2008 Winners Catch and Release Category

2008 Catch and Release Category Winners
Species	Length (inches)	Angler	Lure	Water	County	Date
Black Crappie	14.25	Michael Lombard	Swedish Pimple	Private Pond	Essex	3/15/2008
Black Crappie	14.25	Charles Choi	Rooster Tail	Cazenovia Lake	Madison	6/15/2008
Bluegill	10.75	Madelyn Pikula	Popper	Unnamed Water	Erie	9/17/2008
Bluegill	10.2	Philip Brady	Hook and Bobber	Mill Pond	Suffolk	7/12/2008
Bluegill	10.2	Briana Brady	Hook and Bobber	Mill Pond	Suffolk	7/14/2008
Brown Trout - Inland Streams	27	Michael Lenestsky	Wooly Bugger	Fall Creek	Tompkins	11/4/2008
Brown Trout - Inland Streams	21.5	Arthur Olezeski	Rooster Tail	West Canada Creek	Herkimer	5/4/2008
Brown Trout - Inland Streams	21	Richard Serbonich	Rapala Shadrap	Tioughnioga River	Cortland	5/17/2008
Brown Trout - Inland Streams	21	Harold Bacon	Riesteg Spinner Rig	Upper West Branch Ausable River	Essex	6/21/2008
Chain Pickerel	27	William Brown	Sidewinder Spoon	Lake Champlain	Clinton	8/28/2008
Chain Pickerel	26.25	Stephen Starin	Spoon	West Lake	Fulton	10/12/2008
Chain Pickerel	26	Daniel Rancier	Rapala	Oneida Lake	Onondaga	5/8/2008
Chinook Salmon	42	Chuck Booker	Homemade Spinner	Lower Niagara River	Niagara	10/1/2008
Chinook Salmon	38	Chuck Booker	Homemade Spinner	Lower Niagara River	Niagara	10/1/2008
Common Carp	40	Justin Skrzynski	Nightcrawler	Lake Erie	Erie	6/24/3008
Common Carp	36.38	Lorraine Dodge	Corn	Lake Neatawanta	Oswego	5/14/2008
Lake Trout	35	Kyle Mansley	Plug	Lake George	Warren	8/1/2008
Largemouth Bass	24.25	Robert Warne	Weedless Jig w/ Yamamoto Crawdad	Albion Reservoir	Orleans	5/15/2008
Largemouth Bass	24	Daniel Kimberly	Rapala Skitter Pop	Otter Lake	Cayuga	5/13/2008
Largemouth Bass	24	Brian Miller	Jitterbug	Hallock Lake	Suffolk	6/26/2008
Largemouth Bass	24	Brenda Jackson	Dixi Spinner- Worm Harness	Fourth Lake	Herkimer	8/30/2008
Largemouth Bass	23.75	Jean Engle	Plastic Minnow	Hudson River	Washington	9/7/2008
Muskellunge	52	Marland Ward Jr.	Bulldog	Chautauqua Lake	Chautauqua	9/22/2008
Northern Pike	44	John Flynn	Feathered Treble Hook and Sinker	Fourth Lake	Herkimer	3/15/2008
Northern Pike	43	Andrew Laczkowski	Polish Perch	St. Lawrence River	Jefferson	10/7/2008
Northern Pike	40.5	William Lints	Cyclops Spoon	Mohawk River	Oneida	5/22/2008
Pumpkinseed	11.25	Paula VanMeter	Artificial Worm	Farm Pond	Rensselaer	8/9/2008
Rainbow Trout - Great Lakes	35	William Schmidt	Wooly Bugger	Salmon River	Oswego	4/25/2008
Rainbow Trout - Great Lakes	32	Bill Cash	Egg Sack	Salmon River	Oswego	1/25/2008
Rainbow Trout - Great Lakes	31	Chuck Booker	Fly	Two Mile Creek	Niagara	4/13/2008
Rainbow Trout - Great Lakes	31	James Kramer	Michigan Stinger Spoon	Lake Ontario	Niagara	8/1/2008
Smallmouth Bass	24	Chris Nishnick	Stick Worm	Chautauqua Lake	Chautauqua	6/30/2008
Smallmouth Bass	23	Davey Han	Lindy Minnow Jig	Chautauqua Lake	Chautauqua	5/10/2008
Smallmouth Bass	22.5	Richard Falcon	Coffee Tube	Lake Ontario (Chaumont Bay)	Jefferson	10/12/2008
Striped Bass	42.38	William Cleary	Live Herring	Hudson River	Albany	5/9/2008
Tiger Musky	39	Harry Maxwell	Shiner	Otisco Lake	Onondaga	10/23/2008
Tiger Musky	38	Thomas Senecal Jr.	Eel Fly	Carter Pond	Washington	5/4/2008
Walleye	31	Thomas Crance	Smithwick	Lake Ontario	Oswego	5/29/2008
Walleye	30	Roger Sheppard	Jig and Ringworm	Rainbow Lake	Franklin	6/22/2008
Walleye	29	David Nugent	Jig and Minnow	Chenango River	Broome	11/14/2008
White Crappie	15	Jeff Schlosser	Bass Assassin	Chautauqua Lake	Chautauqua	5/8/2008
Yellow Perch	14.7	Philip Brady	Minnow Crankbait	Patchogue Lake	Suffolk	7/9/2008
Yellow Perch	14.25	Michael Miller	Gulp Minnow Grub	Hallock Pond	Suffolk	8/2/2008
Yellow Perch	14	Brian Miller	Maribou Jig	Artist Lake	Suffolk	8/30/2008