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

 

Branden Michaelis
Branden Michaelis, Yuba City, CA, 54-inch, 35-pound longnose gar Chatahoochee River, Fort Benning, GA. Caught on a plastic minnow
 
Chris Tenbusch
Chris Tenbusch, Georgetown, DE 70-pound 59-inch black drum, Assateage Island, VA Caught surffishing, with a peeler crab.
 
Jack Wenstrom

Jack Wenstrom, Hartland, WI, 30-inch, walleye, Bay of Green Bay, trolling a nightcrawler
 
 Nick Winnie

Nick Winnie, North Brunswick, New Jersey, NJ, 26-inch chain pickerel,    Farrington Lake, NJ, Caught on a 1/0 circle hook - wacky rig - 5" yamamoto senko worm (Green Pumpkin Black Flake color) 
 
James Wiggle

James Wiggle, St. Pete, FL,  22-pound albino catfish, small lake in St. Pete, FL, caught using a gold rattle trap
 
Miachael D Michelson

Miachael D Michelson, Grand Forks, ND 67-pound paddlefish, Missouri River, ND, snagging.
John Martin

John Martin, Beaumont, TX, 10⅞-pound, largemouth, Lake Sam Raybum, on a blue Rapala X-Rap crankbait.
Gabriella Esperson

Gabriella Esperson, Edgerton, WI, 11-pound 26-inch largemouth
Christopher Pereira

Christopher Pereira, Hopatcong, NJ, 15¼-inch and 15-inch crappies, Lake Hopatccong, NJ, caught jigging twister tail grubs.

 
 
Robert E. Pasch, Jr.

Robert E. Pasch, Jr., 20-pound 32-inch Chinook salmon, 30 feet of water just 4 miles inside the mouth of the Columbia River. It was caught on a mooching rig with cut-plug herring as bait.

 

 

 

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