By BeBe Dalton Harrison, SCWF Director of Education

Our inaugural SCWF Plishing Challenge is complete!  After the summer-long event, we are excited to announce the overall winners for the challenge along with a randomly selected participant who will each receive a $500 gift card to Palmetto State Armory.  We are grateful for everyone who registered and participated in the challenge as well as all of the sponsors who helped make this event possible

Our overall winners for the challenge are as follows:

Overall points leader for fish-Don Myers with over 123 fish caught

Overall points leader for litter-Camden Michael with 66 bags of litter collected

Randomly Selected participant-Sawyer Osborne

People from all over the state registered and submitted photos of fish, videos releasing fish, and photos of the bags of litter collected. Sandy Addis, whose daughter Vivian, fished the tournament noted, “This has been a fun endeavor for my 6year-old daughter, Vivian. My bass tournament-fishing husband, Jerald, was particularly thrilled that his youngest daughter had an opportunity to win something for doing something she enjoys. They both have felt good about simply seeing her name on the board, no matter the place, and Vivian has never caught so many fish (or dug so many worms) in one summer. She also has never spent so much time picking up litter, which was definitely more of a chore, but has an increased appreciation for a clean roadside (and a clearer mental picture of poison ivy).” Vivian was one of the winners for the month of July.

We learned a lot from hosting this family friendly event promoting fishing, conservation through catch and release, and litter collection and will share some of that information in the coming weeks. We extend our sincere appreciation to our sponsors, Palmetto State Armory, Palmetto Pride, AFTCO, EzOn Bobber, Shimano, The South Carolina Aquarium, and Angling Women.

For more information on the SCWF Plishing Challenge, contact BeBe Dalton Harrison, Director of Education, at mail@scwf.org.