Top Three Fish for Each Species

Lingcod-medium

Top Lingcod Entries in the AOTY Pool

Points Image(s) Angler Length Date Caught Notes
152.0 L3-thumb L4-thumb  Pelagic Paddler 38.0 August 27, 2010 Zoom-in
144.5 36 36 36 Spot 36.125 June 27, 2010 Not the Butt I was looking for but it had me fooled for a while. This bad boy swallowed a 16oz jig, head and all. Zoom-in
140.0 Ling_dc_1-thumb Ling_dc_2-thumb Ling_dc_3-thumb deepcolor 35.0 May 4, 2010 Caught at Sucia Island. She really was 35, but I realize now the tape fell off the nose for the picture. Sorry about the lousy measuring. Feel free to adjust the measurement if you feel like you need to for fairness. Zoom-in



Vermillion-medium

Top Rockfish Entries in the AOTY Pool

Points Image(s) Angler Length Date Caught Notes
159.25 P7300070-thumb   'Yak Monkey 22.75 August 30, 2010 nice yelloweye, not the biggest seen at Foggy, but the best I could do on that day before I had to move off of the rockies. Zoom-in
148.75 P5306185-thumb   yaknitup 21.25 May 30, 2010 Zoom-in
147.0 Brianblack_1-thumb Closeblack-thumb  bsteves 21.0 June 19, 2010 ORC 2010 Zoom-in



Halibut-medium

Top Halibut Entries in the AOTY Pool

Points Image(s) Angler Length Date Caught Notes
108.5 P7250056-thumb   'Yak Monkey 31.0 August 30, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH7fBQ-A5ww follow above link to see YouTube vid of the entire fish. My arms weren't long enough to get the whole fish in the picture... Zoom-in



Cabezon-medium

Top Cabezon Entries in the AOTY Pool

Points Image(s) Angler Length Date Caught Notes
204.8 P6190018-thumb P6190017-thumb P6190023-thumb Jammer 25.6 June 19, 2010 Cabezon caught during the ORC 2010, but was 2nd biggest of the Tournemnt with 25.6" and 11lb. Zoom-in
200.0 050-thumb 051-thumb  kykfshr 25.0 June 19, 2010 Zoom-in
194.0 Img_0469-thumb Img_0470-thumb  The Nothing 24.25 June 29, 2010 3oz jig, 8" grub. dunno what happened to my hawg trough. haven't seen it since ORC Zoom-in



Coho-medium

Top Coho Entries in the AOTY Pool

Points Image(s) Angler Length Date Caught Notes
132.5 Photo_2-thumb Photo_4-thumb Photo_7-thumb yaksurf 26.5 August 20, 2010 caught this coho pre fishing the the FSC (wish I'd caught it during the FSC). My first salmon from a kayak and funnest fish to land on my kayak Zoom-in



King-medium

Top Chinook Entries in the AOTY Pool

Points Image(s) Angler Length Date Caught Notes
154.0 Chinookaug31_006_copy-thumb Chinookaug31_007_copy-thumb  coosbayyaker 38.5 August 31, 2010 fattest, best fight, most epic day(short) ever fishing!! 30 pounds of dynamite. Zoom-in
140.0 Fishing_picture_077-thumb Fishing_picture_079-thumb Fishing_picture_094-thumb Jammer 35.0 April 23, 2010 Caught 2 in the willamette on friday afternoon, but the second fish (not pictured) was wild. Zoom-in
137.0 Chinookmeasure-thumb Zchinook-thumb  Zee 34.25 August 12, 2010 Buck chinook from area 10 mooched w/ a cut plug herring. Zoom-in



Steelhead-medium

Top Steelhead Entries in the AOTY Pool

Points Image(s) Angler Length Date Caught Notes
160.0 100_0787-thumb 100_0788-thumb 100_0789-thumb Lee 32.0 January 31, 2010 Zoom-in
150.0 Fish_002-thumb Fish_004-thumb  eobasser 30.0 August 22, 2010 I was so excited about this fishes wild big brother I caught I almost cut him up without taking pictures. Zoom-in
135.0 Dsc_0031-thumb 27inch_yak_in_bkgrnd_dsc_0036-thumb  Noggin Yakker 27.0 February 13, 2010 Not the 30+ incher I was hoping for, but this one filled my four fish limit so I'm not complaining! Zoom-in



Trout-medium

Top Rainbow Trout Entries in the AOTY Pool

Points Image(s) Angler Length Date Caught Notes
168.0 100_0814-thumb 100_0815-thumb 100_0816-thumb Lee 24.0 February 9, 2010 Something bit the top part of this Bow's fin off. Tip to tip was slightly over 24" to the bottom of the tail. Zoom-in
125.125 Spot_17 Spot_17  Spot 17.875 August 6, 2010 Couldn't seem to find those 24"ers but this bad boy took a plug more than 1/3rd it's own length. Zoom-in
122.5 Troutmar1410-thumb   goldendog 17.5 March 14, 2010 Munsel Lake trolling a green blue fox, with scent Zoom-in



Smallmouth_bass-medium

Top Smallmouth Bass Entries in the AOTY Pool

Points Image(s) Angler Length Date Caught Notes
193.5 Dscn0935-thumb Dscn0936-thumb Dscn0929-thumb eobasser 21.5 March 15, 2010 This is my personal best Smallmouth. Digital scale said 6 lbs. 4 oz. Zoom-in
184.5 Dsc_0407-thumb Dsc_0409_cropped_1000w-thumb Dsc_0410_cropped_1000w-thumb Noggin Yakker 20.5 April 10, 2010 This was not only the first fish of the day, it was the first fish in my new yak! During the next 2-1/2 hours I C&R'd five more as follows: 20", 16", 18", and two 19". It was easily my best day of bass fishing (for either species) from a kayak! This week doesn't look as busy as the previous few weeks, so I'll post a detailed report soon. Zoom-in
175.5 Copy_of_april_ok_r_2010_015-thumb Copy_of_april_ok_r_2010_014-thumb Dsc_0467_cropped_700w-thumb Pisco Sicko 19.5 April 17, 2010 Great day with YN at his honey hole. Non-stop action, in the right places. Zoom-in



Largemouth_bass-medium

Top Largemouth Bass Entries in the AOTY Pool

Points Image(s) Angler Length Date Caught Notes
158.0 Dsc_0593-thumb Dsc_0592-thumb Dsc_0584_cropped_700w-thumb Noggin Yakker 19.75 May 19, 2010 Got this one at a lake I'd never been to before. The wind was wicked and a couple of squalls pounded me with hail and rain. Thankfully there was no lightning! Zoom-in
140.0 P1000700-thumb   24togo 17.5 July 27, 2010 Davis Lake on a white rabbit fur streamer. Zoom-in
138.0 17 17  Spot 17.25 September 7, 2010 Only had 2 hrs to fish all weekend. Caught this chunk trolling a Rattlin' Rapala at Hagg. Zoom-in



Panfish-medium

Top Panfish Entries in the AOTY Pool

Points Image(s) Angler Length Date Caught Notes
147.0 Copy_of_april_opener_2010_017-thumb Copy_of_april_opener_2010_019-thumb  Pisco Sicko 12.25 April 24, 2010 Hit Patterson Lake, in the afternoon, after fishing Big Twin in the morning. Was hoping to manage three species for the day but the watre was cold and the wind howling at Patterson. Picked up one nice jumbo perch, but no bass. Bunches of little "catchable" 'bows, but I already had some better sized 'bows from Big Twin. Zoom-in
147.0 007-thumb 009-thumb 006-thumb eobasser 12.25 June 2, 2010 Cold springs crappie have been dinks for years but I heard there were nice ones this year. One shot of the evening scenery for you. Zoom-in
129.0 P6240025-thumb P6240024-thumb P6240022-thumb INSAYN 10.75 June 24, 2010 Hagg Lake finally gave up some Crappie. And yes I kept them little Yellow Perch in the last pic. It was like filet'n a goldfish, but I got some meat off of them! Zoom-in



Chum-medium

No Chum Entries in the AOTY Pool




Sturgeon-medium

No Sturgeon Entries in the AOTY Pool




Greenling-medium

Top Greenling Entries in the AOTY Pool

Points Image(s) Angler Length Date Caught Notes
198.0 Strait_greenie-thumb   Zee 18.0 September 6, 2010 Personal best greenling. Zoom-in
187.0 May28a-thumb May28b-thumb  coosbayyaker 17.0 May 30, 2010 big ole greenling Zoom-in
187.0 Alaska_2010_058-thumb Alaska_2010_060-thumb  Jammer 17.0 August 18, 2010 Caught this Greenling while yak fishing off Prince of Whales Island SE Alaska. Caught many Greenling and Quillback using a pink/glow buzz bomb. Mainly fished off the kelp beds at 25-45 feet deep. All near Coffman Cove. Zoom-in



Surfperch-medium

Top Surf Perch Entries in the AOTY Pool

Points Image(s) Angler Length Date Caught Notes
135.0 Surfperch-thumb   coosbayyaker 11.25 August 1, 2010 Little Surf Perch caught at Sunset. Mt first ever surfperch from Sunset. Zoom-in



Flounder-medium

Top Flounder Entries in the AOTY Pool

Points Image(s) Angler Length Date Caught Notes
136.5 Flounder1-thumb   'Yak Monkey 19.5 May 31, 2010 Zoom-in
126.0 F2-thumb   Pelagic Paddler 18.0 August 27, 2010 Zoom-in
110.25 F1-thumb Photo_2-thumb  yaksurf 15.75 May 9, 2010 Caught of of Heceta Head Lighthouse with a berkley gulp jig. Caught 2 crab on hook and line this day also. Zoom-in



Cutthroat-medium

Top Cutthroat Trout Entries in the AOTY Pool

Points Image(s) Angler Length Date Caught Notes
138.25 P1000453-thumb P1000453_2-thumb  24togo 19.75 June 24, 2010 Struck a small black rooster tail with a single siwash hook. Zoom-in
133.0 Lakewa_cutty_07052010-thumb Lw_7_5_2010_2-thumb  Zee 19.0 July 5, 2010 Cutty 30' down on a F4 flatfish. Zoom-in
77.0 Cutthroatjan2810-thumb   goldendog 11.0 January 28, 2010 Woahink Lake in 50ft of water Zoom-in



Walleye-medium

Top Walleye Entries in the AOTY Pool

Points Image(s) Angler Length Date Caught Notes
141.0 Fish_003-thumb Fish_005-thumb  eobasser 23.5 July 16, 2010 Was hoping to get one for Coosbayyaker but fishing was really slow Zoom-in
111.0 P5150011 P5150013  Demonick 18.5 May 16, 2010 Moses Lake in about 12' of water, bottom bouncing a wedding ring tipped with Berkley worm. Zoom-in
102.0 6 6 6 Pisco Sicko 17.0 June 20, 2010 Made a speed run to Banks late Sat. afternoon. Fished that evening from 8:30-10:30, and caught several small 'eyes, this one, and a couple of smallies. A little lumpy (walleye chop!), but the temps were nice. Clouded up and started raining overnight. Cool, cloudy and flat in the morning. Managed a couple more smallies and a few decent perch. The walleye did a disappearing act. Rained most of the morning, so I left at 11:00am. Zoom-in



Kokanee-medium

Top Kokanee Entries in the AOTY Pool

Points Image(s) Angler Length Date Caught Notes
216.0 P1000287-thumb P1000286-thumb P1000290-thumb 24togo 24.0 June 3, 2010 Not so secret lake on standard kokanee gear. Zoom-in
119.25 Kokanee-thumb   fishnut1 13.25 May 7, 2010 First Kokanee out of the yak & the first one since I was 14 yrs old Lake Stevens,Wa Zoom-in
119.25 Kapena_13 Kapena_13  Kapena 13.25 August 8, 2010 The little man outfished me 3 to 9 on this day. Zoom-in



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No Lake Trout Entries in the AOTY Pool




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