Fishing Farewell to Summer By: Alex Robinson Posted on Apr 20, 2021 4:30 AM EDT 8 minute read <strong>Mary Roberts</strong><br /> Mary uses the summer months to fine-tune her archery skills. As a sponsored woman on the competitive archery scene and an idol to female and male shooters alike, Mary's a good role model.<br /> <a href="/photos/gallery/hunting/whitetail-deer/bowhunting/2010/06/mary-roberts-bow-girl/?photo=0%2F"></a> <a href="/photos/gallery/hunting/whitetail-deer/bowhunting/2010/06/mary-roberts-bow-girl/?photo=0%2F">For more Mary photos click here.</a> Mary is an avid deer hunter and competitive shooter. She tries to get out to the archery range every day.<br /> <a href="/photos/gallery/hunting/whitetail-deer/bowhunting/2010/06/mary-roberts-bow-girl/?photo=0%2F"></a> <a href="/photos/gallery/hunting/whitetail-deer/bowhunting/2010/06/mary-roberts-bow-girl/?photo=0%2F">For more Mary photos click here.</a> Mary got into 3D target shooting because she loved the precision and perfectionist aspect of archery. <a href="/photos/gallery/hunting/whitetail-deer/bowhunting/2010/06/mary-roberts-bow-girl/?photo=0%2F">For more Mary photos click here.</a> As Mary says, "3D archery is huge in Oklahoma." She says 3D ranges there cater to organizations such as the ASA (Archery Shooters Association) and NASP. As a result, Oklahoma hosts some of the most challenging 3D archery tournaments in the country.<br /> <a href="/photos/gallery/hunting/whitetail-deer/bowhunting/2010/06/mary-roberts-bow-girl/?photo=0%2F"></a> <a href="/photos/gallery/hunting/whitetail-deer/bowhunting/2010/06/mary-roberts-bow-girl/?photo=0%2F">For more Mary photos click here.</a> Mary prefers Mathews Bows, and particularly, she shoots a Mathews Reezen 6.5. <a href="/photos/gallery/hunting/whitetail-deer/bowhunting/2010/06/mary-roberts-bow-girl/?photo=0%2F">For more Mary photos click here.</a> <strong>Brittney Young</strong><br /> This Mississippi girl spends her summer grabblin and fishing.<br /> <a href="/photos/gallery/hunting/2010/07/facebook-fan-month-brittney-young/"></a> <a href="/photos/gallery/hunting/2010/07/facebook-fan-month-brittney-young/">For More Brittney photos click here.</a> Hunting and fishing had been in Brittney's blood from the start. Her grandmother was a fishing guide for years on Kentucky Lake. She was known far and wide as "Guiding Granny."<br /> <a href="/photos/gallery/hunting/2010/07/facebook-fan-month-brittney-young/"></a> <a href="/photos/gallery/hunting/2010/07/facebook-fan-month-brittney-young/">For More Brittney photos click here.</a> "I grew to love the outdoors and every aspect of it at a very very young age and it never changed and to be honest I think the older I get the more I love it and the more it means to me," Brittney says.<br /> <a href="/photos/gallery/hunting/2010/07/facebook-fan-month-brittney-young/"></a> <a href="/photos/gallery/hunting/2010/07/facebook-fan-month-brittney-young/">For More Brittney photos click here.</a> Brittney's shark weighed more than 200 pounds. <a href="/photos/gallery/hunting/2010/07/facebook-fan-month-brittney-young/">For More Brittney photos click here.</a> <strong>Katie Pipp</strong><br /> Katie is an all around outdoorswoman. Her summer days are spent bass fishing and carp shooting. <a href="/photos/gallery/hunting/2010/06/facebook-fan-month-katie-pipp/">For more Katie photos click here.</a> "I fish for pretty much everything in Wisconsin," Katie says.<br /> <a href="/photos/gallery/hunting/2010/06/facebook-fan-month-katie-pipp/"></a> <a href="/photos/gallery/hunting/2010/06/facebook-fan-month-katie-pipp/">For more Katie photos click here.</a> Katie is also a member of the Droptine Divas team, a group of women who promote fair-chase do-it-yourself deer hunting. <a href="/photos/gallery/hunting/2010/06/facebook-fan-month-katie-pipp/">For more Katie photos click here.</a> <strong>Kristy Lee Cook</strong><br /> Kristy, a former American Idol singer, made news this summer with her new hunting show called Goin' Country. <a href="/photos/gallery/hunting/2010/08/kristy-lee-cook-goin-country/?photo=0%2F">For more Kristy photos click here.</a> The show focuses on her goal to be a hit musician and her passion for the outdoors.<br /> <a href="/photos/gallery/hunting/2010/08/kristy-lee-cook-goin-country/?photo=0%2F"></a> <a href="/photos/gallery/hunting/2010/08/kristy-lee-cook-goin-country/?photo=0%2F">For more Kristy photos click here.</a> For Kristy, an Oregon native, combining hunting and country music made perfect sense: "Hunting is really about being in the outdoors. Country music is about being country and being a country person. So it just makes sense that people who live in the country like country music and they like hunting. Country music just explains real life stuff," Kristy says. <a href="/photos/gallery/hunting/2010/08/kristy-lee-cook-goin-country/?photo=0%2F">For more Kristy photos click here.</a> Her show aired in August.<br /> <a href="/photos/gallery/hunting/2010/08/kristy-lee-cook-goin-country/?photo=0%2F"></a> <a href="/photos/gallery/hunting/2010/08/kristy-lee-cook-goin-country/?photo=0%2F">For more Kristy photos click here.</a> <strong>Dr. Julie Ball</strong><br /> Julie had quite a summer this year and hauled in some great fish.<br /> <a href="/photos/gallery/fishing/saltwater/inshore/2009/03/best-ball-doctor-dr-julie-ball/"></a> <a href="/photos/gallery/fishing/saltwater/inshore/2009/03/best-ball-doctor-dr-julie-ball/">For more Julie photos click here.</a> The Virginia native is one of the top saltwater anglers on the East Coast.<br /> <a href="/photos/gallery/fishing/saltwater/inshore/2009/03/best-ball-doctor-dr-julie-ball/"></a> <a href="/photos/gallery/fishing/saltwater/inshore/2009/03/best-ball-doctor-dr-julie-ball/">For more Julie photos click here.</a> Julie caught a 74-pound record cobia this summer.<br /> <a href="/photos/gallery/fishing/saltwater/inshore/2009/03/best-ball-doctor-dr-julie-ball/"></a> <a href="/photos/gallery/fishing/saltwater/inshore/2009/03/best-ball-doctor-dr-julie-ball/">For more Julie photos click here.</a> <strong>Corey Cogdell</strong><br /> Corey is an olympic trapshooter and a bronze medalist from the 2008 Summer Games.<br /> <a href="/photos/gallery/hunting/2010/08/ol-facebook-fan-corey-cogdell/?photo=0%2F"></a> <a href="/photos/gallery/hunting/2010/08/ol-facebook-fan-corey-cogdell/?photo=0%2F">For more Corey photos click here.</a> She was born in Alaska and grew up hunting big game before she was introduced to competitive trap shooting.<br /> <a href="/photos/gallery/hunting/2010/08/ol-facebook-fan-corey-cogdell/?photo=0%2F"></a> <a href="/photos/gallery/hunting/2010/08/ol-facebook-fan-corey-cogdell/?photo=0%2F">For more Corey photos click here.</a> "I liked seeing something explode instead of just punching a hole in paper," Corey says.<br /> <a href="/photos/gallery/hunting/2010/08/ol-facebook-fan-corey-cogdell/?photo=0%2F"></a> <a href="/photos/gallery/hunting/2010/08/ol-facebook-fan-corey-cogdell/?photo=0%2F">For more Corey photos click here.</a> Now she has her sights set on the 2012 games and has been training hard at the range all summer.<br /> <a href="/photos/gallery/hunting/2010/08/ol-facebook-fan-corey-cogdell/?photo=0%2F"></a> <a href="/photos/gallery/hunting/2010/08/ol-facebook-fan-corey-cogdell/?photo=0%2F">For more Corey photos click here.</a> <strong>Tarpon Tourney</strong> The 2010 Woman's Professional Tarpon Tournament was a summer event held in Boca Grande, Florida.<br /> For more tournament photos click here. Tournament angler Lindsey Bush waiting for a bite.<br /> For more tournament photos click here. The tournament draws hundreds of anglers each year and some of the teams are more creative with their uniforms.<br /> For more tournament photos click here. <strong>Tami Curtis</strong><br /> Tami had a busy summer fishing professional bass tournaments around the country.<br /> For more Tami photos click here. She's been bass a serious bass angler for a decade, and now she spends about 150 days on the water each year.<br /> For more Tami photos click here. <strong>Fish Faces</strong><br /> What would summer be without OL's Fish Face gallery? Here's Lindsay Nash with a bonnethead caught in Marathon (Florida Keys). <a href="https://www.outdoorlife.com/category/fishing/">For more Fish Face photos click here.</a> Sara Clark with a 23 1/2-inch wahoo caught off the coast of Ocracoke. <a href="https://www.outdoorlife.com/category/fishing/">For more Fish Face photos click here.</a> Savannah Baucom fished the 2010 Babes on the Bay Tournament. <a href="https://www.outdoorlife.com/category/fishing/">For more Fish Face photos click here.</a> Sallie Ann Simsand and her dorado caught off the coast of Cabo <a href="https://www.outdoorlife.com/category/fishing/">For more Fish Face photos click here.</a> Amy Zeitz enjoying some catch-and-release fishing for redfish in Seabrook Island, SC. <a href="https://www.outdoorlife.com/category/fishing/">For more Fish Face photos click here.</a> Monica Aguilar from Heredia, Costa Rica, caught this tarpon on a Rapala April 15 while fishing at Barra Colorado. <a href="https://www.outdoorlife.com/category/fishing/">For more Fish Face photos click here.</a> "I normally catch the biggest fish on the boat. However, during our trip to Costa Rica this past November while trying to catch some rooster bait I ended up catching the prettiest dolphin," says Ericka Ramko. <a href="https://www.outdoorlife.com/category/fishing/">For more Fish Face photos click here.</a> Wendy Erneston Rider <a href="https://www.outdoorlife.com/category/fishing/">For more Fish Face photos click here.</a> <strong>Summer Research</strong><br /> Brendal Davis spent her summer working on shark research. So long summer. We'll be thinking about you during all those cold, lonely evenings in the deer stand.