I spent the better part of the weekend listening to "The Backyardigans" on DVD. One of their songs is all about catching a whopper. Well... here's Jon's whopper!

He had the opportunity to go out fishing with one of the FLW Anglers on Saturday morning. He had an absolute blast. Put him in a boat, give him a pole, and he's in heaven.

The angler who took him out was from the Northwest and happened to be from a rival (across the border) school from Jon's. What a small world. He thought that was pretty cool. They didn't know each other personally or even competitively, but it was fun for Jon to find the commonalities. The angler even offered to take our whole family out fishing if FLW approved it. Apparently they didn't, because we didn't get the call -- but still pretty cool.

Jon caught between 5 and 10 fish -- he said more than 5, but less than 10. There were two good sized bass (this is one of them) that the angler commented, "Man, if I'd have caught those two fish, I'd still be in the running for the tournament!"

Perhaps Jon's just found his bi-vocational position.