Focus on Fish Health Photo Contest Winners Announced 9-1-2010
gengberg September 1st, 2010
For Immediate ReleaseFocus on Fish Health Photo Contest Winners Announced
All Are Committed to Preserving their Waterways for Future Generations
The pride and thrill of the big catch is the theme of July’s winners of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA/APHIS) Focus on Fish Health photo contest. Bernadette Wright of Glenville, New York; Bruce Graves of Postage, Michigan; Brooke Butler of New Matamores, Ohio and Brian Sopko of St. Anne, Illinois, won in the three categories.
Wright’s shot of her son, Justin Wright, 6, captured the boy’s glee as he displayed a large mouth bass that he and his father, Michael, had just captured off the dock in Moreau Lake State Park, New York.
She had just purchased a new camera and taken a photography class, so the win was very sweet, Wright said. The family, including daughter Ashley, 8, love to fish and visit the park every weekend .The photo won in the Family Fun Fishing or Boating category.
Bruce sent in a photo of his son Tim Graves, 27, happily raising the 46-inch, 18.5-pound native Muskie that he caught on his pontoon boat on Austin Lake in Portage, Michigan. A car accident at age 21 left Tim a paraplegic, but he has not let his disability get in the way of his love of fishing and hunting. “This I can do,” he says. “And I enjoy the sport every chance I get.” Bruce’s shot won in the Happiest Boaters on the Lake Category. Continue Reading »
