The time has come to pick winner of the Surfcaster’s Journal STRIPERTHON 2011 contest. We believe that STRIPERTHON 2011 with over one thousand participants is the largest season long catch and release contest in United States. We narrowed down the submissions to 14 pictures out of which you guys will choose 10 winners.
Every blog subscriber gets one vote. The picture with most votes wins the first place ,the one with second most votes win a second and so on. The ties will be decided by who submitted their entry first. DO NOT register now for the blog to vote. Only our current subscribers are eligible. We will disqualify any vote from new subscribers.
But before we do this, I want to take this opportunity to thank our sponsors for providing these wonderful prizes for our contestants. Not only that but their participation is an evidence of their support for conservation and future of our fisheries..
Grand prize winner will receive the St Croix Legend rod of his choice, from the fine folks fat St Croix Fishing.
Second prize winner will receive a custom bag from Commando Surfcasting
Third prize winner will receive a Penn Battle Spinning reel
Forth prize winner will receive pair of Wiley X polarized shades
Fifth place winner will receive pair of Hansom Saltwater pliers
Sixth place winner will receive set of lures from Super Strike
Seventh place winner will receive a set of lures from Choopy Lures
Eight place winner will receive a set of lures from Guides Choice Lures
Ninth place winner will receive a set of lures fro Line Stretcher Lures
Tenth place winner will receive a Complete Set of Lure Tube System
Here are some of the pictures of prizes
AND HERE ARE YOUR ENTRIES…one vote per blog subscriber please!
All these fish have been released. Again, congrats to anglers and big Thank You to our sponsors.
#3
↓#4
↓#3
↓#3
↓#1
↓#9
↓#3
↓#14. Tough choice!
↓#4
↓#1
↓#4
↓# 4 i like the release shot
↓# 9
↓#14 lousy weather, great fish!
↓#3
↓#3
↓#2
↓#4… great shot
↓#4
↓#6 of course ;-P. Tough choices, all great pic’s!!!
↓#4
↓#3. need some details on that beast!
↓#3
↓#5
↓#5.
↓#4
↓#3
↓#3 please…
↓#4
↓#4
↓#4
↓#1
↓#5
↓#3 and congratz to all who took part as it warms my heart to see so many fish released to spawn again
↓#3
↓#9
↓#7 for me, all awesome pictures though
↓#3
↓#7, Thanks Z and SJ staff for putting this together.
↓#11 is my choice
↓Good shot on #4 though
# 3
↓I’d say #3 but it was a tough decision.
↓Tim says #3
↓#2
↓#3
↓I’d vote for myself #10 but I gotta vote for my buddy Taylor #14 he busted his ASS that night for that fish! Congrats Tay!
↓#9
↓#9 Thanks u guys are the best
↓#4
↓Hard Choice. But I got to go with # 4
↓Great shots by all, but I’ll go with #4
↓Nice fish all around I am going to go with #7
↓#5
↓#4 for me.
Great shot, nice fish.
All nice fish.
↓Congrats to everyone!
No.5
congrats to all
↓#6
↓number 6
↓I vote #9
↓#3
↓#3 gets my vote
↓got to go with #14, great job Taylor. Great night
↓#1
↓#3
↓I like #4
↓#7
↓#4
↓#7 gets my vote
↓#5 , I like the day shot
↓#10. darknessss!
↓#7
↓#7
↓#14
↓#4
↓#5. I love the fact that he has a bunker hanging out of his mouth and he STILL hit a bucktail!
↓#2
↓GREAT FISH CONGRATULATION TO EVERYONE!
↓MY VOTE IS #3
GOOD LUCK TO ALL
Love em, but got to go with 10
↓Let’s see either two or four…
#2 is the one.
↓I’ll vote for #2.
↓Thanks for the chance.
#3 gets my vote
↓4
↓Close call. I vote for #4.
↓#1
↓going with #2, nice fish and clear picture quality.
↓Gotta give the love to a guy who fishes hard AND makes GREAT short ribs!!
#1
ED
↓#2
↓All great shots……..but I will go with #4. Nice to see all those beauties swimming again…….Ciao.
↓#4.
↓#2
↓Gotta go with number 4.
Thanks for the opportunity Z and the guys at SJ. This contest is what it’s all about. Release big fish.
↓for total suject #9
↓#5 for me, regardless all great fish…
↓My wife votes #14.
David
↓#3
↓#7 hands down
↓me too
↓#7
↓The gatorade bottle really makes that for me. I agree!
↓#7!
#4
↓number 5
thanks
↓4
↓#4.
↓#2
↓#5
↓#3
↓# 4
↓11
↓#4
↓#9
↓9
↓4
↓9
↓2
↓3
↓10
↓#3…
↓4
↓#2
↓#1 …… All look great still
↓3
↓#9.
↓Great shots and looking real this Year!
#1
↓# 1
↓#8
↓#3
↓#3
↓Vito Orlando says
Dec 16, 2011
# 9
↓#3
↓#4 Leave the fish in the water!
↓#3
↓#5
↓#6 gets my vote. Jersey blitz fish being released; way to go!!
↓#2
↓#3
↓#2
↓#2
↓#4
↓#4
↓#1 those eyes tell a short story, then have the respect to release it.
↓#4 Composition and lighting are good and shows exemplary handling of the fish.
↓8
↓#9
↓#1
↓#5
↓#4____ I agree, keep ’em in the water, support the belly, minimal internal stress.
↓#3. all but 2 at night.. nice
↓#3
↓#9
↓picture number 3
↓#1
↓#4, Great picture all around.
↓#4
↓number 3
↓Number 4
↓Number 3
↓#4
↓Number 5
↓Number 2
↓Number 5
↓#4
↓Number 3
↓Great prizes, I need to pack a camera man in my bag next season. Good luck to all.
#2
↓#4
↓#4
↓#1 Looking at that photo I think that angler may have been swallowed by that beast.
↓#3 By my estimation, the largest.
↓Number 2
↓#5. Clearly that hat put him over the top.
↓#3
↓#8
↓#5
↓#4
↓#1
↓#4
↓#4
Good luck to all the contestants. All great fish.
↓#4
↓#4
↓#4 shows respect for the fish. Congrats to all
↓#5
↓# 3
↓#2… Great fish, way late in the season!
↓#10 !
↓#3
↓thats a beast
#3
↓#3
↓#4
↓#10!!!!!!!
↓#5
↓Number 3- Ron- Cutty- took his own picture- beast
↓# 10!
↓Some good pix this year…I like #5
↓CLOSED !!!!!
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