2004 Winners Catch and Release Category
NYS Angler Achievement Awards Program
| Species | Length (inches) |
Angler | Lure | Water | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Trout-Great Lakes | 32.25 | Arthur L. Pearse | Wolly Bugger | Oak Orchard River, Orleans Co. | November 20, 2004 |
| Brown Trout-Great Lakes | 32 | Chuck Booker | Egg Sack | Eighteenmile Creek, Niagara Co. | October 12, 2004 |
| Brown Trout- Inland Lakes | 24.75 | Richard Neiss | Husky Jerk Bait | Croton Falls Reservoir, Putnam Co. | October 10, 2004 |
| Brown Trout- Inland Streams | 21 | John S. Tompkins | Acme Phoebe | Ouleout Creek, Delaware Co. | April 10, 2004 |
| Chain Pickerel | 26 | Reginald Williams | Killifish | Lower Twin Pond, Nassau Co. | May 30, 2004 |
| Chain Pickerel | 26 | Edward J. Lints | Spinner Bait | NYS Barge Canal, Oneida Co. | September 3, 2004 |
| Chain Pickerel | 25.4 | Edward J. Lints | Spinner Bait | Eaton Reservoir, Oneida Co. | October 28, 2004 |
| Chain Pickerel | 25 | Jason Thilbourg | Killifish | Lower Twin Pond, Nassau Co. | May 9, 2004 |
| Chinook Salmon | 40 | Chuck Booker | Egg Sack | Eighteenmile Creek, Niagara Co. | September 27, 2004 |
| Coho Salmon | 41 | Chuck Booker | Egg Sack | Eighteenmile Creek, Niagara Co. | December 12, 2004 |
| Common Carp | 39 | Gaeton L. Dragone | Boilie | St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence Co. | June 20, 2004 |
| Common Carp | 36.25 | Ken C. Wasnorowicz | Boilie | Orange Lake, Orange Co. | September 11, 2004 |
| Largemouth Bass | 25 | Eric Austin | Minnow | Mohawk River, Saratoga Co. | August 5, 2004 |
| Largemouth Bass | 23.75 | Tim Dunn | Soft Shell Crab | Keuka Lake, Yates Co. | August 15, 2004 |
| Largemouth Bass | 23 | Lou Florio | Cajun Bug | Blydenburgh Lake, Suffolk Co. | March 4, 2004 |
| Largemouth Bass | 23 | Dan Mendelson | Jerk Bait | Fort Pond, Suffolk Co. | June 12, 2004 |
| Largemouth Bass | 23 | Edward J. Lints | Spinner Bait | Eaton Reservoir, Oneida Co. | October 28, 2004 |
| Muskellunge | 59.5 | Barry Lichvar | Tube | Niagara River, Niagara Co. | May 1, 2004 |
| Muskellunge | 53 | R. Patrick Corkrey | Believer Lure | St. Lawrence River, Jefferson Co. | October 3, 2004 |
| Muskellunge | 50 | Betty Pasternak | Believer Lure | St. Lawrence River, Jefferson Co. | October 10, 2004 |
| Northern Pike | 44.75 | Alex Burka | Spinner Bait | Oneida Lake, Onondaga Co. | October 13, 2004 |
| Northern Pike | 42 | Przemyslaw Kwiecinski | Dragonfly | Black River, Jefferson Co. | May 25, 2004 |
| Northern Pike | 42 | Edward J. Lints | Minnow | Mohawk River, Oneida Co. | October 14, 2004 |
| Northern Pike | 41 | Edward J. Lints | Spinner Bait | Oneida Lake, Oneida Co. | August 24, 2004 |
| Pumpkinseed | 12.25 | Kathleen Tyrel | Worm | Kayuta Lake, Oneida Co. | August 14, 2004 |
| Rainbow Trout- Great Lakes | 37 | Chuck Booker | Egg Sack | Two Mile Creek, Niagara Co. | March 28, 2004 |
| Rainbow Trout- Great Lakes | 36 | Chuck Booker | Egg Sack | Two Mile Creek, Niagara Co. | March 29, 2004 |
| Rainbow Trout- Great Lakes | 34 | Steven A. Woidyla | Fly | Eighteenmile Creek, Niagara Co. | April 4, 2004 |
| Rainbow Trout- Great Lakes | 34 | John R. Case | Spoon | Lake Ontario, Niagara Co. | August 15, 2004 |
| Rainbow Trout- Inland Lakes | 24 | Walter Wasilewski | Worm | Brantingham Lake, Lewis Co. | July 29, 2004 |
| Rainbow Trout- Inland Streams | 25.5 | John W. Ehret | Nymph | Willowemoc Creek, Sullivan Co. | September 1, 2004 |
| Rainbow Trout- Inland Streams | 20.5 | Craig S. Meissner | Fly | Connetquot River, Suffolk Co. | July 30, 2004 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 24 | Thomas H. Forrest III | White Sucker | Hudson River, Rensselaer Co. | September 11, 2004 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 23 | Eric Austin | Rapala | Hoosic River, Rensselaer Co. | August 8, 2004 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 22.75 | Edward J. Lints | Husky Jerk Bait | Oneida Lake, Oneida Co. | October 22, 2004 |
| Striped Bass | 39 | Ray Dumicich | N/A | Hudson River, Albany Co. | May 12, 2004 |
| Striped Bass | 37.5 | Wayne Rightmyer | Cut Herring | Hudson River, Albany Co. | May 7, 2004 |
| Striped Bass | 36.75 | John H. Olsen Jr. | Nightcrawler | Hudson River, Orange Co. | May 29, 2004 |
| Striped Bass | 36.75 | Alex Burka | Lucky Craft | Hudson River, Dutchess Co. | June 3, 2004 |
| Walleye | 35 | Kevin Dromgoole | Jig & Curly Tail | Black River, Lewis Co. | July 31, 2004 |
| Walleye | 31.25 | Susan Barq | Nightcrawler | Catskill Creek, Greene Co. | April 16, 2004 |
| Walleye | 29.5 | Cindy M. Shue | Rapala | St. Lawrence River, Jefferson Co. | June 19, 2004 |
| Walleye | 29.5 | Megan Flom-Corkrey | Swim Whiz | St. Lawrence River, Jefferson Co. | October 3, 2004 |
