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

 

Travis Pagano
Travis Pagano, Thiensville, WI 22-pound Chinook salmon, Port Washington, WI (Lake Michigan), 6-pound test, soaking alewife on bottom.
 
John Hardin
John Hardin, Calhoun, KY, 65-pound blue catfish, caught in Owensboro, KY, with a rod and reel using cut skip jack.
 
Joshua Joel McManus and Darrell Jay McManus

Joshua Joel McManus and Darrell Jay McManus, Montgomery, TX, White Sturgeon, 72-inches, Caught on the Frazier River, Vancouver, BC. Fishing on the bottom with tight line rig and lamprey eel as bait.
 
 Shauna Flynn

Shauna Flynn, Edina, MN, 8-pound smallmouth, Lake Koronis, MN, caught on a medium sucker minnow on eagle claw hook.
 
Thomas Sandusky

Thomas Sandusky, North Syracuse, NY,  43-inch northern pike, Kesagami Lake, ON, Canada caught with a ¾ -ounce Johnson Silver Minnow with 3-inch Yum Split-tail trailer/casting
 
AJ Kahny

AJ Kahny, Plano, TX 10 ¼-pounds, caught in a small pond with soft plastics
Gerald Casperson

Gerald Casperson, Menominee, MI 31-inch 15-pound, brown trout. Caught in bay of Green Bay, WI while trolling an apex watermelon spoon.
Mike Sosnowski

Mike Sosnowski, Lexington KY, 56-pounds, 51-inches, caught in Cope Cod Bay, trolling Tony Accetta Pet spoons in 27-feet of water.
 
Donald Barkley

Donald Barkley, 2-pound, 16-inch crappie, caught in Buggs Island, VA, on a minnow.

 
 
Drew Willhite

Drew Willhite, Jacksonville, IL, 9 ¼ -pound largemouth, caught in a private pond in Jacksonville, IL, with a Berkley Electric Grape Power Worm, Texas rigged. 

 

 

 

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