors

Jeff Gardner, center, with his 55 pound 6 ounce muskie fishing on the St. Lawrence River, Massena, NY. The fish took 3 hours to land using 10 pound Trilene XT. Supporting the fish are Lakeview Motel owner/operators Jerry and Marcy Laramay.

Tony Zappia with a respectable August smallmouth

Here I am displaying a beautiful four-pound largemouth that took a motor oil worm.

A nice largemouth taken on a sand-colored tube jig

Will Ryan and TZ display a double on smallies

Will Ryan admires a smallmouth bass taken on a tube jig

Will Ryan with a chunk largemouth that inhaled his tube jig

While Brody Ryan fights a fish, his Dad, Will, admires a four-pound bucketmouth

Nils Peterson with a 51 1/2-inch muskie caught and release November 29, 2006 at 9:40pm

Laurinda LaBrosse and Kathy Shaheen with a respectable northern pike caught near Coles Creek, Waddington, NY