The Goal...of the Fishing Pole

 I don't shoot them very often, but I love lines. The lines on a roof, the lines of a fence, and today...the lines of fishing poles.

15 guys from Ohio are on vacation in Florida, and are having a low-key fishing tournament. They have rented the services of 5 different chartered boats for the morning. You do the math. The half-day charters are at least 500 dollars. 5 times 500 equals 2,500 dollars. AND THAT DOESN"T EVEN INCLUDE THE TIP FOR THE CAPTAIN (the boat owner.) A pretty expensive contest.

When all the men congregated on the dock afterwards, there was a lot of posturing going on, and a lot of talk about the rules. It's hard to read people from Ohio (they are VERY different), but they seemed to have a good time. Plus, they'll be eating very well tonight.

2 pictures in the Extras. A wind-blown snowy egret, and a giant egret that enjoyed the scraps from the Ohio fishermen. (I don't even want to know what part of the fish that is!)

Plus...9 bird pictures on my Flickr page.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/76781400@N06/albums/72157666323308668