It started with Off Tha’ Hook, the first fishing throwback on the L.A. River (Jim Burns)Matus Solobic, one of today’s Off Tha’ Hook winners, with a sweet hog. (Jim Burns)TROUT UNLIMITED’S Bob Blankenship meets the official greeter. (Jim Burns). WINNER Issaih Salgago, 15, of Palmdale (left) hangs with event organizer Bill Bowling. (Jim Burns)MEASURE for measure! (Jim Burns)MARY JANE GARCIA get s little help from her brother as she poses with her trophy and bling. (Jim Burns)BIG FISH: Luis Rincon, community engagement coordinator for the Los Angeles State Historic Park, gets into a sweet carp. (Courtesy Luis Rincon)Not only did these lucky children get their own rods for free, they also got to put their names on their very own mini-tackle boxes. (Jim Burns)Lewis MacAdams by his beloved Los Angeles River.THE PREZ SEZ: Chapter President Ban Luu makes a point to the crowd about river ecology. (Jim Burns)TU’s Karen Barnett getting it done! (Jim Burns)FISH IN A BUCKET! gets participant Vivienne’s full attention. (Credit Miranda Robin)Last year, the crowd got into learning how to fish, many for the first time. (Jim Burns)
LIKE FATHER, like son, Saturday at the park, learning to fish. (Jim Burns)