On a beautiful sunny day where the lake shined like a mirror (see photos), the Carney Pirates demonstrated excellent fishing skills as all competitors caught impressive size and quantity of bass. Evan Scott jumped out to an early lead catching the first two fish and never surrendered the overall quantity title. Matt Crouse and George Piccirilli caught a handful as the Prince William boys edged out the Fairfax County anglers by a razor thin margin. Matt Snyder claimed to have caught the largest fish and his boatmate Piccirilli backed up his story, but no contest official was around to verify, after three buckets of KFC and some frozen custard, it was decided to go along with the fish story and believe Snyder. Reed Bromley and Mike Snyder disappeared around the bend in a paddleboat in what seemed like to other participants, Gilligan’s three hour tour, returning with smiles and all types of fish tales. Ian MacGeorge, hampered by his fishing experience of casting on Seven Seas lagoon where Disney underwater associates put fish on the vacationers hooks to keep them happy, got off to a slow start, being shutout and fishing trashtalk

ridiculed for the first hour, came on strong with the use of “The big wiggler” a rubber worm, looking like a sea snake that tricked several fish onto his hook. Ian’s father, Steve, (shown in above photo) made the entire family proud with his catch that fought him hard, but lost his freedom (but not his life - no fish were harmed in the tournament, unless they were allergic to KFC biscuits). In a show of poor sportsmanship, Scott, after being crowned the quantity champion, was sent out in a canoe only to be stoned by his angry runners up (photo documentation provided). A good time was had by all in spite of the good natured (?) locker room name calling. Click here and take a glance at the photos and enjoy the scenery.