Drum Roll, please — It’s time for us to announce the winners of The Charleston Angler Photo and Essay Contest! Over the course of October we collected entries from Lowcountry Anglers, and boy was the competition thick. Our judges – Jeff Dennis, Matt Winters, and Daniel Nussbaum – read through 23 entries and somehow managed to narrow it down to three lucky winners. We’d like to say thank you to our judges for helping us out, and special thanks to all of those who sent in entries. We had a blast reading your stories and hope you’ll continue to send in your fish tales for the blog!

1^st Place: “Yankee Luck” by Bryan Lewis

2^nd Place: “Sunkissed” by Lena Halvarsson

3^rd Place: “Red Sunrise” by Peter DeNicola

Honorable Mentions:

Caleb Davis for  “Joining the Billfish Club” & Jes Swicegood for “Screaming Drag”

Staff Winner: Matt Devlin for “Fish Michigan” (Mt. Pleasant Store)