In the heart of Alabama’s Black Belt, 9-year-old Fin Rittenberry of Sweet Water School has been named the winner of the Alabama Black Belt Adventure Association’s (ALBBAA) 2025 Best Fish Photo Contest.

Known to his family as “Fishing Fin,” the fourth grader has built quite a reputation for his love of the sport. “He’d fish 24/7 if we’d let him,” said his grandfather, Ricky Ault.

Fin’s mom, Lauren Ault, snapped the winning photo after he reeled in a bass on one of his first casts during a July fishing trip to a family friend’s pond in the Tallahatta Springs community in Clarke County.

“As soon as we stopped, Fin was out of the car with a pole in his hand and already casting,” Ricky Ault recalled. “He doesn’t waste any time when he goes fishing, and he’s pretty good at picking the right s

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