Team57 W/LARRC on a fun filled outing getting some kids on some Salties.

[Native Gal]

Sup fishn' guys and gals,
Los Angeles Rod and Reel Club held one of two fishing outings of the year for inner city kids on Monday, 12 July 2010. This was the Salt Water outing for the year and a few of us Team57 members stepped up when we got the call to lend a helping hand. LARRC had five boat load of kids heading out of Pierpoint Landing and we were to report for check in at 6:00 a.m. as reported by Capt'n who is a member of LARRC. Capt'n and his son fishyboy spent the night on the Boat and did a lil fishing the night before.
Check-in time rolls around, I finally get to meet and greet Capt'n, fishyboy, flyngby and his son. Shortly Fishbones and GeordyBass roll in. Good seeing ya again Fishbones and I got to meet GeordyBass. Next Russ88 shows up and later Greg shows up who was on another boat for the day, with the rest of us on the Southern Cal. We were all excited for what the day would hold in store for us. Nice over cast morning and we lucked out because it was overcast most of the day and cool for the kids. So we sign in at the LARRC booth and we were given a "T" for the day, cool! The LARRC guys were very nice and appreciative for all our efforts. The booth had alot of munchies to fuel everyone up for the day and boy were the kids in Heaven, I was just hoping I wouldn't see much of it again out on the deck, lol.

Fishbones chatting with Greg.
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While waiting for the kids to show up we walked on down to our boat The Southern Cal. Russ88 and GeordyBass chill'n in the early a.m. This is gonna be fun folks!
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The kids started rolling in and were they excited. Some of the kids who were on our boat. We were scheduled to depart around 7 a.m. The kids excitedly boarded when it was time.
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Flyngby started entertaining the kids with some of the lil squid and dines in the bait tank. They were already sooooo excited about everything. The went nuts over the lil squid, they were a bunch of fun, excited kids the whole day.

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GeordyBass and Flyngby's son, ready for the day.
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Some even dared each other to bite the fish, haha. At first many did not even want to touch, then after awhile they started grabbing the dines left to right.
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TEAM57 Members reporting for duty for the day, Flyngby, Fishbones, GeordyBass, Native Gal and Flyngby's son.
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Some of the Southern Cal crew, they did an xlnt job of making the day a success for the kids. Thanks!
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LARRC members chilling out. A great bunch of guys, Thank-you for letting us be a part of a great day with the kids.
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Capt'n and Fishyboy.
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LARRC and Team57 members checking all the set ups.
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A little prepping in the Galley. Fishyboy cutting up some tomatoes, while Cap't and Russ88 chat.
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GeordyBass, did someone mention food? haha just kidding GB.
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Now were rolling out, oh-yeah! Off to the bait barge for some dines, arrived around 7:30 a.m. As we were rolling up the kids got excited again. They enjoyed watching the dines being loaded and Loved the dog hanging out. I got a kick out of some of them yelling look at the big fish, I laughed and told them, BIG?, wait till you see the big ones you will catch today.
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Flyngby busted out a rod to start getting some kids on some Macks, they were in Heaven and many kids caught there first ever fish. Of course many did not want to touch any at first, they laughed and teased each other about that. Then Fishbones brings over a pole and some of the LARRC guys. Many kids had fun reeling in a fish.
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Fishbones begins to hook up kids with the Macs.
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The kids had a blast at the bait barge watching the process and catching some fish.
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Take note of this young lady in pink, she turned out to be Flyngby's lil fishing protege of the day. Good job Flyngby on making her fishing outing a lifetime memory.
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TO BE CONTINUED, JUST SCROLL DOWN BELOW, FELLOW 57'ERS ADDED SOME XLNT SHOTS AND I WILL CONTINUE TO ADD MORE IN TWO MORE PARTS!

Sorry bout the delay, just too many fun memories to share with you all and I have never had so many pixs to post : )

Stay tuned folks! To be continued with much more pixs.

NG

[Swank909]

Great report NG and it's for a good cause, very nice of the team 57 members that volunteered their time! Props to you all!

[russ88]

I look forward to this event every year. The kids had so much fun. The smiles and appreciation was very contagious. I get so much out of this event. It's Priceless..... Thanks LARRC for hosting a great event for the kids. Always good to see T57 taking time to volunteer. Here's a few pics i took.

Getting ready to board Socal. We had 2 groups of kids from the boys and girls club.
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Fishy boy cutting up tomatoes...
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Flyingby and fishbones giving bait lessons to the kids
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hookup!!!
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Fishbones making sure his little buddy is kept busy pulling on fish.
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Captain Stan making sure this kid lands this batray.
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The bassmaster showing the kid how its done.
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Capt'n helping this kid with his first sandbass of the day.
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Very happy!!
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Stan did a hook n hand with a plastic fish
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Parting shot.....Geordy's dandruff...lol
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[flyngby]

Thanks "NG" for taking the time to start the post with so many wonderful pics and many more to come!

Thanks to CAPT'N and the LARRC for the invite to help again at this very special event! I have looked forward to this return trip out of Pierpoint since last year’s event! Thanks to the Members of the LARRC and the Staff at Pierpont for the Special Day with the kids!

They take these kids out of the inter-city and most of them have never fished and some have never seen a lake or stream let alone the ocean!

So the first group of kids arrives and head counts are taken at boarding and now we are waiting for Group 2! Learning from last year I immediately welcomed them aboard and had some fun at the bait tank introducing them to our baits of the day and overcome the fear of even touching something that swims!

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We were the first boat loaded and got a quick getaway to the bait receiver and eventually the "HOT SPOT" of the day thanks to a Captain Stan and the Crew!
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As NG mentioned above at the bait receiver many were focused on the bait coming on board but Alex “Fishbones” and I had a strategy to get an early start on the catching part of the trip! It did not matter that they were Mackerel or YFC as we cycled through probably 30 or so kids that were able to get their first tug on the line and the other Mentors aboard joined the action to get even more kids involved!

The engines fire with fully loaded bait wells and it is now time to play catch the flying Dines and Pinheads with the various airborne sea life that were following and looking at the kids for a free and meal!
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A short time later Capt Stan call a decky to staff the bait tanks and with a chum line in the water he quickly sets anchor on our only spot of the day!

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“NG” pinning on her first bait of the day!
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All lines were going into the deep!
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This young lady was working the rail to my left with my baiting help and had a very productive day on some nice “Grumpies”
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A boy to my right was getting help from “CAPT’N” and doing well also! http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z286/flyngby/P7070163.jpg
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All the way around the boat there were multiple bendo action going on at the same time keeping the crew of the SOCAL on their toes!
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I began to help another young gal who made here way to the stern and put her on a quick battle with a quality Cuda!
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In the mean time on my left the little lady was pulling on this!
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And these!
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Well finally the call for lines up and the fish below were happy as these youngsters put on quit a show with their quick learning abilities on their first trip!

It was now time for some reminiscing of the great half day out on the water and their new experience in life!
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The girls rubbing it in on how they out fished this poor fellow!
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The “TEAM 57” Crew reassembling for a parting shot after a fun filled day!
NativeGal,, Russ88, fishbones, GeordyBass, CAPT.N, Fishyboy, my son is MIA!
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One of our 2 groups assembled prior to departing for home!
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Great day out there and great to see some new members helping out there this year!

Can’t wait until next year!

Steve

PS! Watch out for this little gal in future posts! These fish were not handoffs. She managed to over come the fear of grabbing bait , hurting it’s lip with the hook, sending the little guy on a quick trip to the bottom and listened to the instructions of Capt. Stan and changed her bait very often! Rewarded Well!
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[driven2fish]

what a great report. way to get those kids on some fish.

brought a smile to my face!!!!!

[TroutOnly]

Geordy ---heads ans shoulders,,,,,,,,,,,lol,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[Hometown]

great report and pics way to get the younger people into the great sport of fishing. Thanks

[Fishbones]

This event was a complete success and so much fun to be a part of, teaching these kids the ropes only took a few minutes.
After that they were fishing animals and it was mayhem on the dech with toad bass and cudas hitting the deck left and right.
It was wide open at one point and seemed to be the perfect trip, we never left that spot sitting on it all day slaying away.
The captain and crew did a great job and i look forward to the next event put together for the kids again.
Here are the few pics i took while off the boat after that i was too busy hooking and handing to those still learning the gig.
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[Native Gal]

Even the big kids got in on some action while at the stop at the bait barge...... : )
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This young man was excited about his catch until he saw what came over the railing, a lizard fish! The kids gathered round and when they saw it they were like "ewwwww", lol. They especially went ewwwww again when they saw all the teeth...
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Fishbones helping the kids have a good time.....
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Leaving the bait barge, the kids had a blast again throwing up all the lil bait to the gulls. Then fishbones tries to coax one down to get it out of his hand but with tooo many excited kids around no takers.........
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Captain Stan then gets us to our secret lil honey hole for the day......the kids, big and small are getting giddy, Capt slows and then the beautiful sound of the anchor dropping, oh yeah! He announces get to fishing and the adults grab some poles and hit the rails with the kids. The kids wanted to run back and forth and get the bait from the tank. They were so entertained by everything on the boat. So bait was sent down and immediately sounds of fish-on, hook-up sounded through out the boat. Talk about excitement. The kids had a BLAST! Captain Stan was great constantly telling everyone to change bait after a few minutes, the kids watched and learned initially the whole process of how to bait and then drop the lines to the bottom and crank up a few and wait to feel the tug, then we handed them the poles to real in the fish or change bait. Shortly after that many started to cast out themselves and later many learned how to put the bait on themselves. Fishing started off with a fury and then soon I had to leave the rail with a few others so we could hit the galley to help. Left my kid in good hands and off to the Galley.
Russ88, bring it on...he and I helped the Chef Emilio, we had fun.
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While we were in the galley we could constantly hear shouts of hook-up as Macs and numerous Sand Bass were brought over the rails. We cooked and prepped alot of Burgers, Chicken sandwiches and Hot Dogs and waited for the hungry kids.....hmmm!...so I yelled out the door that lunch was ready, a few heads turn and immediately they all go back to fishing, haha, no takers, tooo much fun! So we quickly cleaned up the kitchen and as we were doing so we started hearing shout of "Cuda", holy cow!!! Kitchen is clean and Emilio says lets go, we run on out to have some fun.

First up, more quick pixs of the excitement on the boat.
CAPT'N, I think he wants some grub....lol
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They are quickly adding up...
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Fishbones helping one of the younger kids, he was jumping around all over the boat.
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CAPT'N helping one of the other younger kids reel in a fish, this kid was sooo cute, he had the biggest smile of all the kids when he reeled in a fish....
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I then turned around to the shout of Cuda at the back of the boat and I see fishbones with one of the kids, he has to help hold the pole and then he starts to head to the front of the boat with the kid and then half way he has to take over the pole and gets going faster to the front. He and a crew member then battle the beast, handing the pole to each other of and under the anchor line, a crowd gathered and were hopint to see the beast...it starts to surface and then saws off the line, rrrrgh! I believe they said it was indeed a huge cuda.
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LARRC members with more happy kids landing fish...
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I finally found my lil kid I started off with just as he landed his first Cuda, he was a happy camper indeed, good job dude!
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After fishing for a short time it was back to the Galley for us, Captain announced we would be leaving shortly.
Emilio and I started cooking it up....now the kids were hungry and so were all the adults. We hooked up the crew with chicken sandwiches and double burgers. All the adult volunteers and chaperones got some double burgers also.
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Emilio was fast and furious at the grill, he can cook. Later back at the landing he gave us some of his home made smoked Yellow Fin Tuna. It was DELICIOUS, the BOMB, XLNT, wow he can smoke some fish. The he gave me some of his home made Cevice and it was the best I ever had. Good job Emilio, had a blast working along side him, chit-chat was good, fishing was fun, he is definitely a new friend, one very nice guy, and killer Chef.
After we fed the now hungry masses we cleaned up and hit the deck again, let's fish, but first I had to run around and snap some more pixs...
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I finally found GeordyBass helping several kids get on some fish....
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Chumming the heck out of the waters, definitely helped produce the numbers. Other boats in the area were hardly bringing in fish over the rails they kept looking over at us as we constantly shouted fish-on...... So later I hooked up our chumming buddy with a double burger he asked me to put in the micro. I found him later and he said Thanks, found my burger, glad he got a chance to munch.
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I think CAPT'N got some grub, lol, : )
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One of our neighbors......I am pretty sure we did better than them...I kept watching them and they didn't seem to bring in many fish..
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fishyboy helping some of the kids out.....I finally had to opportunity to meet him and tease him about being known as the "Chick Magnet" on the boards, he just smiled and laughed a little embarrased, he was a big help and a good kid. The younger kids really took to him.
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flyngby with his lil fishing protege', this young lady was killing it. Two very nice Sand Bass, a number of bass and a cuda or two....I believe she had the JP fish of the day...
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She didn't want to touch them though, just wanted to take pixs with her phone. We finally coaxed her into somewhat holding one of her prize.
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Native Gal helping one of the youngsters out, as soon as this pix was taken the feisty sand bass took a run and the kid got a lil scared so I held onto the pole and he eventually brought it in.....
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The next fish I hooked up I called his brother over to reel in..
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It was so much fun helping the kids out and seeing the different levels of fishing going on. Some kids stayed with their partner for the day, others got the hang of fishing and moved around by themselves and some just wanted to run around and when they heard "who wants to reel in a fish" would go over and reel it in. I was hoping to get a Cuda on but missed out, the back of the boat was packed and that was where all the action seemed to be. Cuda, a bat ray and many Sand Bass were brought up.
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I had a blast myself for the day......Russ88 in the background fly lining some dines I believe. Some of the gang brought their own poles and we had to keep an eye on the kids when they tried to fish with them....haha. One kid was trying to fish with a nice bait caster, lol.
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I ran around one more time to take some last shots because they Captain announce we would be leaving shortly......of course who did I find still on the slay. Flyngby and his lil gal.....she caught another sweet bass....
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I had to take the Bass from flyngby because his lil gal was now hooked up with a Cuda.......look how big this thing is.....
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After the fight with the cuda she says my arms are tired.......she had numerous fights the whole day.
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Even though she was warn out she always had a huge smile on her face for the camera. She kept asking why does everyone want to keep taking my pix? We laughed and told her "because you keep catching lots of huge fish". She was a cutie, a new lil fishing gal.

Well that is all for now on part II, scroll down for the final pixs of the day on part III.

NG

[Hitts0n]

Awww man I forgot about this event!! Well....it sure was a great read and lots of pics!! I like it !!:Cool:

[GeordyBass]

Thanks for the Report and Pics!!!!!

It was nice talking to yall out there and helping the kids out as well!

Sorry didn't take pics, I was helping out 3 kids on fish and put away my phone so no distractions lol,,, Got all my kids on 6 legal cudas, and about 10-12 Sandies.... Bite was pretty open and quality trip on the SoCal. We had fun and I hope the kids had some great dinners!

Thanks for the invite Scott, We trash talked soooo much lmao...

And thanks All FNN'ers, volunteers Who showed up and helped, I'm looking forward to these events!!!!

[DockRat]

Wow, Looks like those kids had a great time.

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DR

[trollmiester]

Thank you to all the volpnteres who helped. You make fnn proud and dana would have been real proud of all of you. thanx again.

[gletemfeelsteelgary]

Nice report and pics....those kids are always great, looks like everyone had a hoot of a time...

Congrats to those young anglers and hats off to all of you for helping get them on a slay !

I would have been there to help as well but I found out too late to make it....

Congrats...the kids won as well as all of you fishing assistants, I know how rewarding helping those kids can be, one walks away with a very good feeling inside knowing you brought a day of joy to their hearts !

Good for you and great going kids : )

Gary

[JapanRon]

Hi Native Gal,

WTG on getting all the duckys lined up and making a day of it for the kids.

Gotta remember to promote this event next year. Last year I was fishing the same day it was being held !!

JapanRon

[Troutman65]

Very cool day on the water . Thanks for sharing .

[troutdog]

Lots of great pictures and big smailed, hats off to all the great people who volunteered...


TD

[olfishergal]

Yah I was out there fishing too, sure would have loved to pitch in as a lady angler......Please promote this for next year, I would love to help...Glad the kids had so much fun, thank u......OFG

[Native Gal]

The lil fish kill'n machine......
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One of the kids next to me with a nice hookup....
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Captain Stan announces that it is time to leave so reel em' in folks. We all look around at each other and no one moves.....a few more seconds and slowly they get reeled in, awww! That was HILARIOUS!

Filleting time......the crew was surprised at the total fish count, so on the way in Captain Stan let the boat drift and we were able to drift for a lil while so they could prep all the fish for the kids and a lil more fishing was done, yay.....
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The Harbor Master himself, flyngby with his lil fishing protege' of the day. Congrats Steve on an xlnt job!!!!! Sandies, Cudas a Checker.........wow! She was "awesome"..
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Did these kids have a day of fun? YOU BET THEY DID!!!! AND SO DID ALL THE VOLUNTEERS!!!
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The kids took to fishyboy and he made several new friends, Good Job fishyboy!
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Team57 REPRESENTIN!
Flyngby, fishyboy, CAPT'N, GeordyBass, Fishbones, Native Gal and Russ88
We all did our part in helping the kids have a fun, memorable, saltwater fishing trip.....
Gentlemen it was a pleasure to meet those I haven't met and to see those I have met before, it was an Honor to be a part of this group on such a wonderful day.
Many thanks to LARRC and CAPT'N, and a special Thank-you to the crew of SOCal.
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The last chore of the day after helping clean up the boat, dousing the rigs with clean water and toting them up to the office where we separated the rods and reels and broke down the poles. We were involved with many other events of the day.....
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All the kids got a lil trophy as they were leaving for the day......these kids were on the next boat.....happy smiles still to end the day.....
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Lastly, we rested for a bit, grabbed a lil more munchies and said our fond farewells until we meet again......Thank-You Guys it was a blast!
Like Trolley stated earlier, Dana would have been proud of all of us : )
I personally felt he had a hand in our day of success because out of all the 5 boats ours caught the most fish..... approximately 150 Sand Bass, 60 Cuda landed. I checked the site and the other boats only got half as many. The Captain even stated that the trip out the day before did not produce the numbers. So our half-day morning trip was successful in more ways than one. Happy kids, lots of fish and some very happy volunteers, as you can see by the smiles on all the kids, small and big we had FUN!
I believe only 3 kids felt a lil sick during the day and 1 lil gal was asleep in the galley the whole day, she did get some Ginger Ale and that helped a lil.
Only 1 lil casualty that I saw, a kid got a hook partially in his hand when his buddy next to him was reeling in fish and the hook flew out. Thank goodness Chef Emilio was next to him and he started to yell at the kid to stop reeling in, he was so excited he was reeling away. Finally, on the third yell he looks up and stops reeling and we explained to him what had happened and his buddy was like "your hook was in my hand". Thankfully it was just barely in. Great reaction by Emilio.
The LARRC guys were cool and I have fishing plans with a few of my new buddies. Emilio and a friend of his who was there and also lives in my neck of the woods will all get together and fish soooon! xlnt!

Thanks for hanging in there as I posted all these pixs to remember our fun day out on the water, what a rewarding fishing trip seeing all those smiling faces all day.

Tight lines all.....
NG
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[CAPT'N]

I am a little late joining the party, so what else is new.

I want to thank all that volunteered for the 61st Annual Long Beach Kids Trip! That's right, the LARRC as been doing this for 60+ years!

I would also like to apologize for anyone that was supposed to go and got late or no reminder of the date. Tough couple of weeks.........

This was truly a great day on the water with the kids, and as the pictures tell the story, all had a great time.

NG, this was your first club trip, you jumped right in and really helped out.

Fishbones, thank you for helping, just next year try not yo have so much fun, some of the kids were a little jealous.

Russ, again another year and you are there, thank you.
Emilio, and his friends Chad, and Ed were all very helpful. Emilio, not only do you build rods, you run a galley, dislodge hooks, catch fish, and .......

Gordy, thank for the help, we talked a bit of smack eh? But next time stop asking the girls if they have older sisters.

This year we had 5 charted boats, almost 250 kids! The club pays for everything, boats, gear, food, food, and more food, we even had a marine biologist on each boat to talk to the kids about our precious oceans.. We do this by collecting old tackle, and selling it at swap meets, so when you upgrade, change or have extra gear, please keep us in mind.

If you are interested in helping at furture events, or have some gear to donate (we give donated items receipts for IRS) please PM me.

Our boat, The So Cal, was the most successful on getting fish. We went, anchored, and Mr. Grumpy came to play. Steve Fliyngby and I were talking about the phenomenal fishing, we both agree that it was Dana, still doing everything he can to put kids on fish........................

Thank you all,

Scott Schiffman
Los Angeles Rod and Reel Club

[Wingnut]

Sorry I'm late on this post...
Beautiful report NG. What a great day and I'm sure lots of fantastic memories were made for the youngsters. :Big Grin: Way to represent the spirit of Team 57!!! :Cool: