Knoxville residents and adventure writers Elle Colquitt and Jon Livengood have just self-published a book on mountain biking trails in East Tennessee. "Off Road Trails" includes a number of area trails and a total of 31 trail systems. The book has fold-out topographical maps and the most current GPS markings. It features lots of photos, taken by Colquitt, and is spiral bound to make it easier for copying or laying flat.

Trion, Ga., residents Evan Webb, right, and his father, Ronald Webb, display fish they caught recently off the Florida Panhandle. Evan's fish is a 3 1/4-pound Sheepshead Fish caught in the mouth of the Appalachicola River. Ronald caught at 7 1/2-pound redfish off a dock on St. George Island. Send your big fish picture to Jim Tanner at 400 E. 11th St., Chattanooga, TN 37403, or e-mail it to jtanner@timesfreepress.com. Please include your daytime phone number, the weight and type of fish, when and where you caught it and where you live in the area.

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — A playful dolphin leaps a few feet away, looking for a throwback fish that might become an easy meal.

Thirteen-year-old Jack Robinson, right, caught this 3.3-pound spotted bass on Carters Lake fishing a drop shot in early November while fishing with his father, Bill. Send your big fish picture to Jim Tanner at 400 E. 11th St., Chattanooga, TN 37403, or e-mail it to jtanner@timesfreepress.com. Please include your daytime phone number, the weight and type of fish, when and where you caught it and where you live in the area. In addition, send your hunting photos to webeditor@timesfreepress.com and selected photos will be displayed online at www.timesfreepress.com/outdoors.

When the StumpJump 50k started nine years ago, about 10 people showed up to run through the woods for hours. Fifty kilometers are just over 31 miles, and the trail aspect adds to the difficulty.

Russ Carmichael of Riceville, Tenn., caught this 22-inche redfish while fly fishing in McClellanville, S.C. Send your ³big fish² picture to Jim Tanner at 400 E. 11th St., Chattanooga, TN 37403, or e-mail it to jtanner@timesfreepress.com. Please include your daytime phone number, the weight and type of fish, when and where you caught it and where you live in the area.

This bear was shot on Lookout Mountain...

The Nantahala River currently has no flow.

Tony Schlaeger of Charleston, Tenn., caught this 4 1/2 pound, 24-inch walleye in August while fishing on Oak Lake in western Ontario, Canada. It was Schlaeger’s first fly-fishing trip ever. Send your “big fish” picture to Jim Tanner at 400 E. 11th St., Chattanooga, TN 37403, or e-mail it to jtanner@timesfreepress.com. Please include your daytime phone number, the weight and type of fish, when and where you caught it and where you live in the area.

It takes a certain breed to race vintage cars worth hundreds of thousands of dollars through 2,000 miles of rough Mexican roadway, but Chattanoogan Byron DeFoor fits the bill.

St. Louis Cardinals rookie pitcher Mitchell Boggs of Dalton, Ga., left, and teammate, pitcher Adam Wainwright, show off a trout Boggs caught while fishing outside Denver on an off day before a series against the Colorado Rockies. Send your “big fish” picture to Jim Tanner at 400 E. 11th St., Chattanooga, TN 37403, or e-mail it to jtanner@timesfreepress.com. Please include your daytime phone number, the weight and type of fish, when and where you caught it and where you live in the area.

LAFOLLETTE, Tenn. -- Cleveland's Jeff Moses has a future stepson to thank for his selection among five hunters participating this week in Tennessee's first elk hunt in more than a century.

Coco Dauer caught three Tennessee Angler Recognition Program-award crappie -- more than 14 inches long -- including the one pictured, which was 15 7/8 inches.

As the chosen five get ready for Tennessee’s inaugural elk hunt Oct. 19-23 in the North Cumberland Wildlife Management Area near the Kentucky border, Great Smoky Mountains National Park staffers are evaluating data from their own elk herd.

Nicholas Jessen of Signal Mountain caught this silver/coho salmon on the Coghill River near Prince William Sound on a fishing trip to Alaska at the end of August. Send your “big fish” picture to Jim Tanner at 400 E. 11th St., Chattanooga, TN 37403, or e-mail it to jtanner@timesfreepress.com. Please include your daytime phone number, the weight and type of fish, when and where you caught it and where you live in the area.