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Wishin’ I was Fishin’... TIME TO THINK ABOUT

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If You See a Boat on the River in December,

Chances Are It’s Local Angler Mike Rousseau

By Todd Anderson to experience some phenomenal
fishing. I never look forward to
ornwall’s Mike Rousseau has
Ca great respect for fishing. The ice fishing though because it means
life-long angler says he has learned the end of boat season. Often I am
a lot about fishing in his 32 years. still in my boats weeks after people
begin ice fishing.”
“No matter how good you are,
you will always get a slice of He’s been out in his boat in
humble pie from time-to-time January and February several times.
when the fish just decide they don’t A member of the Cornwall
want to eat what you’re giving Lunker Club and Muskies Canada
them.” Rousseau says. “You think Ottawa chapter, Rousseau fondly
you have them dialled in and the looks back at his trophy catches.
river gets flooded and changes This September he captured a 55-
everything. I love the comradery inch Muskie.
in the fishing community. There
“At the end of my cast (without
is a lot of secrecy but it seems like
knowing she was there) I did a
when you meet someone and they
figure 8 manoeuvre just in case,”
say they like to fish, you know at Cornwall’s Mike Rousseau landed this 55-inch Muskie during a recent Rousseau remembers. “This
that moment you probably just met trip in September. Photo Submitted
monster attacked my spinner with
a new friend.”
only 18 inches of line out and pure
for Walmart Logistics Canada, “I will bring out two or three
As a kid, Rousseau and his family chaos followed.”
spent their summers at their cottage Rousseau enjoys his leisure time rods rigged the exact same so when Rousseau’s largest walleye is a
in Lancaster. Sporting a canoe, a fishing, including in tournaments. one spool is frozen I can just grab 12-pounder caught through the ice.
spinning rod, and a couple lures, he “For tournaments, the most another rod. For clothing I will He has set his sights on landing a 14
would fish every day. He started successful approach I have found is use a line from my friend Terry pound walleye, he figures it might
fishing as soon as he could hold a trolling deep diving cranks on key Chaput. A good Gore-Tex rain suit take a trip to the Bay of Quinte for
fishing rod. structures like weed lines and rock paired up with high quality thermal that, and also has dreams of fishing
points. For fun and enjoyment, it is layering underneath does the ticket
“I think one of my fondest for me until air temps get below for monster sturgeon on the Fraser
memories was hiding in the hard to beat casting for any species. zero. Below zero I trade my Gore- River in British Columbia. Still,
boathouses when it was raining and The strike and fight are far more Tex for a 1 piece float suit. The one he’s been spoiled fishing locally,
targeting the resident rock bass,” exciting when casting as opposed piece float suit eliminates drafts, too.
he says. “I would spend hours by to trolling.” provides warmth, and also provides “If you enjoy multispecies fishing
myself in there with a little jig and Rousseau’s love for fishing is the safety factor so if I fall in at and capitalize on the right species
the sound of rain hitting the tin evident as he could still be found least I will float.” at certain times of the year, we have
roof.” out in his boat on the St. Lawrence the resources here to keep anyone
River deep into December. “As much as I hate the cold,
Now an Operations Manager late season is a great opportunity happy.”

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