Winners named for Delaware Fishing Photo Contest
DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announced that Israel Mora of Wilmington has been chosen as first-place winner of the 2018 Delaware Fishing Photo Contest.
The winning photo, titled “The Fish of the 10,000 Casts,” featuring Mora’s son Bryan holding his tiger musky catch from Brandywine River, will be featured on the cover of the 2019 Delaware Fishing Guide, with four other winning photos displayed inside the guide.
Second place went to “My First Fish” by Guinn Paxton of Seaford for his photo of his wife and granddaughter on the Nanticoke River.
Honorable mentions went to “Mase Man Reeling in the Big One” by Dana Bourdon of Wilmington for her photo of son Mason on Trap Pond; “My First Catch” by Kira Foos of Lewes for her photo of son Ethan on Killens Pond; and “The Kindness of a Stranger” by Rebecca Snow of Dover for her photo showing a stranger helping her son Declan reel in a fish at Bellevue State Park.
The winning entries are posted at www.dnrec.delaware.gov.
Three judges – Division of Fish & Wildlife Director David Saveikis, and division staff amateur photographers Kerri Yandrich and Rebecca Hoover – selected the top five entries. Judges were looking for well-composed photos that best portrayed this year’s contest theme, Reel Good Time.
“Our fishing photo contest encourages anglers of all ages to experience and enjoy Delaware’s great outdoors, especially children, who are our current generation of conservationists,” said Shawn Garvin, DNREC secretary. “These photos portray anglers enjoying the great sport of fishing, and we hope they inspire others to do the same. We encourage other Delaware photographers to enter next year’s contest to capture the angling experience.”
