Mark Sak.com
Mark Sak has been a big part of the Michigan Outdoor Industry for 20 years. He started as an outdoors writer and tournament angler on the Michigan Walleye Tour in 1994, and covered the tour in Michigan's Premier Outdoor Publication, "Woods-N-Water News". In 1999 Mark made the jump to the In-Fisherman Professional Walleye Trail. During his 6 years on the PWT, Mark qualified for 2 National Championships. He won two Coleman Cool Under Pressure awards and still holds the Michigan PWT record for heaviest 3-day basket with an astounding 130.89 pounds or an 8.72-pound average for three days. Mark's articles were read in Magazines like The Walleye Insider, Michigan Outdoor News, Woods-N-Water News and Great Lakes Angler Magazine. He is also an accomplished photographer and has had hundreds of photographs published in print and online.
In 2003, Mark Joined the Pro staff of Mike Avery's Outdoor Magazine Television and Radio, and stayed with this experienced and well loved producer for 5 years. A trip to Kodiak Island Alaska highlighted those five years and allowed Mark to watch a real pro produced, direct and edit video. (See our Kodiak Island trip in the GLS mainpage, "Angling Adventures". In 2006 Mark Left the Outdoor Magazine to produce his own syndicated radio show on the Michigan Talk Radio Network.
Mark has also been diligent in giving back to the outdoors. He has been a President of Lapeer County Pheasants Forever since 1999 and remains the Chapter President today. The Lapeer County Chapter has won two Michigan State Council of Pheasants Forever Youth Mentor Awards for the chapter's work with youth hunting. Mark has been an active part of Pheasants Forever Habitat program and in 2006 was nominated for Field and Stream Magazines "Hero of Conservation Award".
Mark also continues to work diligently with youth fishing events and has been involved with the Lake St Clair Walleye Associations Youth Ice fishing event. Along with the help from Jiffy Ice Augers, Mark provides Jiffy products for children attending this event. (See our video on the main page).
Currently Mark continues to write and is now moving into the video world after leaving the Pro Walleye Tour in 2007. He is providing a new form of media that is keeping up with the astounding changes in the Outdoor media world. Mark's video journals are now being seen monthly on www.woods-n-waternews.com. One of the few writers in the country that are producing the written word with accompanying video.
Mark is also currently on the Board of the Michigan Outdoor Writers Association and is currently assisting MOWA with the leadership needed to keep the organization in the spotlight with media across the state of Michigan. Mark is also an active member of the Outdoor Writers Association of America. He is married to wife Shannon and has 1 daughter Jacquelyn.
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