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2017 Issue #52 MarchMarch 2017

Paauw Lands a Lunker at Lost Villages Ice Fishing Tournament By Todd Anderson

ornwall’s Matt Paauw has been a regular in the Hoople Bay ice fishing scene for the past five years. On February 11 his experience paid off as he was the big winner of the 10th annual Lost Villages Ice Fishing Tournament. Paauw reeled in a 4.447 pound pike which turned out to be the biggest fish to hit the scales on Hoople that day. Paauw took home $1000 for biggest pike and another $1070 for biggest lunker (largest overall fish). “It was pretty slow day at first, only some small perch,” recalls Paauw. “To describe the feeling of catching the pike was awesome. I saw the tip up flag up and my friend Brandon Aubin went out to see if it was just the wind, but nope the line was still tight straight down the hole. He gave it a good hook and the rest was set. I went back and weighed the pike in as he re-rigged the tip-up. It was a team day (on February 11) working crank baits, anything with a rattle in it, to bring the fish in.” While many fishermen drilled hole-

after-hole in the ice and switched setting up the tournament.” locations frequently, the duo decided Perhaps influenced by his recent to stand pat in the same spot. The success, Paauw calls ice fishing his decision paid off. favourite form of the past time. Not 2017 marked the fourth year hard to imagine, winning the Hoople Paauw has entered the Lost Villages Bay tournament is his favourite He also has pleasant ice tournament. You won’t find him memory. at the local hot spot for fishermen on just tournament day though. He owns a permanent hut that he uses at Hoople (although he didn’t use the shelter this past season, rather he would use a pop up tent).

memories of the first time fishing out of a fishing hut, rented by Ingleside’s Collette (who rents the shacks out of Hoople Bay). Another favourite spot for Paauw to drop a line is “the fingers” in Lancaster.

This is the first time Paauw has won anything during the event. “I was a little surprised. We prefished the spot early in the season and it was good for pike. I was surprised it won the tournament though.” The 26-year-old Aevitas employee often fishes with Aubin and he credits his pal for hooking him up with a custom quick strike tip-up rig setup using a seven-inch shiner. After setting it, it took about two hours before the memorable strike. “I want to thank Brandon for setting Matt Paauw poses with a pike he caught on Christmas Day. Paauw was me up, but also to Claude (Colette), the big winner at the 10th annual Lost Villages Ice Fishing Tournament in Submitted photo: Matt Paauw Ron Brunet, and Mona Thieroff for February.

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