The NAFC staff has carefully chosen 25 finalists for the 2008 Catch & Release Contest. Now it’s up to you! Vote for the catch you feel is most extraordinary, considering not only the fish’s size, but also the body of water, geographic location and method used. The 10 anglers who receive the most votes will each win a fantastic prize package valued at more than $1,000!

Review the finalists and their photos (click on the thumbnail to enlarge), and then cast your vote below.

Wade Boyechko 36-inch channel catfish Casting a tiger prawn Red River, Manitoba	Edwin Lucas 18-inch crappie Casting a minnow Rockford Lake, Neb.	Rusty Miller 45-inch flathead catfish Nightfishing a bullhead Minnesota River, Minn.
William McDaniel 47-inch muskie Casting a jig from shore Ottertail River, Minn.	Jane Golla 52-inch northern pike Casting a spoon Lac La Martre, NW Territories	Chris Nielsen 94-inch sturgeon Bottomfishing Fraser River, British Columbia
Dane Solomon 26-inch largemouth bass Flippin' a 10-inch PowerWorm Palm Beach Garden, Fla.	Billy Grotton 30 1/2-inch brown trout Fly fishing a wooly bugger Messalonskee Stream, Maine	David Harrison 53 1/2-inch blue catfish Bottomfishing cut bream Nickajack Lake, Tenn.
Paul Noles 27-inch largemouth bass Casting a Rapala X-Walk Private lake, Tenn.	Derek Daniel 45-inch redfish Bottomfishing Atlantic Ocean, N.C.	Bill Hegyi 21-inch smallmouth bass Casting a Rebel Pop-R Bearskin Lake, Wisc.
James McDonald 52-inch snook Live shrimp Atlantic Ocean; Sebastian, Fla.	Joe Stringari 22 1/4-inch smallmouth bass Casting a spinnerbait Umpqua River, Ore.	Jeff Bodnar 54 3/8-inch striped bass Surf-fishing a live eel Rhode Island Sound, R.I.
Marlin Coulombe 48-inch lake trout Trolling an AC Plug Great Bear Lake, NW Territories	Paul Mauchley 40 1/4-inch steelhead Jigging Clearwater River, Idaho	Shane Dugger 44-inch striped bass Cutbait Boone Lake, Tenn.
Scott Lucia 61-inch lake sturgeon Bottomfishing nightcrawlers Rainy River, Minn.	Shannon Leytem 30-inch walleye Nightfishing a Salmo Executor Maquoketa River, Iowa	Brett Dunn 30-inch hybrid striped bass Casting a swimbait Susquehanna River, Pa.
Bill Schmidt 32-inch walleye Trolling a Bandit crankbait Tongue River, Mont.	Randy Beamish 29-inch rainbow trout Fly fishing Lake Superior tributary, Ontario	Daniel Mader 23-inch largemouth bass Casting a Rapala DT-6 Cross Creek Lake, Pa.
Dennis Musgraves 48-inch chinook salmon Casting a Blue Fox spinner Sheep Creek, Alaska