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

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Bruce Mullin Talks Fishing and His Annual

Pickerel Pike Fundraising Derby

By Molly Kett Mullin’s passion for fishing began
when he was a young child, but
ifty-year-old transportation picked up as he got older. When he
Fcompany owner Bruce Mullin began to work, he didn’t have much
has a passion for spending his spare time to fish. Once his life settled,
time on the water; fishing. He says though, Mullin says he decided to
the main reason he enjoys fishing so buy a boat to see if he liked it.
much is that it’s an incredible stress- “It’s quiet, I can do it alone. With
release.
my job, there’s a lot of pressure and
Mullin has taken this passion and stress, so the fishing is a great avenue
created a fun event, for all local for me to vent some of that stress out.
fishermen to enjoy, called the Pickerel I do a fair amount of fishing now,”
Pike Fundraising Derby. says Mullin.

The first year for this tournament Since discovering his love for
was 8 years ago. It was initially fishing, Mullin has made some pretty
created as an event for fisherman to amazing memories and catches.
attend and have fun at, but has since “My favourite fishing memory
turned into something a little more
would be maybe three years ago,
meaningful.
in December,” says Mullin. “I was
“A good friend of mine passed fishing with a friend of mine at night,
away, so I have it in memory of his it was snowing really hard. The first
name,” says Mullin. “We have it as fish I caught was a 14 pounds 1
a fundraiser every year and we give ounce walleye, the second one was
$1,000 bursary to the Seaway High 13 pounds, and the third one I caught
School here in Iroquois.” was 11 pounds.”

With $2,000 set aside for prize Like many local fisherman,
money, going to winners of the Mullin’s favourite place to fish is on
biggest fish in each category, as the St. Lawrence River.
well as the $1,000 set aside for the So, how would Mullin’s convince
bursary, Mullin says that any extra
a friend to fish? By telling them how
funds raised goes to another initiative relaxing it is.
in the community Iroquois.
“It’s a great sport,” says Mullin.
The tournament raised around “For me it’s a great stress release
$4,000 this year, with 130 tickets and I love the water, so that’s the
sold to attend the event.
attraction for me. I love being on the
The two winners of the tournament water, so it doesn’t matter what I’m
this year had incredibly large catches, doing; I can not be fishing and still Bruce Mullin opening morning with a 10 pound walleye
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with the winning pickerel weighing have a good time on the water.”
in at a little over 12 pounds and the successful fundraiser once again this on the water.
Congratulations, Bruce, on a
pike weighing over 7 pounds. year. We look forward to seeing you

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