The NAFC staff has carefully chosen 10 finalists for the October 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.
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| Troy Philpott, Meadow Grove, NE, 42-inch and 30-pound, yellow catfish, Elkhorn River. Still fishing with a leopard frog |
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Joseph Marzulla, Greenwich, CT, 7 ¼ -pound largemouth, no name lake behind his house, caught on a crankbait
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Brett Cochran, crappie, private pond, using a crappie thunder. Little brother of member Jason Cochran
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Eric Lowman, Central City, NE, 6 ¼-pound largemouth, private pond, caught on a black jig and pig, with a rod and reel
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Joe Pozzi, Burr Ridge, IL, tarpon, Caribbean, Caught with a circle hook and sardine, casting with Shimano Stella 5000 and 9’ St. Croix.
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Walter Vincent, Gurnee, IL, 13-pound 32 ½-inch walleye, Lake Erie, trolling with a Rapala Husky Jerk.
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Brad Paradis, Ogdensburg, NY, 6 ¼-pound smallmouth, St. Lawrence River, using a drop shot Jackall bait in 35-feet of water.
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Jason E Dannelley, Pulaski, NY, 39 ½ -pound, chinook salmon, Salmon River
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Robert Tack, Covinton, GA 10-pound largemouth, private pond on friend’s property.
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Daniel Florida, Ohio, 28-inch 8 ⅞-pound saugeye, West Branch state park in Ravena, OH, caught on a blue chrome sinking rattling rapala.
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