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Wishin’ I was Fishin’...
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with Larry Seaver
“That catch hooked me for
By Molly Kett
life,” said Seaver.
or Larry Seaver, fishing Today, Seaver enjoys casting
Fhas been more than just his line with his children and
a hobby, it’s been a lifelong granddaughter, all of whom
connection to nature, family, have grown up fishing since
and the calm rhythm of the they were “pups.” For him, it’s
water. not just about the catch, but
Now 82 and living in also about time spent together
Cornwall, Seaver has spent outdoors.
decades with a rod in hand, “One does not need expensive
beginning when he was just equipment to go fishing,” said
seven years old at his family’s Seaver. “Get what you can
cottage on Sheik’s Island and afford, but at least get outdoors.
Island 17. Go by a creek or a river or lake
“I started fishing there before edge and let that lure fly.”
and after the flooding,” said Over the years, Seaver has
Seaver. “My first memory was fished across Ontario and
fishing with my dad beside the British Columbia, and he’s
Long Sault Rapids. Boy, that now setting his sights on
was a thrill!” Saskatchewan as his next
That first thrill turned into a destination. But for him, the
lifelong passion. It was beside real joy is getting out on a body
those rapids that Seaver caught of water.
his very first walleye, a seven- “Any body of water is good,” Photo Submitted
pounder, using a steel rod and said Seaver. “That’s my happy
reel he still owns to this day. place.”
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