2020 GEORGIA ANGLER AWARDS www.georgiawildlife.com/fishing/AnglerAwards
(angler listed alphabetically by last name) First Name Last Name Species Weight* Length Location Bait Date Caught
Follow The Son Walleye 0 26 inches Lake Seed Worm 6/7/2020
Follow The Son Walleye 0 27 inches Lake Seed Worm 5/23/2020
Follow The Son Walleye 0 27 inches Lake Seed Worm 5/23/2020
Follow The Son Walleye 0 26 1/4 inches Lake Rabun Worm 4/18/2020 Jason Alford Shoal Bass 0 20 inches Chattahoochee River Artificial Worm 7/12/2020 Jason Alford Shoal Bass 0 20 3/4 inches Chattahoochee River Artificial Worm 7/12/2020 Peter Anderson Longnose Gar 0 48 inches Lake Allatoona Homemade 7/18/2020 Amory Baker Bluegill 0 9 inches Private Pond Satilla Spin 4/27/2020 Ford Beard Walleye 0 19 1/2 inches Lake Yonah Worm 5/24/2020 Ford Beard Yellow Perch 0 11 1/8 inches Lake Yonah Worm 7/11/2020 Ford Beard Yellow Perch 0 10 1/2 inches Lake Yonah Worm 6/27/2020 Ford Beard Yellow Perch 0 11 1/2 inches Lake Yonah Worm 5/24/2020 Noah Bishop Bluegill 0 9 inches Marben PFA: Clubhouse Lake Worm 10/17/2020 Verlene Bivines Largemouth 10 lb, 0 oz 23 1/4 inches Go Fish Education Center Live Fish 10/30/2020 Bass Pond Amy Blankenship Redear Sunfish 2 lb, 0 oz 14 inches Mountain Lake Catauba Worm 7/2/2020 Truett Blount Channel 0 21 1/2 inches Go Fish Casting Pond Hot Dog 7/15/2020 Catfish Kimber Boles Channel 7 lb, 9 oz 0 Paradise PFA Hot Dog 10/2/2020 Catfish Stella Boles Channel 8 lb, 8 oz 0 Paradise PFA Hot Dog 10/2/2020 Catfish Tim Bonvechio Largemouth 11 lb, 4 oz 25 inches Tired Creek Reservoir Natural 1/24/2020 Bass Lily Bonvechio Largemouth 5 lb, 0 oz 20 inches Private Pond Senko Worm 3/14/2020 Bass Mike Brewer Striped Bass 0 40 inches Lake Lanier Blueback Herring 3/14/2020 Jessie Brock Channel 12 lb, 15 30 inches Lake Antioch-Rocky Underspin 12/6/2020 Catfish oz Mountain PFA First Name Last Name Species Weight* Length Location Bait Date Caught Jessie Brock Green Sunfish 0 9 inches Queen City Rage Menace 5/4/2020 Jessie Brock Spotted Bass 0 21 1/2 inches Lake Burton JerkBait 4/20/2020 Kentad Buffinet Channel 8 lb, 10 oz 23 inches Clubhouse Pond, Marben Liver 8/15/2020 Catfish PFA Cade Burke White Crappie 0 25 1/2 inches Savannah River Soft Plastic 7/26/2020 Braylon Burke Bluegill Sunfish 0 10 inches Private Pond Cricket 5/24/2020 Braylon Burke Redbreast 0 9 inches Ogeechee River Worm 5/25/2020 Sunfish Braylon Burke Largemouth 0 20 inches Private Pond Soft plastic Worm 6/24/2020 Bass Braylon Burke Redear Sunfish 0 12 inches Ogeechee River Red worm 5/22/2020
Chase Carter Channel 4 lb, 3 oz 22 1/2 inches Marben PFA: Boar Pond 9/12/2020 Catfish Ezekiel Casto Bluegill 0 9 inches Marben PFA: Boar Pond Hot Dog 9/12/2020 Mason Ray Cheek Blue Catfish 0 30 1/2 inches Lake Sinclair Live Bream 10/17/2020 Justin Churchey Brown 0 17 1/2 inches Private Pond Live Minnow 12/6/2020 Bullhead Franklin Clark, Jr. Black Crappie 2 lb, 1 oz 0 Lake Bobben, Paradise PFA Minnow 12/3/2020 Michael Clement Redear Sunfish 1 lb, 13 oz 13 inches Lake Olmstead Rooster Tail 5/6/2020 Chandler Cochran Blue Catfish 42 lb, 8 oz 43 inches Coosa River Spinner 3/17/2020 David Collins Shoal Bass 0 21 inches Ocmulgee River Chatterbait 1/2/2020 Jesse Cooksey Largemouth 10 lb, 6 oz 24 inches Ocmulgee PFA Jerk Bait 5/13/2020 Bass Leon Curvin Flathead 49 lb, 12 50 inches Lake Jackson Shad 8/1/2020 Catfish oz James Dabbs Shoal Bass 0 21 1/4 inches Chattahoochee River Finesses Worm 10/4/2020 James Dabbs Shoal Bass 0 20 1/4 inches Chattahoochee River Finesse Worm 4/13/2020 Logan Daniel Striped Bass 0 27 inches Lake Lanier Herring 12/11/2020 Mason Daniel Striped Bass 0 27 inches Lake Lanier Herring 12/10/2020 Chris Daniel Black Crappie 0 17 inches Lake Lanier Herring 12/10/2020 Wesley Daniels Smallmouth 0 19 inches Savannah River Artificial 5/2/2020 Bass First Name Last Name Species Weight* Length Location Bait Date Caught Timothy Deener Bowfin 0 20 1/8 inches Okefenokee Swamp Fire Tiger Dura- 12/7/2020 spin Timothy Deener Bluegill 0 9 inches Private Pond Cricket 12/28/2020 Timothy Deener Flier 0 7 inches Okefenokee Swamp Pink Sally 12/7/2020 Timothy Deener Black Crappie 0 14 inches Lake Mayers Specktacular Jig 11/27/2020 Daniel Dellinger Walleye 0 24 3/4 inches Lake Seed Worm 6/14/2020 Daniel Dellinger Walleye 0 27 inches Lake Seed Worm 6/14/2020 W. Scott Dittman Walleye 0 23 1/2 inches Lake Yonah Worm 6/20/2020 Craig Dye Shoal Bass 0 20 inches Ocmulgee River Zara Spook Top 7/18/2020 Water Colton Edge Shoal Bass 0 21 inches Flint River Chatter Bait 11/6/2020 Jeffrey Edge Shoal Bass 0 20 inches Flint River Chatter Bait 11/16/2020 Palmer Edge White Crappie 0 12 inches Private Pond Minnow 12/20/2020 Jeffrey Edge Shoal Bass 0 20 1/4 inches Flint River Chatter Bait 11/16/2020 Adam Engle Walleye 0 28 inches Lake Seed Canadian 6/14/2020 Nightcrawler Derrell Etheridge Shoal Bass 0 20 inches Ocmulgee River Crankbait 4/4/2020 Cody Etheridge Shoal Bass 0 21 inches Ocmulgee River Dropshot 12/5/2020 Cody Etheridge Shoal Bass 0 22 inches Ocmulgee River Jig Spinner 3/27/2020 Cody Etheridge Spotted Bass 0 22 1/4 inches Ocmulgee River Jig n Pig 12/5/2020 Rylan Field White Bass 0 11 inches Lake Oconee Shad Rap 8/9/2020 Rylan Field White Bass 0 11 3/4 inches Lake Oconee Shad Rap 8/9/2020 Rylan Field White Bass 0 11 1/2 inches Lake Oconee Shad Rap 8/9/2020 Myron Fleming Blue Catfish 63 lb, 0 oz 50 inches Goat Rock Lake White Fluke 2/23/2020 Leilani Ford Redear Sunfish 0 11 inches Marben PFA: Clubhouse Lake Worm 10/17/2020 Leilani Ford Redear Sunfish 0 lb, 12 oz 10 1/2 inches Marben PFA Clubhouse Lake Red Wiggler 7/18/2020 Nicholas Franklin Bluegill 9 lb, 9 oz 9 inches Marben PFA Clubhouse Lake Hot Dog 7/18/2020 Kiptyn Fuesting Channel 3 lb, 5 oz 21 inches Marben PFA Clubhouse Lake Hot Dog 7/18/2020 Catfish William Gatch Largemouth 0 25 1/4 inches Bell Pond Junebug 6/28/2020 Bass Trickworm Craig Gladue Carp 0 33 inches Savannah River Homemade 10/22/2020 First Name Last Name Species Weight* Length Location Bait Date Caught Craig Gladue Carp 0 32 inches Savannah River Homemade 10/22/2020 Craig Gladue Carp 0 31 1/2 inches Savannah River Homemade 9/11/2020 Craig Gladue Carp 0 32 inches Savannah River Homemade 9/10/2020 Craig Gladue Carp 0 32 3/4 inches Savannah River Homemade 9/10/2020 Craig Gladue Carp 0 32 3/4 inches Savannah River Homemade 8/24/2020 Craig Gladue Carp 0 31 1/2 inches Savannah River Home made 7/28/2020 Taylor Gordon Largemouth 0 21 inches Private Lake Crankbait 4/28/2020 Bass Richard Gosdin Shoal Bass 0 20 inches Chattahoochee River Zoom Zcraw 10/4/2020 Landon Greene Bluegill 0 11 inches Private Pond Worm 5/5/2020 Aiden Hamler Bluegill 0 9 1/2 inches Marben PFA: Clubhouse Lake Worm 9/12/2020 Marshall Hartley Black Crappie 2 lb, 2 oz 15 1/4 inches Hugh Gillis PFA Jig 4/6/2020 Marshall Hartley Black Crappie 2 lb, 4 oz 16 ¾ inches Hugh Gillis PFA Beatle Spin 11/29/2020 Tyler Heckard Bluegill 0 9 1/4 inches Marben PFA: Clubhouse Lake Artificial 9/12/2020 Allen Helton Redear Sunfish 2 lb, 1 oz 13 inches Ogeechee River Betsy Minnow 7/17/2020 Lee Herman White Crappie 2 lb, 2 oz 15 1/2 inches Lake Oconee Bass Minnow 3/7/2020 Chevy Hitt Bluegill 0 9 inches Marben PFA: Clubhouse Lake Liver 10/17/2020 Scott Hudson Blue Catfish 54 lb, 4 oz 42 inches Lake Sinclair Cut Bait 8/23/2020 Maxwell Hughes White Crappie 0 13 3/4 inches Lake Allatoona Crank Bait 10/11/2020 David Hurder Brown Trout 0 21 1/2 inches Toccoa River Pat's Rubber Legs 7/2/2020 Fly Erik Johnson, Jr. White Crappie 0 15 inches Lake Acworth Crankbait 8/16/2020 Evan Kemper Channel 0 21 inches Go Fish Education Center Hot Dog 6/18/2020 Catfish Casting Pond Steven Ledford Brook Trout 0 17 1/2 inches Soque River Burkley Pink Trout 11/25/2020 Worm Londyn Lemons Channel 9 lb, 4 oz 0 Hilliard Kids Fishing Event Liver 8/29/2020 Catfish Xiaoming Liu Black Crappie 0 16 inches Lake Lanier-2 Mile Creek Minnow 6/18/2020 Jackeline Lojano Bluegill 0 lb, 4 oz 9 inches Clubhouse Pond, Marben Liver 8/15/2020 PFA Patrick Lowendick Shoal Bass 0 20 inches Ocmulgee River Whopper Plopper 7/18/2020 First Name Last Name Species Weight* Length Location Bait Date Caught Marya Lynn Smallmouth 0 19 3/4 inches Savannah River Artificial Worm 9/1/2020 Bass Charles Martinez Grass Carp 0 33 inches Leisure Lake King's Hawaiian 4/28/2020 Bread Chris & Sofia McDaniel Flathead 51 lb, 12 45 1/2 inches Lake Oconee Cut Shad 5/11/2020 Catfish oz Bryce McIntosh Bluegill 0 9 inches Marben PFA: Clubhouse Lake Worm 10/17/2020 Michael Mera Walleye 0 25 1/2 inches Lake Lanier Chatterbait 9/18/2020 Austin Miller Black Crappie 0 12 inches Lake Oconee Minnow 5/25/2020 Austin Miller Black Crappie 0 12 1/4 inches Lake Oconee Minnow 4/24/2020 Austin Miller Longnose Gar 0 39 inches Lake Oconee Shad Rap 8/9/2020 Austin Miller Blue Catfish 0 31 inches Lake Oconee Gizzard Shad 8/7/2020 Austin Miller Grass Carp 0 25 inches Private Pond Red Worm 8/7/2020 Austin Miller Longnose Gar 0 48 inches Lake Oconee Threadfin Shad 8/7/2020 Austin Miller White Bass 0 16 inches Lake Oconee Shad Rap 8/6/2020 Austin Miller White Bass 0 11 1/4 inches Lake Oconee Shad Rap 8/6/2020 Jason Moore Walleye 0 25 inches Chattahoochee River Zman Molting 6/13/2020 Craw Garrett Mullis Largemouth 8 lb, 10 oz 26 1/4 inches Alapaha River Pink Trick Worm 8/22/2020 Bass Brandon Myers Tallapoosa 0 10 3/4 inches Tallapoosa River Finesse Worm 7/15/2020 Bass Brandon Myers Spotted Bass 0 21 inches Blue Ridge Lake Live Herring 5/25/2020 Brandon Myers Smallmouth 0 20 3/4 inches Blue Ridge Lake Live Herring 5/25/2020 Bass Brandon Myers Shoal Bass 0 20 inches Flint River Swimbait 3/21/2020
Orville Newlin III Largemouth 10 lb, 10 23 1/2 inches Ocmulgee PFA 5/29/2020 Bass oz Nick O'Conor Tallapoosa 0 10 1/2 inches Tallapoosa River Z-man 5/2/2020 Bass Brantley Peeler Black Crappie 2 lb, 5 oz 15 1/2 inches Rocky Mountain PFA-Heath Minnow 4/4/2020 Lake Jackson Peyton Shoal Bass 0 21 3/4 inches Flint River Flipping Jig 5/15/2020 First Name Last Name Species Weight* Length Location Bait Date Caught Jackson Peyton Shoal Bass 0 21 1/2 inches Flint River Shaky Head Worm 4/28/2020 Jackson Peyton Shoal Bass 0 20 inches Flint River War Eagle 3/19/2020 Spinnerbait
Robert Phinazee Largemouth 10 lb, 1 oz 24 1/4 inches Ocmulgee PFA 8/9/2020 Bass Lea Anne Powell Shoal Bass 0 20 1/2 inches Ocmulgee River Chatterbait 1/23/2020 Yin Quoc White Crappie 0 15 1/2 inches Lake Acworth Crankbait 8/8/2020 Trever Renaud Channel 11 lb, 12 0 Hilliard Kids Fishing Event Hot Dog 8/29/2020 Catfish oz Juliana Reyes Channel 3 lb, 5 oz 21 inches Marben PFA Clubhouse Lake Hot Dog 7/18/2020 Catfish Riley Rives Grass Carp 0 35 1/2 inches Private Pond Capt. Bert Fake 9/30/2020 Fish Food Fly Autumn Rae Schmid Suwannee 0 15 inches Withlacoochee River Black/Green 8/14/2020 Bass Beetle Spin Daniel Schmidt Largemouth 10 lb, 0 oz 0 Dodge Public Fishing Area Shiner 3/27/2020 Bass Edward Schmitt Flathead 41 lb, 0 oz 40 inches West Point Lake Shad Head 5/5/2020 Catfish Austin David Sellers Walleye 7 lb, 12 oz 27 1/4 inches Lake Yonah Fishhead Spin 5/28/2020 Xrao Ou Shan Black Crappie 0 15 inches Lake Lanier Minnow 12/6/2020 Jordan Sharp Channel 8 lb, 14 oz 20 1/2 inches Clubhouse Pond, Marben Liver 8/15/2020 Catfish PFA Jordan Sharp Channel 4 lb, 1 oz 22 inches Marben PFA: Boar Pond Spinner Bait 9/12/2020 Catfish Justin Sharp Bluegill 0 11 inches Marben PFA: Clubhouse Lake Liver 10/17/2020 Jordan Sharp Bluegill 0 lb, 14 oz 10 1/2 inches Clubhouse Pond, Marben Liver 8/15/2020 PFA Gunner Sherrard Warmouth 0 9 1/2 inches Private Pond Cricket 5/5/2020 Gunner Sherrard White Crappie 0 12 1/2 inches Private Pond Underspin jig 3/20/2020 Tyler Siebenmorgan Spotted Bass 0 21 inches Mossy Creek Spinning 4/25/2020 Tyler Siebenmorgan Spotted Bass 0 21 1/4 inches Ocmulgee River Plastic Worm 12/28/2020 Waylon Smith Bluegill 0 9 1/2 inches Satilla River Cricket 4/5/2020 First Name Last Name Species Weight* Length Location Bait Date Caught Gavin Smith Bluegill 0 10 inches Marben PFA: Clubhouse Lake Spinnerbait 10/17/2020 McCoy Smith Black Crappie 0 14.5 inches Private Pond Artificial 6/5/2020 Coleman Smith Channel 4 lb, 5 oz 22 1/2 inches Marben PFA: Boar Pond Liver 9/12/2020 Catfish
Shyanne Sparkman Channel 2 lb, 10 oz 20 1/2 inches Clubhouse Pond, Marben 8/15/2020 Catfish PFA David Starzec Yellow Perch 1 lb, 8 oz 13 inches Lake Tugalo Herring 10/20/2020 David Starzec White Bass 2 lb, 8 oz 17 inches Lake Tugalo Herring 12/5/2020 David Starzec Walleye 4 lb, 0 oz 23 1/2 inches Lake Tugalo Worm 6/28/2020 David Starzec Yellow Perch 1 lb, 12 oz 15 1/4 inches Lake Tugalo Live Herring 10/28/2020 David Starzec Yellow Perch 1 lb, 14 oz 14 1/4 inches Lake Tugalo Herring 10/28/2020 David Starzec White Bass 2 lb, 9 oz 16 1/4 inches Lake Tugalo Herring 10/20/2020 Scotty Storey Black Crappie 2 lb, 3 oz 14 3/4 inches Lake Patrick: Paradise Public Jig 11/12/2020 Fishing Area William Strasburg Black Crappie 0 15 1/4 inches Hickory Log Fluke Jr 10/2/2020 Tim Taylor Chattahoochee 0 12 1/4 inches Soque River Inline Spinner 6/25/2020 Bass Ricky Thomas III Channel 0 26 inches Big Lazer PFA Stink Bait 1/31/2020 Catfish Ricky Thomas III Channel 0 26 inches Big Lazer PFA StinkBait 1/31/2020 Catfish Ricky Thomas III Channel 0 27 inches Big Lazer PFA StinkBait 1/31/2020 Catfish Ricky Thomas III Channel 0 27 inches Big Lazer PFA Stink Bait 1/31/2020 Catfish Gregory "Justin" Timbs Spotted Bass 0 21 inches Ocmulgee River Wacky Rig 5/11/2020 David J. Cebollero Torres Black Crappie 0 16 1/2 inches Lake Acworth Minnow 11/14/2020 Tim Trone Blue Catfish 110 lb, 6 58 inches Chattahoochee River Cut Bream 10/17/2020 oz Danny Vann Redbreast 1 lb, 1 oz 10 inches Savannah River Cricket 5/13/2020 Sunfish Chad Wammock Blue Catfish 0 33 inches Lake Oconee Gizzard Shad 8/2/2020 Chad Wammock White Bass 0 17 inches Lake Oconee Rapala Shad Rap 7/16/2020 First Name Last Name Species Weight* Length Location Bait Date Caught Fred Wammock Chattahoochee 0 10 1/4 inches Chattahoochee River Beatle Spin 7/14/2020 Bass Fred Wammock Tallapoosa 0 12 1/2 inches Little Tallapoosa River Rapala Floating 6/3/2020 Bass Minnow Chad Wammock Blue Catfish 0 34 1/2 inches Lake Oconee Gizzard Shad 7/11/2020 Fred Wammock Grass Carp 0 31 inches Farm Pond Red Worm 6/18/2020 Chad Wammock Blue Catfish 0 33 1/2 inches Lake Oconee Gizzard Shad 7/10/2020 Mike Wang Black Crappie 0 16 inches Lake Lanier Minnow 3/30/2020 Li Wang Black Crappie 0 15 1/2 inches Lake Lanier Minnow 11/29/2020 Jim Ware Walleye 0 23 3/4 inches Rocky Mountain PFA Spinner 11/16/2020 Jim Ware Brown 0 17 inches Rocky Mountain PFA Spinner 11/16/2020 Bullhead William Ray Webb Shoal Bass 0 11 inches Flint River Zoom Fluke 5/16/2020 Todd West Black Crappie 0 15 inches Private Pond Fly 2/28/2020 Todd West Brook Trout 0 12 inches Toccoa River Nymph 11/5/2020 Dennis Young Tallapoosa 0 11 inches Tallapoosa River Spinner 7/31/2020 Bass Antonny Zamora Channel 3 lb, 14 oz 22 inches Clubhouse Pond, Marben Liver 8/15/2020 Catfish PFA
* Fish listed with “0” weight are catch-and-release recognition **Award Program: AAA (Adult Angler Award), YAA (Youth Angler Award), TBA (Trophy Bass Award), PFA (PFA Record Award)