for the house: flip that house

just when you thought you knew what was going on, they throw you a twist.

in the beginning of 2009 'for the house' and 'the fisher kings' agreed to a fishing competition/blog-off. the concept was a 3 on 3 tourney between the boys in michigan vs the california guys.

just when you got comfy, thinking that you knew all that as going on, a wrench gets thrown into your predictable gears.

there are now four additional team members for the house! (listed alphabetically)

where then, is the third original member you ask?

LaJolla Cove

this is where we fish. most people come here to take pics or vacation, for us it's the battle zone.

Hong nabbed the same fish 4 times, gene got a garabaldi. i didn't take a pic of the fish i caught cause it looks exactly like hong's 4.
we hit up fins fish tacos after, and i landed a shrimp burrito with a fish taco, the del mar combo.

the prize winner!

well boys, this contest is over before it's even started. this catch wins them all!

oh wait, that's hong.

nothing to see here folks...

hong in action

hong caught fishing...

hongs catch

hong caught a 10" rockfish and a 13" sardine off the coast.

the rules, the teams

What do you guys think of a competition for the team at the end of the year with:

1. The longest fish in inches.
2. The heaviest fish.
3. The cumulative length of fish in inches.
4. The cumulative weight of fish.
5. Longest fishing expedition resulting in a catch. ie. "I sat by that water for 7 hours before I reeled in a large mouth bass.", "oh yeah? I got to the lake at 9pm and didn't eat or piss until I caught a salmon at 8am"
6. Longest fight with a fish resulting in a catch.
7. Best fish story.
8. Best Dressed - you know that the worse you look, the better you are when it comes to fishing. (imagine a pink 1989 women's volleball champions hat, with a sweatshirt from highschool and some green sweatpants.)

I propose that for the quantifiable metrics that everything be captured in pictures on a blog. No proof through pictures on the blog, then it can't count for your team.
For the things we can't quantify.... just blog and we'll see how it goes...

also... I propose that another rule we should have is that we can't get any professional help... ie... we can't charter a boat who baits the hook and the captain takes you to where the fish are..... and all you do is reel it in.... that's a little weak.... it has to be your rig with a hook you baited, you have to fight with the fish and reel it in yourself... I guess if it's big enough.... another member of your team can help you..... what do you guys think? should another person be able to help you land a huge fish?... I'm thinking yes... but I don't know.... anyways..... all I wanna do is catch huge fish right now

for the house against the fisher kings.