Top Three Fish for Each Species

Top Vermillion RockFish Entries in the AOTY Pool

Points	Image(s)	Angler	Length	Date Caught	Notes
195.5		nelson kwok	23.0	March 4, 2012	Beast! :)
176.375		fuzz	20.75	March 3, 2012	Carmel, found this fat red lurking in a boulder pile. Solid fish & real stocky, but not much length. Still made my day. :) 50ft
153.0		Rick	18.0	February 23, 2012	Carmel... ~60 feet of water

Top Cabezon Entries in the AOTY Pool

Points	Image(s)	Angler	Length	Date Caught	Notes
182.0		Norcalslayer	22.75	March 9, 2012	Chilling under a ledge. 25 fow.
176.0		fuzz	22.0	February 18, 2012	Carmel, CA. Weather was brutal, so stayed inside the cove and challenged myself to hunt as many different species as possible. :) 40ft
172.0		bloodbath	21.5	March 4, 2012	Carmel with jbl polespear. Witnessed by pond poacher and solsrf1

Top Greenling Entries in the AOTY Pool

Points	Image(s)	Angler	Length	Date Caught	Notes
173.25		Norcalslayer	16.5	March 7, 2012	Taken in SC. Tucked under small ledge. 5 foot viz.
160.125		Lingless Pig	15.25	March 9, 2012
160.125		bloodbath	15.25	March 26, 2012

Top Lingcod Entries in the AOTY Pool

Points	Image(s)	Angler	Length	Date Caught	Notes
220.0		BigJim	40.0	April 22, 2012	Lingzilla! 22.5 pounds! Nelson helped me measure it with two hawg troughs laid end to end....end of trough is 31. : )
199.375		fuzz	36.25	January 29, 2012	Carmel, 35 & 55ft. Both free-swimming on fishy reefs.
198.0		hotplate	36.0	May 17, 2012	SWS 25 FOW confirmed by porky

Top Perch Entries in the AOTY Pool

Points	Image(s)	Angler	Length	Date Caught	Notes
190.0		ccup	19.0	January 2, 2012	2 Jan 2012. Carmel, CA. 70cm RA. 30-35 fow. New CA State Diving Record!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 4 lbs 10 oz! Mouth nearly all the way closed...but not quite. I'll do better next time, gents. The example pics posted after I took these drive this point home...and I get it now...but, unfortunately, these fish were taken back on 2 Jan and are all gone now... :)
177.5		hotplate	17.75	May 17, 2012	SWS in the surge witnessed by porky
172.5		fuzz	17.25	February 18, 2012	Carmel, CA. Weather was brutal, so stayed inside the cove and challenged myself to hunt as many different species as possible. :) 30ft

No Halibut Entries in the AOTY Pool

No White Seabass Entries in the AOTY Pool

Top Monkeyface Prickleback Entries in the AOTY Pool

Points	Image(s)	Angler	Length	Date Caught	Notes
203.0		BigJim	29.0	March 3, 2012
194.25		Norcalslayer	27.75	February 18, 2012	Carmel.
189.0		fuzz	27.0	February 18, 2012	Carmel, CA. Weather was brutal, so stayed inside the cove and challenged myself to hunt as many different species as possible. :) Norcalslayer (Garrat) showed me up on shore with his toad MFE. ;) 25ft

Top California Sheephead Entries in the AOTY Pool

Points	Image(s)	Angler	Length	Date Caught	Notes
217.0		fuzz	31.0	March 4, 2012	Healthy male sheephead, 18#. Taken in Big Sur; shoredive. End of hawg trough is 31" and the fish is over, so used that as my measuring basis. Confirmed by Kwok, who is holding the head against end in the first picture.
159.25		Rick	22.75	January 29, 2012	Carmel, CA... 55 feet of water... 80cm Rob Allen Tuna Railgun

Top Calico Bass Entries in the AOTY Pool

Points	Image(s)	Angler	Length	Date Caught	Notes
180.0		Norcalslayer	18.0	March 21, 2012	Holed up deep in crack.
150.0		fuzz	15.0	March 30, 2012	50ft. Carmel. Skittish calico, surprised me swimming down reef/sand edge. Late afternoon dive with Norcalslayer (Garrat); not-so-calm day before the storm. Also took one opaleye that was trying to blend in with school of perch.

Top Olive Rockfish Entries in the AOTY Pool

Points	Image(s)	Angler	Length	Date Caught	Notes
195.5		ccup	23.0	January 2, 2012	2 Jan 2012. Carmel, CA. 70cm RA. 30-35 fow. New CA State Diving Record!!!!!!!!!!!! 6 lbs 1 oz!
172.125		fuzz	20.25	April 7, 2012	15-20ft. Carmel City Beach. Handful of nice rockfish including this healthy olive that surprised me in the shallows! :)
153.0		nelson kwok	18.0	February 26, 2012	SWS in approximately 25 feet of water

Top Grass Rockfish Entries in the AOTY Pool

Points	Image(s)	Angler	Length	Date Caught	Notes
190.0		Norcalslayer	19.0	March 30, 2012
180.0		fuzz	18.0	February 26, 2012	Fat grassy hiding in series of rocks with other grassies & cab. Afternoon dive with Nelson Kwok. 30ft
177.5		Rick	17.75	January 29, 2012	Carmel, CA... 25 feet of water... 80cm Rob Allen Tuna Railgun

Top Kelp Rockfish Entries in the AOTY Pool

Points	Image(s)	Angler	Length	Date Caught	Notes
196.875		BigJim	15.75	March 23, 2012
193.75		nelson kwok	15.5	March 4, 2012
193.75		Lingless Pig	15.5	May 12, 2012

Top Blue Rockfish Entries in the AOTY Pool

Points	Image(s)	Angler	Length	Date Caught	Notes
173.25		nelson kwok	16.5	March 4, 2012
165.375		hotplate	15.75	May 17, 2012	SWS in 20 FOW witnessed by porky
162.75		ccup	15.5	January 2, 2012	2 Jan 2012. Carmel, CA.

Top Black Rockfish Entries in the AOTY Pool

Points	Image(s)	Angler	Length	Date Caught	Notes
123.25		nelson kwok	14.5	February 29, 2012
114.75		fuzz	13.5	February 18, 2012	Carmel, CA. Weather was brutal, so stayed inside the cove and challenged myself to hunt as many different species as possible. :) 25ft
114.75		BigJim	13.5	March 12, 2012

Top Copper Rockfish Entries in the AOTY Pool

Points	Image(s)	Angler	Length	Date Caught	Notes
133.0		fuzz	14.0	February 20, 2012	Small copper, but the ones I saw were all the same size. Still great tasting! President's Day dive with Spinal Tap & Pedxing. 40ft
125.875		Rick	13.25	February 23, 2012	Carmel... 45-50 feet of water
106.875		BigJim	11.25	April 22, 2012	My first copper ever!

Top Gopher Rockfish/Black&Yellow Rockfish/China Rockfish Entries in the AOTY Pool

Points	Image(s)	Angler	Length	Date Caught	Notes
162.5		nelson kwok	12.5	February 29, 2012	SWS
162.5		BigJim	12.5	April 12, 2012
159.25		Lingless Pig	12.25	January 21, 2012

Top Red Abalone Entries in the AOTY Pool

Points	Image(s)	Angler	Length	Date Caught	Notes
171.0		Lingless Pig	9.0	April 26, 2012