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Reinhard Roick was out on the water with his friends on a boat named “Screamin’ Reels,” in the middle of a three-week fishing derby on Manitoulin Island, when he felt a tug on his line stronger than most he’s felt in his long fishing career.
“The moment I hooked him up — I’ve been fishing for salmon for all my life, so I knew it was a big one,” said Roick, 73.
It was a 25-minute battle. Roick wrestled with what felt like a hulking fish on the line, about 90 metres out, gradually towing it in until it was close enough to the boat to be netted.
“That was it, 22.75 pounds. That’s a big fish. I was happy, happy, happy,” said Roick.
Roick was participating in the first annual Salmon Classic derby, hosted by the local Manitoulin Expositor paper, involved 632 fishing hopefuls all casting to catch the biggest salmon. The derby took place from July 23 to Aug. 14 at Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron, about 660 kilometres west of Ottawa.
Roick, who has been fishing for 25 years, caught the Chinook salmon Aug. 6, a Saturday, but had to wait eight more painfully long days before the contest closed Aug. 14. He looked at the competition board every day. A couple entries over 20 pounds came dangerously close, but none ended up besting Roick’s prize catch.
“I won’t tell you what they called me when I came to the prize presentation,” said Roick. “One guy even called me the ‘F’ word. ‘So are you the F guy from Ottawa?’
“I don’t know (why). They all wanted to win the prize I guess,” Roick said with a laugh.
Reinhard Roick poses with his $12,000 cheque for the biggest salmon caught at the Manitoulin Expositor Salmon Classic. (Photo by Cathy Jerrett)
Roick won $12,000, presented to him on a blown-up “cheque.” The second prize was $4,000 and third was $2,500.
Roick, who lives on Ridgeside Farm Drive in Kanata, said he ate the salmon surrounded by a group of six friends, his daughter, her husband and his two granddaughters. The fish was cooked skin down on the barbecue first, then turned for the finish and brushed with maple syrup and lemon.
He said a portion of the $12,000 was split with his fisherman friends, including the captain of “Screamin’ Reels,” and some donated to the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario.
Roick, who retired in 2009, previously owned several companies in the plastics and machine-building business. Some of the products he invented are used worldwide, including the RapidClip, which is a multi-purpose clip used in furniture manufacturing. It’s used with IKEA products, and Roick said more than than five billion clips have been sold.
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“The moment I hooked him up — I’ve been fishing for salmon for all my life, so I knew it was a big one,” said Roick, 73.
It was a 25-minute battle. Roick wrestled with what felt like a hulking fish on the line, about 90 metres out, gradually towing it in until it was close enough to the boat to be netted.
“That was it, 22.75 pounds. That’s a big fish. I was happy, happy, happy,” said Roick.
Roick was participating in the first annual Salmon Classic derby, hosted by the local Manitoulin Expositor paper, involved 632 fishing hopefuls all casting to catch the biggest salmon. The derby took place from July 23 to Aug. 14 at Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron, about 660 kilometres west of Ottawa.
Roick, who has been fishing for 25 years, caught the Chinook salmon Aug. 6, a Saturday, but had to wait eight more painfully long days before the contest closed Aug. 14. He looked at the competition board every day. A couple entries over 20 pounds came dangerously close, but none ended up besting Roick’s prize catch.
“I won’t tell you what they called me when I came to the prize presentation,” said Roick. “One guy even called me the ‘F’ word. ‘So are you the F guy from Ottawa?’
“I don’t know (why). They all wanted to win the prize I guess,” Roick said with a laugh.
Reinhard Roick poses with his $12,000 cheque for the biggest salmon caught at the Manitoulin Expositor Salmon Classic. (Photo by Cathy Jerrett)
Roick won $12,000, presented to him on a blown-up “cheque.” The second prize was $4,000 and third was $2,500.
Roick, who lives on Ridgeside Farm Drive in Kanata, said he ate the salmon surrounded by a group of six friends, his daughter, her husband and his two granddaughters. The fish was cooked skin down on the barbecue first, then turned for the finish and brushed with maple syrup and lemon.
He said a portion of the $12,000 was split with his fisherman friends, including the captain of “Screamin’ Reels,” and some donated to the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario.
Roick, who retired in 2009, previously owned several companies in the plastics and machine-building business. Some of the products he invented are used worldwide, including the RapidClip, which is a multi-purpose clip used in furniture manufacturing. It’s used with IKEA products, and Roick said more than than five billion clips have been sold.
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