Winni Derby 2012 Pink Rainbow Preview (video)
 

We had our usual blowout in Moultonborough last weekend, I am still sorting pictures but I have one vid and a few pics ready, so I thought I'd put up a few.

This is a rainbow caught by a young lady in our group. When we got the trout on the ice it disgorged several tablespons of pink powerbait goo, which probably explains its odd color: it's bright PINK!

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I won $100 in one of the drawings and also got a bit of a shock when I picked it up. There were a pile of NH Fish & Game freshwater digests at the window over at the Board, and as I waited for the moo-lah I thumbed through one.

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Now, last year I'd taken a nice shot of a laker caught by my buddy Craig that won 2nd place:

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Imagine my shock when, on page 32 of the digest I saw this:

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And later when I got home I logged into the F&G website and what did I see:

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So I called F&G and asked them how they got my pic and they said I'd submitted it to a fish pic contest last summer in the Union Leader and they decided to use it! Coolness...

It's a great pic...
 

Yeah, I saw that picture on the F&G web site and recognized it immediately from your derby post last year. I was going to point it out to you in a post but I figured you already knew about it.

your picture was also up in NOrth Conway in something else as well. I cannot remember where, I think it was the Washington Valley Book

You probably don't mind but they used your photo without your knowledge or permission?

I didn't know until last friday night when I showed up to my friend's place in Moultonborough. My buddies were gathered around a fire pit they build every year and when I came over, Craig (the guy in the orange hat in the pic) said "Hey, here's the guy that made us famous!"

I didn't know what they were talking about so they explained that the pic was popping up all over the place. if anybody else sees it, I'd appreciate a heads-up.

You mean like those brochures they stack in bins at rest stops? geez, I wonder where else its gotten to?

Well I asked F&G about it on tuesday, via Facebook. here's what they said:

NH Fish and Game: Hi Beast - That photo was submitted to an online photo contest that Union Leader held last summer.

Me: Oh, okay I was wondering how you found it. It was a bit of a shock to suddenly see it all over the place. Well, you guys are welcome to use it - I'm flattered, actually. BTW I got some good ones of the 2012 Derby as well.

NH Fish and Game: Anyway - it would have been nice of us to try to find you and inform you of the picture's use, and for that oversight, I apologize. The rules of the contest gave us permission to use the image as desired. There was no contact info associated with the images. Again, sorry. I should say - THANKS - it's one of our favorite shots! smile.gif

So apparently last summer the Union Leader held a fish picture contest on behalf of F&G and the winner would be puiblished in the new 2012 brochure. I submitted one then promptly forgot about it. They say there was no contact info but I remember putting up an email on the form. But yes, to enter I had to agree to free use, and they're making heap plenty free use, all right.

yes one in there, but this book i remeber was a 2011-2012 hard cover Mt Washington Valley information book

Hmmm...maybe the Chamber Of Commerce

good guess, that is where I would guess it came from

SO there you go, you are Famous!!! Now wish you were getting paid for it though

I have mixed feelings. I'm really pleased that out of hundreds of photos submitted to the Union Leader, F&G chose mine, and others liked it enough to publish it - in PRINT - no less, not just cut and paste online. And it raised my stock in the fishing group 1000%. Now they all want me to come to their events.

But I'm a little bit irked too because my image and my friends are all around the state and neither them nor I have any say. The Meredith Derby people asked me for permission to use that shot and I gave it willingly, they did it the classy way. I'm also positive I put contact info on that shot - at least an email.