FISHING
Highlights of summer, gone too soon After taking its time to get here,
the summer sure went fast! For my family and me, there were
DAVE BROWN
many memorable moments, especially the marriage of my eldest daughter, Lyndsey, in August. My wife, Ann, and I are grateful
to Bounder’s publisher, Brian Warren, for being the master of ceremonies, and to Bounder photographer, Todd Langille, for catching it on film. Of course, I had a few fishing
highlights, too. One was in June when long-
time family friend, Maurice (Moe) Saunders, caught a 26 lb. lake trout in Shiningwood Bay during our annual fishing trip to Lake Temagami. Even though I was only the net man, that fish sure was a sight to behold. July was another highlight. While
I was at Long Lake, just south of Bancroft, fishing with my cousin, Evan Rodgers, at Camp 2, I caught a 6 lb. rainbow trout. Fortunately for me, this lake was stocked with rainbow trout by the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) many years ago and is seldom fished. Unfortunately for others, with the financial woes the MNR is experiencing, it is unlikely to be restocked anytime soon. After I caught that fish, which is
the largest rainbow trout I have ever caught outside of Lake Ontario, I told my cousin that as members of the Limerick Hunting and Fishing Club, the hunting camp might consider partnering with the MNR to continue stocking the lake. Even though these fish produce many eggs, they do not naturally reproduce in a locked-lake environment where there are no in- flowing streams to promote spawning activity. Although I had been to Camp 2
on a few day trips previously, I was excited when Ann and I were invited to stay there for a few days as guests
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of Evan and his wife, Carolyn. Usually at this time of year we visit them at their cottage on Chandos Lake, situated between Coe Hill and Apsley, Ont. This summer that wasn’t possible because the construction of their new cottage had not been completed. And having heard many stories about the hunting camp over the years, I jumped at the opportunity to share in some of its history. Camp 2 was established in the mid-
1940s along with 39 other camps. It is located on hundreds of acres of land that have periodically changed hands between a few mining and lumber companies. The current owners are lumbering the area. Unlike Bounder’s Outdoors Guy,
Jeff Morrison, who has been blessed with a continuous opportunity to hunt with his father for the past 34 years (see Bounder, Fall 2013), my father was never much of a hunter or angler. I am not sure that my Grandfather Brown was, either, having never heard any stories about his hunting prowess. Even though a couple of my cousins live and hunt out west, I guess my interest in the sport is derived from the maternal side of the family, and Camp 2 is about as close as I will ever get to those roots. Growing up in Stirling, Ont., my
mother’s two brothers, Walter and Don Rodgers, became members of Camp 2 around 1952 or 1953 to hunt deer with a few friends. Don and Walter not only hunted deer. My mother tells me they never missed the moose hunting season, either, and were rarely home for my Grandmother Rodgers’ birthday during the second week of October. I gather, with thanks to both Don
and Walter, venison was always a Fall staple in my mother’s household, but she never developed a liking to the meat and doesn’t eat it to this day. I keep telling her she doesn’t know what
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