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Wishin’ I was Fishin’...
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Fishing with Stan Hum
surroundings. I enjoy the peace and
By Molly Kett
tranquility of fishing in a stream or
55-year-old Stan Hum was born, on a river, pond, lake, and even the
raised, and still resides in Cornwall. ocean.”
Hum is quite familiar with the area,
Hum says that his earliest and
as he’s still working in the area of
favourite fishing memory is from
civil engineering and construction,
when he was about six years old.
transportation engineering, traffic
signals and roadway lighting “It wasn’t about my first fish,
design, maintenance, and project catching a big one, or a tall tale fish
management in the municipal story. My older brother Jim was
setting after more than 30 years. always good for allowing me to
As a professional in transportation tag along. He was a father figure
engineering, his focus is to be pro- to me,” says Hum. “He was always
active and dedicated to the safe and kind and patient. He would set up
efficient movement of pedestrians my line, help me untangle it when I
and vehicular traffic in the local encountered a bird’s nest in my reel,
municipality. When he’s not or help me get unsnagged when
working on community safety, you I got snagged and reset my line
can often find him out fishing. again, which happened a lot! If he
was annoyed, upset, or impatient,
“Fishing is a wonderful past time.
he never showed it and I never saw
It’s relaxing and yet can be somewhat
it. Outside of the technical aspects
competitive and challenging at of fishing, he taught me the virtue
times,” says Hum. “In its purest
of patience and how to be a good
form, fishing could be as basic and
person moving forward.
simple as using an inexpensive rod
and reel, hook, line, and sinker, When asked where his favourite
baited with a worm and casting off a place is to fish, Hum starts off Photo Submitted
dock. Conversely, it could be more jokingly sharing that it’s Waldman’s and walleye but would love to hook vehicle for happiness and relaxation.
involved and technically complex Fish Market in Montreal, but his real and land a musky one day. “That is “Whether you catch the biggest
by being in a motorboat with favourite spot is the St. Lawrence one species that has eluded me all fish, lots of fish, or nothing at all,
electronic equipment in the middle River. these years,” says Hum. being on the water with family or
of the river, trying to figure out fish “We’re very fortunate to have During his time fishing in the friends is enjoyable and positive. I
feeding patterns, understanding guarantee the moment they land that
such a wide variety of freshwater area, Hum has had some impressive
underwater topography and water fish species to target right in our catches, including a 35lb Chinook first big fish will bring amazement,
conditions and how it relates to excitement, and may very well get
backyard,” said Hum. “What more salmon from Lake Ontario, a 10 lb.
their habits, deciding on the wide them hooked,” says Hum. “The
can you want? When travel is less walleye from Long Sault and a recent
array of artificial hard and soft most powerful aspect about fishing
restricted, I would love to fish with personal best, a 6.5 lb. smallmouth
bait lures, live bait, jigs, and rigs my brother and my son Connor on bass from the St. Lawrence River is that it always gets me excited to
used to target the various species. go. I enjoy the challenges of finding
a charter in the Atlantic Ocean for around Glen Walter.
Fishing allows families to spend striped bass among other species.” fish, the thrill of catching them, and
quality time together and friends Hum says that he knows fishing the practice of releasing them. And
to further their bond. I love nature, For the most part, though, Hum as a sport is not for everyone but if I catch nothing, the excitement
the great outdoors, and its natural enjoys catching smallmouth bass says that fishing as a past time is a always keeps me coming back.”
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