The meeting’s recognitions were essentially one big fish story … Mahlon Chinn was recognized for $35 for his fishing trip to June Lake, where he caught his limit (or two or four or five), although only the limit made it home to his freezer.  His theory is that if you throw them back, you get to start the count over.

In the process of Mahlon’s fine, he recounted a story starring Michael Hoey.  Apparently, Michael caught a big fish on last year’s trip, which was stolen from the dock by a raccoon.  This year, Michael was fishing from Mahlon’s spot on the dock while Mahlon was loading up the truck and he caught another large fish.  Michael said “Let’s eat it!” but his fishing buddies talked him into entering it in the contest.  He won the prize for “Biggest Cutthroat, June Lake, Opening Day 2013.”  All of this resulted in a fine of $45 for Michael as well.

Finemaster Jim Rider then recognized himself for $50 for showing a photo of his firefighter son Michael on the line at the Camarillo fire.