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Big Fish-of-the-Year
 
2007 Finalists
Species Name Size, Location, Angler, and Date
Black Crappie

2 lb. 4.96 oz. 15.5 in., Roosevelt Lake 

Marc S. Anderson, 03/25/07

Brown Trout

6 lb. 13.6 oz. 23.25 in., Hawley Lake 

Mark Molinari, 05/19/07

Carp

23 lb. 2.56 oz. 32.5 in., Saguaro Lake 

Ronald Nuss Jr., 04/25/07

Channel Catfish

19 lb. 2.24 oz. 29.5 in., Ashurst Lake 

Clotius Armijo, 10/15/07

Largemouth Bass

10 lb. 0.96 oz. 26 in., Roosevelt Lake 

James Alan Temby, 03/11/07

Northern Pike

31 lb. 8.8 oz. 44.5 in., Ashurst Lake

Tim Kendrick, 06/27/07

Rainbow Trout

7 lb. 3.2 oz. 27.5 in., Willow Springs Lake 

Terence L. Most, 10/03/07

Redear Sunfish

2 lb. 6.08 oz. 14.5 in., Lake Havasu

Kit Kuykendall, 04/18/07

Smallmouth Bass

2 lb. 6.08 oz. 17.13 in., Gila Gravity Canal

Mike Fredrick, 03/18/07

Smallmouth Buffalo

18 lb. 0.8 oz. 30.25 in., Apache Lake

Ronald Nuss Jr., 07/09/07

Striped Bass

27 lb. 4.48 oz. 42.25 in., Lake Pleasant

Noel Arnold, 08/08/07

White Bass

1 lb. 4.96 oz. 16.25 in., Lake Pleasant

Chad Prince, 03/11/07

Catch and Release**
Black Crappie 15 in., Alamo Lake 

Arrick Benson, 04/05/07

Bluegill 7 in., Deadhorse Ranch State Park

Darrigan Iberri-Shea, 10/30/07

Brown Trout 23 in., Black River 

Benjamin A. Payne, 06/23/07

Carp 48 in., Lake Mohave 

Gary Sweet, 10/20/07

Channel Catfish 20 in., Saguaro Lake 

Ed Brown, 03/17/07

Largemouth Bass 22 in., Tempe Town Lake 

Joshua Maxwell, 03/23/07

Northern Pike 24 in., Upper Lake Mary 

Chris Bamberg, 03/19/07

Rainbow Trout 31 in., Silver Creek 

Paul D. Voelker, 01/09/07

Urban Entries
Channel Catfish

8 lb. 0 oz. 26.25 in., Silverbell Lake 

Tim Carter, 11/05/07

Largemouth Bass

9 lb. 9.44 oz. 23.5 in., Kennedy Lake 

Hector Dorame, 03/19/07

Rainbow Trout

3 lb. 14.08 oz. 20.25 in., Water Ranch Lake 

Trevor Keaster, 03/12/07

Catch and Release**
Channel Catfish 26 in., Sahuarita Lake 

Andrew C. Ryan, 08/08/07

Hybrid Sunfish 6 in., Surprise Lake 

Mary Moore, 02/08/07

Largemouth Bass

19 in., Papago Ponds #1 

Louis Hoeniger, 03/10/07

Rainbow Trout 16 in., Sahuarita Lake 

Jerald Minnerly, 03/10/07

White Amur 35 in., Red Mountain Lake 

Steven Schmidt, 09/17/07

** Based on length only and rounded down to nearest inch. New entries must exceed existing entry by at least 1 inch.
 
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