2012 Catch and Release Category Winners
| Species | Length (inches) |
Angler | Lure | Water | County | Catch Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Crappie | 14.5 | Michael Connelly | Mr. Twisty Jig | Basic Creek Reservoir | Albany | 8/6/2012 |
| Bluegill | 10.5 | Katelyn Becker | Live maggots | Godfreys Pond | Genesee | 5/13/2012 |
| Bluegill | 10.5 | Tom Lowe | Rebel | Laurel Lake | Suffolk | 5/6/2012 |
| Bluegill | 10.25 | Liam Becker | Live maggots | Godfreys Pond | Genesee | 5/13/2012 |
| Bluegill | 10.125 | Jess Kozlowski | Popper | Snyders Lake | Rensselaer | 5/23/2012 |
| Bluegill | 10 | Joe Spinola Jr. | Senko | Wantagh Mill Pond | Nassau | 7/27/2012 |
| Bluegill | 10 | Karina Schmid | Nightcrawler | Rollins Pond | Franklin | 6/15/2012 |
| Brown Trout - Inland Lakes | 24 | Richard Neiss | Thumper Jig | Croton Falls Reservoir | Putnam | 9/9/2012 |
| Brown Trout - Inland Streams | 25 | Shawn Sabo | Worm | Owego Creek (West Branch) | Tioga | 5/26/2012 |
| Brown Trout - Inland Streams | 24 | Timothy Didas | Soft hackle pheasant deceiver fly | Cohocton River | Steuben | 3/21/2012 |
| Brown Trout - Inland Streams | 21.75 | Walter Wreden | Brown nymph | Mohawk River | Oneida | 6/5/2012 |
| Brown Trout - Inland Streams | 20 | Ed Ostapczuk | Woolly Bugger | Neversink River | Sullivan | 4/3/2012 |
| Chain Pickerel | 27.5 | Walter Wreden | Twister Tail | Barge Canal | Oneida | 5/28/2012 |
| Chain Pickerel | 26.6 | Douglas Morrison | Stinger spoon | Oneida Lake | Onondaga | 10/28/2012 |
| Chain Pickerel | 26.5 | Mike Lowe | Flat fish lure | Deep Pond | Suffolk | 5/12/2012 |
| Chain Pickerel | 26.18 | Wesley Winters | Live shiner | Deep Pond | Suffolk | 2/22/2012 |
| Chain Pickerel | 25.25 | Mathew Starin | Floating rapala | West Lake | Fulton | 5/26/2012 |
| Chain Pickerel | 25.20 | Julia Ketner | Live Minnow | Deep Pond | Suffolk | 11/30/2012 |
| Chain Pickerel | 25 | Austin Litton | Minnow | Twin Lakes | Columbia | 6/9/2012 |
| Chain Pickerel | 25 | Michael Miller | Mepps Aglia | Forge Pond | Suffolk | 6/29/2012 |
| Chain Pickerel | 25 | George D'Amato | Little Cleo | Seneca Lake | Yates | 3/15/2012 |
| Chain Pickerel | 25 | Richard Neiss | Bass Pro XPS Flat Shad | New Croton Reservoir | Westchester | 9/6/2012 |
| Chinook Salmon | 44 | Chuck Booker | Dreamweaver Spoon WD65003 | Lake Ontario | Niagara | 4/19/2012 |
| Chinook Salmon | 42.5 | Herman Bushman | J-plug | Lake Ontario | Oswego | 6/29/2012 |
| Chinook Salmon | 42 | Gary Bauer | #12 Stone fly | 18 Mile Creek | Niagara | 10/11/2012 |
| Chinook Salmon | 42 | Peter Montante | Blue Fox #5 spinner | Genesee River | Monroe | 10/13/2012 |
| Chinook Salmon | 40 | Michael Lenetsky | Woolly Bugger | Salmon River | Oswego | 9/26/2012 |
| Coho Salmon | 33 | Michael Lenetsky | Woolly Bugger | Salmon River | Oswego | 10/17/2012 |
| Lake Trout | 37.5 | Robert Swiatek | Spoon | Lake Erie | Chautauqua | 7/6/2012 |
| Lake Trout | 30.5 | Joe Spinola Jr. | Mepps Spinner | Otsego Lake | Otsego | 6/25/2012 |
| Largemouth Bass | 25 | Scott Maynard | Buzz bait | West Lake (private) | Dutchess | 7/17/2012 |
| Largemouth Bass | 24.25 | Michael Domachowske | Spinnerbait | Lake Ontario | Jefferson | 9/2/2012 |
| Largemouth Bass | 24 | Paul Pacer | Rubber mouse | Spaulding Lake | Erie | 8/5/2012 |
| Largemouth Bass | 23.5 | Edward Lints | Spinnerbait | Eaton Reservoir | Oneida | 5/22/2012 |
| Largemouth Bass | 23 | Chris Nishnick | Crank Bait | Chautauqua Lake | Chautauqua | 9/22/2012 |
| Largemouth Bass | 22.75 | Thomas Jones | Rubber worm | Pennellville Pond | Oswego | 9/15/2012 |
| Largemouth Bass | 22.5 | Michael Hall | Black beaver creature bait | Park Station Reservoir | Chemung | 5/4/2012 |
| Largemouth Bass | 22.5 | Richard Neiss | Cabelas Rad Shad | Croton Falls Reservoir | Putnam | 3/30/2012 |
| Largemouth Bass | 22.5 | Christopher Fovel | Soft plastic (trout) | Flynn Pond | Monroe | 3/24/2012 |
| Largemouth Bass | 22 | Daniel Ryterband | BPS Stik-O-Worm | Lake Champlain | Essex | 8/15/2012 |
| Largemouth Bass | 22 | Ted Stalec | Spinner | Delta Lake | Oneida | 5/23/2012 |
| Largemouth Bass | 22 | Anthony Daniels | Plastic worm | Raquette River | St. Lawrence | 7/24/2012 |
| Largemouth Bass | 21.5 | Maria Rios | Berkley Big Gulp worm | Otsego Lake | Otsego | 8/31/2012 |
| Largemouth Bass | 21 | Jim Everard | BPS River Bug | Eaton Brook Reservoir | Madison | 6/28/2012 |
| Largemouth Bass | 21 | Carol Speed | Yum Mighty Bug | Honeoye Lake | Ontario | 7/7/2012 |
| Largemouth Bass | 21 | Kathy Barlett | Super Fluke | Black Lake | St. Lawrence | 8/6/2012 |
| Largemouth Bass | 21 | Robert Seymour | Plastic worm | Coxsackie Reservoir | Greene | 6/16/2012 |
| Largemouth Bass | 21 | Tim O'Connell | Stik-O-Worm | Hudson River | Saratoga | 9/1/2012 |
| Largemouth Bass | 21 | Austin Litton | Minnow | Twin Lakes | Columbia | 6/23/2012 |
| Largemouth Bass | 21 | John Rogoz | Rapala Minnnow | Lake Jefferson | Sullivan | 9/13/2012 |
| Largemouth Bass | 21 | Ryan Peck | Stik-O | Hudson River | Saratoga | 9/16/2012 |
| Largemouth Bass | 20.5 | Joe Spinola Jr. | Grub | Lower Twin Pond | Nassau | 7/18/2012 |
| Largemouth Bass | 20.375 | JM Hardy | Silver Flicker spinnerbait | Ashokan Reservoir | Ulster | 6/19/2012 |
| Largemouth Bass | 20 | Kathy Branch | Tube (topwater) | Lake Champlain | Clinton | 7/27/2012 |
| Largemouth Bass | 20 | Brian Miller | Mepps Aglia | Forge Pond | Suffolk | 6/29/2012 |
| Largemouth Bass | 20 | Aquilino Acevedo | Minnow | Peconic River (Mills Pond) | Suffolk | 4/11/2012 |
| Largemouth Bass | 20 | Ben Neal | Live sawbelly | Lake Mahopac | Putnam | 6/9/2012 |
| Largemouth Bass | 20 | John Sparrow | Plastic worm | Blydenburgh Lake | Suffolk | 5/28/2012 |
| Muskellunge | 51 | Robert Hoce | Crane | Chautauqua Lake | Chautauqua | 7/31/2012 |
| Muskellunge | 50 | Gerry Vaikness | In-line spinner | Black Lake | St. Lawrence | 7/28/2012 |
| Northern Pike | 44.5 | Michael Domachowske | Rapala | Lake Ontario | Jefferson | 9/1/2012 |
| Northern Pike | 41 | Eric Nisch | Spinnerbait | Nassau Lake | Rensselaer | 6/26/2012 |
| Northern Pike | 40 | Eric Nisch | Spinnerbait | Nassau Lake | Rensselaer | 6/30/2012 |
| Northern Pike | 38.5 | John Lints | Doctor spoon | Black River | Lewis | 7/2/2012 |
| Northern Pike | 38 | Eric Nisch | Spinnerbait | Nassau Lake | Rensselaer | 7/10/2012 |
| Northern Pike | 37.5 | Justin Dudley | Spinnerbait | First Pond | Franklin | 8/7/2012 |
| Northern Pike | 37.5 | Corey Shappee | Spinnerbait | Nassau Lake | Rensselaer | 7/17/2012 |
| Northern Pike | 36.5 | Matt Jones | Spinnerbait | Pennellville Pond | Oswego | 9/8/2012 |
| Northern Pike | 32 | Daniel Ritzman | Hair jig | Otselic River | Broome | 3/7/2012 |
| Pumpkinseed | 10.5 | Brian Della Mattera | Nightcrawler | Lake George | Essex | 6/30/2012 |
| Rainbow Trout - Great Lakes | 35 | Chuck Booker | Homemade spinner | Lake Ontario | Niagara | 3/25/2012 |
| Rainbow Trout - Great Lakes | 34.5 | Nathan Lucabaugh | Egg sucking leech | Oak Orchard Creek | Orleans | 3/20/2012 |
| Rainbow Trout - Great Lakes | 33 | Robert Wasileski | Egg Sac | Lower Niagara River | Niagara | 12/29/2012 |
| Rainbow Trout - Great Lakes | 32 | John Cody | Egg Sac | Salmon River | Oswego | 10/30/2012 |
| Rainbow Trout - Great Lakes | 30.5 | Eric Dirolf | Clouser minnow | Lower Niagara River | Niagara | 3/12/2012 |
| Rainbow Trout - Great Lakes | 30 | Ray Bonilla | Marabou jig | Lower Niagara River | Niagara | 3/17/2012 |
| Rainbow Trout - Great Lakes | 30 | Robert Wasileski | Egg Sac | Lower Niagara River | Niagara | 12/29/2012 |
| Rainbow Trout - Inland Streams | 26 | John Lively | Egg Sac | Catherine's Creek | Chemung | 4/1/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 23.875 | Michael Domachowske | Spnnerbait | Lake Ontario | Jefferson | 9/1/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 23 | Steve Ferrell | Mepps Aglia #3 | Chautauqua Lake | Chautauqua | 5/15/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 22 | Kevin Young | Jig | NYSPA Reservoir | Niagara | 8/15/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 21.5 | Marcus Gersch | KVD Caffeine Shad | Oneida Lake | Madison | 9/9/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 21 | Douglas Smith | Countdown Rapala | Lake Ontario | Jefferson | 7/4/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 21 | Emanuel Anastos | Mepps spinnerbait | Rondout Reservoir | Sullivan | 7/9/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 21 | Colton Zack | Plastic grub | Grasse River | St. Lawrence | 7/7/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 21 | Marie Kelly | Plastic Worm | Lake Ontario | Jefferson | 9/1/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 21 | Eric Geiger | Spinnerbait | Lake Mahopac | Putnam | 4/20/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 21 | Walter Wreden | Swim bait | Barge Canal | Oneida | 6/25/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 20.25 | JM Hardy | Worm | Ashokan Reservoir | Ulster | 9/9/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 20 | Ashley Kasparian | Perch Rig/Worm | St. Lawrence River | St. Lawrence | 8/15/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 20 | Johnny Martin | Storm Sub-Wart | Second Pond | Franklin | 8/14/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 20 | Greg Kozlowski | Senko | Snyders Lake | Rensselaer | 6/6/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 19.75 | Jason Rumpf | Nightcrawler | Tomhannock Reservoir | Rensselaer | 8/10/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 19.5 | Colin Brodsky | Senko | Lake George | Essex | 8/3/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 19.5 | Tyler Garrison | Rapala X-Rap | Otisco Lake | Onondaga | 5/23/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 19.5 | Mary Katherine Konig | Hedon Tiny Torpedo | Great Sacandaga Lake | Saratoga | 8/8/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 19.5 | Cody Spencer | Yamamoto senko | Seventh Lake | Hamilton | 7/27/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 19 | Larry Kelley | Nightcrawler | Genesee River | Allegany | 7/12/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 19 | Thomas Levy | Live sawbelly | Kensico Reservoir | Westchester | 7/12/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 19 | Justin Dudley | Crankbait | Oseetah Lake | Franklin | 8/5/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 19 | Tyler Murray | JR Spook | Lake Champlain | Clinton | 7/28/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 19 | Mathew Burns | Cicckin Repala | Schroon Lake | Warren | 10/20/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 19 | David Dudley | Storm Jointed Bait | Oseetah Lake | Franklin | 8/9/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 18.5 | Justin Dudley | Crankbait | Oseetah Lake | Franklin | 8/8/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 18.5 | James Wells | Rebel crawfish | Susquehanna River | Tioga | 7/6/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 18.5 | Victor Skoczylas | Live Minnow | Neversink Reservoir | Sullivan | 9/8/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 18.375 | Jay VanDoren | Popper | Hadlock Pond | Washington | 7/26/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 18.25 | Tim Galati | Bucktail Jig | an inland Pond | Broome | 9/13/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 18.25 | Walt Keller | Rapala F-7SMN | Hudson River | Saratoga | 7/12/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 18.25 | Laura Morrell | Jig w/nightcrawler | St. Lawrence River | Jefferson | 6/28/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 18.25 | Jared Brunet | Homemade spinnerbait | Oseetah Lake | Franklin | 8/9/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 18.25 | Graham Dudley | Powerworm | Oseetah Lake | Franklin | 8/7/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 18.25 | Susan Winter | Jointed Rapala | Conesus Lake | Livingston | 7/29/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 18 | Tim Galati | Blue Fox Spinner | Otselic River | Broome | 9/17/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 18 | Tim Galati | Blue Fox Spinner | Tioughnioga River | Broome | 10/13/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 18 | Kade Slayton | Live minnow | St. Lawrence River | Jefferson | 6/28/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 18 | Susan Winter | Silver Blue Fox spinner | Conesus Lake | Livingston | 7/30/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 18 | John Rogoz | Live Minnow | Neversink Reservoir | Sullivan | 9/16/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 18 | Craig Sheppard | Crankbait | Ashokan Reservoir | Ulster | 6/22/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 18 | Carly Zach | Twister grub | Grasse River | St. Lawrence | 7/1/2012 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 18 | Mary Jane Brodsky | Roboworm | Lake George | Essex | 8/6/2012 |
| Striped Bass | 41 | Steve Jordan | Chunk herring | Hudson River | Ulster | 4/27/2012 |
| Tiger Musky | 40 | Jeffrey Tyler | Shiner | Lake Durant | Hamilton | 2/17/2012 |
| Tiger Musky | 40 | Jim Coon | Spinnerbait | Conesus Lake | Livingston | 8/22/2012 |
| Walleye | 31 | Greg Becker | Worm harness | Lake Erie | Erie | 7/22/2012 |
| Walleye | 29 | Robert Swiatek | Spoon | Lake Erie | Chautauqua | 6/18/2012 |
| Walleye | 29 | Michael Plasse | Rapala Crawfish | Schoharie Creek | Montgomery | 7/6/2012 |
| Yellow Perch | 17 | Philip Torok | Storm Wildeye Pro Curl | Mohawk River | Schenectady | 5/6/2012 |
| Yellow Perch | 15.125 | Greg Becker | Live golden shiner | Lake Erie | Erie | 5/6/2012 |
| Yellow Perch | 15 | Nicholas Wells | Strike King spinnerbait | Chautauqua Lake | Chautauqua | 5/27/2012 |
| Yellow Perch | 14.4 | Tim Galati | Fathead minnow | Inland Pond | Chenango | 4/15/2012 |
| Yellow Perch | 14 | Colin Brodsky | Minnow | Lake George | Warren | 5/27/2012 |
