Outstanding Catch December 2011 > North American Fishing Club

POSTED BY: NAFC Staff
January 06, 2012

The NAFC staff has carefully chosen 10 finalists for the December Outstanding Catch Awards contest. Now it's up to you! Vote for the catch you feel is the most outstanding, considering not only the fish's size, but also the body of water, geographic location and method used. Review the finalists below and consider their photos, and then cast your vote below. Also, one random voter will be selected to win a prize, so please submit your name and e-mail address below when you vote for your favorite outstanding catch. Enter your own photo for the next Outstanding Catch contest, and see past winners.

Sheridan One Feather; 15-pound, 4-ounce walleye; Oahe Dam tailrace, Lake Sharpe, SD; casting.

Jared Parker; 18 ½-inch largemouth bass; Lake Lucerne, WI; wacky-rigged Strike King Zero.

Ray Mills; 32-inch striped bass; Chesapeake Bay, VA; casting a live eel.

Travis Bellinger; 5.6-pound largemouth bass; Lake Ticonderoga, NY; shaky head worm.

Taylor Custer; 29-inch seatrout; Apollo Beach, FL; Rapala Skitter Walk.

Rich Pittsley; 15 ½-inch yellow perch; Whitney Point Dam Spillway, NY; Carolina-rigged nightcrawler.

Bob Coski; 21-pound chinook salmon; Oak Orchard River, NY; nymph on fly rod.

Louis Robinson; 27-inch walleye; Mississippi River; MN; shorefishing a jig-and-softbait.

Scott Lucia; 48-inch flathead catfish; Minnesota River; cutbait.

Jaime Flores; 44-inch redfish; Pt. Mansfield jetties, TX; live finger mullet.

Comments

By OregonPaul Friday, January 06, 2012 5:33 PM

Nice fish... Tight lines for 2012 :)

By teller1 Saturday, January 07, 2012 5:05 AM

Monster Walleye !!!!!

By twhitish Saturday, January 07, 2012 6:33 AM

nice nice walleye they don't get much bigger then that great job..............

By cherlein Saturday, January 07, 2012 1:41 PM

Nice Walleye, Sheridan! Is it on the wall yet?

By cjimison1 Sunday, January 08, 2012 4:31 AM

Nice Walleye Sheridan, and a nice Perch Rich. I would put both on my wall. I will bet Scott was tired after fighting that flathead. Good job 2 all.

By irnctystamp Sunday, January 08, 2012 12:36 PM

Nice perch for upstate NY. Some great walleye and a nice seatrout.

By noahjmorris Sunday, January 08, 2012 10:06 PM

ya Sheridan's walleye is my #one pick but that red fish is right there close second place good job boys

By scriger Monday, January 09, 2012 11:10 AM

All nice fish! I bet that Chinook was fun on a fly rod! But Sheridan gets my vote - that's a MONSTER walleye!!!

By CREEKER19 Monday, January 09, 2012 8:15 PM

All Great Fish!!! But I have to say I love Catfishing!!! So my vote goes to Scott! Awesome Fish!

By sshusker Tuesday, January 10, 2012 10:14 PM

Great catches!!!! Very inpressed with that Perch!!

By nemowentfishing Wednesday, January 11, 2012 12:41 PM

Nice fishes all, but that chinook had to take some time on a flyrod. Nice fish

By dgrill1 Wednesday, January 11, 2012 3:13 PM

Nice Chinook Bob, that had to be one heck of a fight, you got my vote

By wem6696 Thursday, January 12, 2012 9:31 AM

great fishes ,lot,s of once in a life time catches,keep up the good fishing and keep those great pictures coming in yu guy,s...william

By boliver1 Thursday, January 12, 2012 3:54 PM

all nice fish and I'd want to have any of them on my hook or lure you bet. I've never seen a perch that big in my life!

By Honesty Thursday, January 12, 2012 8:35 PM

It was a hard deciding by the looks but I had to go with bob sorry but that had to take time and dedication to land that thing. WOW a FLY ROD Great Catch To You All

By KayakFishing1 Thursday, January 12, 2012 9:16 PM

Totally impressed with the 15 1/2" Perch!!! Awesome!!!

By Sandune Thursday, January 12, 2012 10:29 PM

Yummm...lol...Everyone had a Great Catch!

By swabey Sunday, January 15, 2012 8:56 AM

good fish'n to all, but thats a nice 29" gator seatrout.

By charris11 Sunday, January 15, 2012 2:44 PM

nice walleye!!

By jdeshazo1 Monday, January 16, 2012 3:56 PM

love the walleye's, the flathead, the redfish and definitley the chinook, but i had to go with the "jumbo" perch caught how? a carolina-rigged NIGHTCRAWLER, good move. Great work and good luck to all, keep having fun.

By Amosson Tuesday, January 17, 2012 9:59 AM

Love to have any of those fish take my line. but the salmon on the fly rod would be the most longest lasting fun I think any fisherman could hope for in his lifetime!!!!

By mgrissman Tuesday, January 17, 2012 6:39 PM

everyone has great fish, im a walleye meat lover,not much on salmon.
however my vote is for the salmon, just an all around beautiful looking fish.uniform in color great shape,and hooked mouth.i can picture the fight.
nice fish good luck to all.

By mgrissman Tuesday, January 17, 2012 6:56 PM

sheridan, thats one really nice fillet (uh, um ,i mean walleye,lol
nice fish

By rsanderson2 Wednesday, January 18, 2012 12:51 AM

THATS A BIG CATFISH!! I'M JEALOUS SCOTT :)

By rpittsley Wednesday, January 18, 2012 12:08 PM

nice fish everyone

By jhughes54 Thursday, January 19, 2012 12:17 PM

The Chinook is decent but I have seen and caught fish way bigger than that out of Oak Orchard, some easily in the 30 lb. range with fly rods. People use 10wt rod and heavy lb test in there all the time. I am not saying that is what Bob did, I'm just saying...... The Perch is impressive for Whitney Point and I would say that it comes in second to Sheridan and that monster Walleye.

By rlmoore81 Monday, January 23, 2012 7:56 PM

That is a nice Red! They are all great.

By JGrenier Tuesday, January 24, 2012 1:54 AM

What an impressive array of fish! Good job to all of you, you should all be very proud. This was the toughest vote I've had to make yet!

By nanc719 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 6:18 PM

and i thought Florida had the best fishing spots.

By vcreekmore Wednesday, January 25, 2012 10:08 AM

EXCELLENT FLATHEAD NEED MORE PICTURES OF CATFISH

By john.w Wednesday, January 25, 2012 3:47 PM

I loved that chinook , must have been a fight of a lifetime, that red fish is a really nice catch , & that walleye is as best as is gets, congratulations Sheridan, but I have to give my vote to scott lucia, big cats like that are hard to handle in the dark , good job Lucia !!!.

By ryoung2127 Saturday, January 28, 2012 12:22 PM

Nice bass!

By twaldhaus Saturday, January 28, 2012 8:01 PM

All excellent catches to pick from, and nice spread of species! I believe that the chinook on the fly rod takes it. But also think the walleye caught from the shore was also good.( I have never caught a 27 inch walleye from shore!)

By vcreekmore Sunday, January 29, 2012 11:29 AM

EXCELLENT FLATHEAD SCOTT NEED MORE CATFISH AND OTHER LIKE BREAM,BOWFIN,AND CRAPPIE KENNY7489@HOTMAIL.COM

By jpope iii Monday, January 30, 2012 12:58 PM

Nice Fish.

By rleblanc2 Thursday, February 02, 2012 8:52 AM

Must have been one heck of a fight with a Fly Rod. Nice Fish.

By bassman_bk Friday, February 03, 2012 9:56 AM

Monster walleye, nice catch. Is it a lake record?

By Marshlover Friday, February 03, 2012 10:45 AM

Living & fishing in the South, I don't know much about walleye/salmon/perch fishing. But, that's a nice bass anywhere & the carfish is impressive, even by Santee Cooper standards. I feel that fishing with live bait borders on "cheating", just a little, so I had to vote for the young man with that beautiful trout caught on a topwater plug! Great catches, all.

By jrowland5 Saturday, February 04, 2012 4:57 PM

Great looking Walleye!!!

By RedneckDMNC Sunday, February 05, 2012 1:41 AM

They're awesome but, I have to give it to Bob and his salmon. That must have been a crazy fight!

By HUMPY Monday, February 06, 2012 1:05 PM

Goiong with the Fly Rod, wow, what a hoot that must have been.

By tschlieker Monday, February 06, 2012 7:56 PM

A very nice chinook on fly rod

By blade30 Wednesday, February 08, 2012 11:27 AM

Scott thats one big catfish good job

By Troutinator Wednesday, February 08, 2012 4:02 PM

Sure is a lot of nice fish posted, but I'm leaning towards Bob and his fly caught salmon. To me, catching a 5# trout on a fly rod is an accomplishment, but a 21# salmon!! Crazy!! Congratulations on that catch.

By jbrown59 Wednesday, February 08, 2012 6:02 PM

That was one nice Walleye - great job to all of u guys

By jlutz0707 Friday, February 10, 2012 2:31 AM

I've got to go with the Salmon! Great chatch on a fly rod! Cangrads all though!

By arink Friday, February 10, 2012 11:49 AM

Awesome perch using the carolina rigged crawler, the fish is a pig. That's one heck of a walleye by Sheridan too.

By tblake3 Friday, February 10, 2012 3:19 PM

Real nice Walleye. Great job everyone.

By dcorning Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:02 PM

Mysterious speckled trout nice job guys

By Redtroutman Sunday, February 12, 2012 1:59 PM

Thanks for the nice comments about the walleye. I caught it from the riprap rocks with a snowbank touching the back of my legs. Caught it on a Rapala Husky Jerk Clown Colored. Send in the clowns!

By Redtroutman Sunday, February 12, 2012 2:04 PM

Sorry Redtroutman is my club name real name is Sheridan One Feather.