2009 Winners Catch and Release Category

NYS Angler Achievement Awards Program

2009 Catch and Release Category Winners
Species	Length (inches)	Angler	Lure	Water	County	Date
Atlantic Salmon- Inland	27.6	Anthony Canino Jr.	Trolling spoon	Cayuga Lake	Tompkins	5/9
Black Crappie	14.75	Walter Wreden	Jig	Delta Lake	Oneida	9/14
Black Crappie	14	John Berens	Mepps spinner	Hemlock Lake	Livingston	6/9
Bluegill	10.75	Charles Van Meter Jr.	Berkley grub	Grafton Pond	Rensselaer	10/18
Bluegill	10.6	Philip Brady	Hook & bobber	Mill Pond	Suffolk	10/19
Bluegill	10.4	Briana Brady	Hook & bobber	Mill Pond	Suffolk	10/6
Brown Trout- Inland Lakes	28	Richard Neiss	Storm swim shad	Croton Falls Reservoir	Putnam	7/24
Brown Trout- Inland Lakes	27	George D'Amato	Sutton 44 spoon	Canandaigua Lake	Ontario	6/26
Brown Trout- Inland Streams	22.5	Richard Bradt	Fly	Mettawee River	Washington	9/26
Brown Trout- Inland Streams	22.25	Richard Serbonich	Rapala shad rap	Tioughnioga River	Cortland	5/30
Brown Trout- Inland Streams	21.5	Joseph Dorsey	Nightcrawler	Wiscoy Creek	Wyoming	4/2
Chain Pickerel	30.25	Charles Van Meter Jr.	Singletail grub	Farm pond	Rensselaer	5/25
Chain Pickerel	27	Ed Lints	Minnow	Kayuta Lake	Oneida	7/9
Chain Pickerel	27	Richard Neiss	Johnsons spoon	New Croton Reservoir	Westchester	7/22
Chain Pickerel	26.75	Joseph T. Lopata	Rapala X-Rap	Barge Canal	Oneida	9/29
Chinook Salmon	42	Chuck Booker	EZ egg	Twelve Mile Creek	Niagara	10/29
Chinook Salmon	40	Bryant Dean II	Salmon egg	Salmon River	Oswego	10/6
Common Carp	39	Eric Leusch	Corn	Little York Lake	Cortland	6/13
Common Carp	39	Walter Wreden	Jig	Delta Lake	Oneida	9/5
Common Carp	37.5	Trace Ramsey	Corn	Keuka Lake	Yates	7/12
Lake Trout- Great Lakes	36.25	Robert Buehler	Stick bait	Lake Ontario	Monroe	10/12
Lake Trout- Great Lakes	35	Robert Swiatek	Spoon	Lake Erie	Chautauqua	8/14
Lake Trout- Great Lakes	34.5	Jonathan Bolyard	Spoon	Lake Ontario	Niagara	4/18
Lake Trout- Inland	33.5	Charles Van Meter Jr.	Downrigger	Lake Champlain	Clinton	6/22
Lake Trout- Inland	32	Paula Van Meter	Downrigger	Lake Champlain	Clinton	6/24
Largemouth Bass	25	David Zikoski	Heddon cork popper	Lake Superior	Sullivan	8/9
Largemouth Bass	24.75	David J. Nugent	Wacko worm	Private pond	Broome	8/7
Largemouth Bass	23.5	Ed Lints	Sucker	Eaton Reservoir	Madison	7/22
Muskellunge	58.75	Rich Clarke		St. Lawrence River	Jefferson	12/6
Muskellunge	54	Gerald Vaikness	Spinnerbait	Black Lake	St. Lawrence	7/17
Muskellunge	48	Todd E. Young	Wiley jerkbait	Chautauqua Lake	Chautauqua	8/17
Muskellunge	48	Stephen J. Trenton	Stickbait	St. Lawrence River	St. Lawrence	11/2
Northern Pike	39	Michael Saviola	Salted minnow	Conesus Lake	Livingston	8/23
Northern Pike	38.5	Walter Wreden	Jig w/teaser tail	Delta Lake	Oneida	6/30
Northern Pike	38	Joseph Banker	Golden shiner	Conesus Lake	Livingston	3/5
Northern Pike	38	Jeffery Reed	Deep diver crankbait	Lake Champlain	Washington	9/13
Rainbow Trout- Great Lakes	38.5	Chuck Booker	EZ egg	Two Mile Creek	Niagara	4/22
Rainbow Trout- Great Lakes	34	Robert M. Fronczek	Fly	Two Mile Creek	Niagara	4/1
Rainbow Trout- Great Lakes	34	Walter Wreden	Egg sack	Salmon River	Oswego	9/7
Rainbow Trout- Great Lakes	33	Arthur Pearse	Partridge soft hackle	Salmon River	Oswego	3/7
Rainbow Trout- Great Lakes	33	Chuck Booker	EZ egg	Two Mile Creek	Niagara	3/23
Rainbow Trout- Great Lakes	33	Robert Kramer	Avery spoon	Lake Ontario	Niagara	8/4
Rainbow Trout- Inland Streams	26.5	Robert W. Seymour	Garden hackle	Springwater Creek	Livingston	4/11
Smallmouth Bass	24	Chuck Booker	Tube jig	Lake Ontario	Niagara	5/12
Smallmouth Bass	22.25	Kenneth Doerr	Lipless crankbait	Lake Ontario	Jefferson	9/21
Smallmouth Bass	22	Daniel Lopez	Crawfish	Mohawk River	Schenectady	7/11
Striped Bass	37.5	John Swenson	Smithwick Rogue	Hudson River	Dutchess	5/13
Tiger Muskellunge	37	Edward A. Piotrowski	Booyah spinnerbait	Round Lake	Saratoga	7/10
Walleye	31.5	Greg Becker	Worm harness	Lake Erie	Erie	6/29
Walleye	27.5	Peter C. Geelan	Live shiner	Great Sacandaga Lake	Saratoga	2/8
White Crappie	16	Joshua Barker	Spinnerbait	Solon Pond	Cortland	7/12
White Crappie	15.5	Timothy C. Conpropst Jr.	Renegade crankbait	Solon Pond	Cortland	7/12
Yellow Perch	15	Mike Sperry	Worm harness	Chautauqua Lake	Chautauqua	5/15
Yellow Perch	14.5	Dave Miesowicz	Live shiner	Tomhannock Reservoir	Rensselaer	3/3
Yellow Perch	14	Greg Becker	Live minnow	Lake Erie	Erie	6/14