Big Bear Part 2…

The fishing trip started off well.   We anchored, set our lines and within 5 minutes, Dawn got a bite….sadly her line broke….no fish…no picture.   Soon after that, I got a bite, reeled up the fish to the surface and I tried to give Jack my pole to reel in the fish but then MY line broke.   No fish, no picture…well, I am the photographer, so I couldn’t reel in the fish, give it to Jack AND take the picture.

Then it got pretty quiet.   Stacy trying her luck:

 

Jack concentrating on fishing:

 

But after 5 minutes, Jack was bored and moving around the boat and eating snacks.  Actually both Jack and Stacy did pretty well for being on a boat for 4 hours:

 

Bryan had ZERO bites:

 

Then, dumb luck strikes again and Aya caught the FIRST fish:

 

How?   I have no idea.   Just amazing.  Every single stinkin’ time:

 

Hold up…wait a minute…let me some BOOM in it!   Look who scratches the scoreboard and catches fish numero two:

 

Actually it was a bit lucky.  I thought I was getting some bites but then Jack walked by and just lifted up my pole to get some snacks and then nothing.  I assumed the fish got scared away.   I went back to taking pictures….Jack just makes lounging on the boat look good.  Nice day in Big Bear…on the water….family….a good day:

 

Then I noticed my line was loose so I started reeling it in.  I was reeling, reeling and I was like thinking did someone mess with my drag?   Why isn’t my line reeling in?   Why is my line going the opposite direction I casted it in.   Now my line is close to Dawn’s.  Then Dawn jerked her pole….great…we just crossed lines….no fish.   We untangled the lines and I kept reeling….TUG…WHAT?   HEY….I got a fish on my line!  Woo-hoo.

After I reeled in my fish, there was nothing.  We called it a day and headed in.

Bryan let Jack steer the boat by to the dock.  Not smart.  Jack was moving the boat side to side and I was getting a tad sea sick.   Luckily the ride wasn’t that long to the dock:

 

Well, well, well…looks like yours truly is the 1st Annual Big Bear champion with the BIGGEST trout caught!   DOMINATOR!!