The NAFC staff has carefully chosen 10 finalists for the June 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.

 

Donnie Moody
Donnie Moody, Sherman, TX, 12 ⅓-pound largemouth, private 47 acre lake
 
Myles Schubert
Myles Schubert, Parkton, MD, 37-pound 41-inch mirror carp, farm pond, vanilla flavored corn.
 
Tim Braun

Tim Braun, Buffalo, NY, 7⅛-pound smallmouth, Lake Erie, prowler tube bait 47-feet of water vertical jigging over isolated boulders
 
 Earl E. Phillips Jr.

Earl E. Phillips Jr., Chesterfield, VA, 49⅝-pound Blue Catfish, James River Hopewell, VA, caught with a cut shad 
 
David Johnston

David Johnston, Brentwood, CA,  258-pound, halibut, Kenai Peninsula, AK caught with a herring

 
 
Malcolm L. Stark

Malcolm L. Stark, Hay River , NWT 22-pound inconnu, Little Buffalo River,   NWT Flyfishing with an Argentina fly
Pedro Miranda

Pedro Miranda, Trenton, NJ, 18¼-inch, 3½-pound Crappie, Mercer Lake, on a crankbait.
 
Blaine Lewis

Blaine Lewis, Deland, FL, 10-pound largemouth, small lake in my backyard, caught on a top water frog
 
Steven J. Kohl

Steven J. Kohl, Highbridge, WI, 50½-inch muskie, Pike Chain of Lake, Bayfield County, WI, caught on a bucktail, casting.

 
 
Rebecca Merriam

Rebecca Merriam, Hamden, CT, 40-pound stripedbass, Bridgeport Harbor
 

 

 

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