Minnow Magnet (Justin Morris) and his dad Rockin Robin (Robin Morris) joined the PFIC family in 2004 and soon after Justin became a regular at PFIC events both in the Bay Area and at Catalina. He also set up his own pier fishing derby at the Paradise Beach Pier. As he grew he branched out—surf fishing, rock fishing, boat fishing, freshwater fishing (including some carp fishing) and boat fishing. However, unlike most of our youngsters who continued to fish, but also moved on to other fields as they got older, Justin has remained with fishing working on both Sportfishing boats and now owning his own commercial fishing boat. Fishing got into his blood — and stayed there.
Minnow Magnet and myself at the 2004 Mud Marlin Derby at the Berkeley Pier
Minnow Magnet and a blackperch from the Berkeley Pier in 2004
Minnow decided to start his own mud marlin derby in 2004 at the Paradise Beach Pier in Tiburon
Minnow Magnet and a small bat ray (mud marlin) he caught at his derby
Justin at the 2005 derby at the Paradise Beach Pier
Minnow Magnet and a brown smoothhound shark
Justin and his dad Robin, each with a bat ray from the Paradise Beach Pier in 2005
Minnow Magnet and a walleye surfperch from the Berkeley Pier in 2006
Minnow Magnet and Kyle Pease arriving at the Cabrillo Mole in Avalon for the 2006 Catalina Get Together — Notice each has his own pier cart
Minnow and his dad Robin looking at some of the raffle prizes at the 2006 Get Together
Justin with a certificate and prizes at the 2006 Catalina Get Together
Minnow Magnet and his 2006 Paradise Pier Mud Marlin Derby
Justin and a small rockfish from the Pillar Point Harbor Pier in 2006
Minnow and a bat ray from the Berkeley Pier in 2007
Justin and a thornback ray from the Berkeley Pier in 2007
Justin and a pileperch from the Berkeley Pier in 2007
Minnow fighting a fish at the Catalina Get Together in 2007
A collage from the 2007 Catalina Get Together with Justin holding a garabaldi
Three amigos at the 2007 Catalina Get Together
Participants (including Justin in the front) at the 2007 Get Together
Justin and his picture for his 2007 derby
Minnow Magnet at the 2009 Mud Marlin Derby at the Berkeley Pier
Minnow Magnet and his trophy at the 2010 Berkeley Perch Derby
A few years later! Justin serving as a deckhand (left) on the “Golden Eye” out of the Berkeley Marina in 2014
One in a series of PFIC Young Angler articles