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2022 Annual Award Category Winners

2022 Angler Achievement Award Winners
Category Weight Angler Lure/Bait Water County Catch Date Award
Brown Bullhead 1 lbs 4 oz Darren Dixon Tungsten Ice Jig Long Pond Cortland 1/23/2022 Annual Award - First Place
Channel Catfish 35 lbs 12 oz Bailey Williams Cut Bait Black River Jefferson 5/8/2022 Annual Award - First Place (State Record)
Largemouth Bass 6 lbs 5 oz Wyatt Crain Shiner Keuka Lake Yates 1/23/2022 Annual Award - First Place
Northern Pike 15 lbs 4 oz Danielle Seipel Live Shiner Conesus Lake Livingston 2/23/2022 Annual Award - First Place
Smallmouth Bass 8 lbs 6 oz Thomas Russell Jr. Berkley Max Scent Minnow Cayuga Lake Seneca 6/15/2022 Annual Award - First Place (State Record)
Smallmouth Bass 6 lbs 0 oz Christopher McKimmie Tube Jig Lower Niagara River Niagara 7/8/2022 Annual Award - Second Place
Yellow Perch 2 lbs 13 oz Tim Thomas Jig with plastic Seneca Lake Seneca 4/30/2022 Annual Award - First Place
Yellow Perch 1 lbs 2 oz Joshua Ten Eyck Jig/Spike Saratoga Lake Saratoga 2/11/2022 Annual Award - Second Place