By Herb Rodricks

This motley group can't figure out why they couldn't have made this catch one week earlier, which would have been the fishing derby. There were all kinds of devious plans to keep these fish for a week, but we just couldn't think of a foolproof one, so we just decided to take a picture for posterity. Well, so much for the minds of criminals. If the salmon limit is 2 fish license, how can 4 fishermen have 9 fish? Count them. This is a strong case for potential blackmail, but wouldn't that be "no honor among ______?" There must be a plausible explanation, but I doubt it.

Now how about this for a fish report from the Tinsley cruise: while at the Delta Yacht Club my wife, Wilma, caught a 26 inch, 10-1/2 pound catfish, ably assisted by Sally Huse. The total count for 2 days of fishing was 12 catfish, including the huge one, which could have been a record. However, with you-know-who in the above fish story, no one wanted to call Fish and Game and tempt fate.