Guides

Patrick Trudel

1. Years at Aikens: 9
2. Nickname: Pat (or "Grey Beard" as of late I guess I'm getting old...)
3. How did you first hear about Aikens? I went to school with Andrina (Gerry and Lorraine's daughter).
4. What is your favorite part of this job? Setting hook.
5. How do you spend your "non-Aikens" time in the winter? I've been fortunate enough to be stripped of my "non-Aikens Time" as I'm the current Sales Manager for the lodge in the winter!
6. Do you have a favorite sports team (sorry, the Toronto Maple Leafs don't count)? The best team in the Northern Hemisphere: Les Canadiens de Montréal!
7. What is your favorite lure? William's Whitefish Spoon
8. If you were lost in the woods, what would be the one thing you would need to survive? Chuck Norris
9. Name the "Aikens band" that plays in Big Molly's Bar every now and then: I'd call it "The Hooks"
10. Your favorite dish that Chef Jimmy prepares? Gotta be the pork chops
11. Finish the following: Fishing at Aikens is like: Not having to pay taxes.

Pick one from each of the following choices:

1. Beer-Battered, Lemon-pepper, Cajun or Baked Walleye: Lemon-pepper
2. Hiking, Biking or Piking: Piking (Not a big fan of hugging trees)
3. Bill Dance or Dance party: I have one of his rain suits--Bill Dance
4. Bob the Builder or Bob Izumi: My nieces will be upset, but, Bob Izumi

Michel Leclaire

1. Years at Aikens: 4
2. Nickname: Mitch
3. How did you first hear about Aikens? Through Friends.
4. What is your favorite part of this job? Fishing and friends.
5. How do you spend your "non-Aikens" time in the winter? School.
6. Do you have a favorite sports team (sorry, the Toronto Maple Leafs don't count)? The Suns
7. What is your favorite lure? Jointed x-rap
8. If you were lost in the woods, what would be the one thing you would need to survive? Girls, lots of Girls.
9. Name the "Aikens band" that plays in Big Molly's Bar every now and then: They all come and go but the bar still remains.
10. Your favorite dish that Chef Jimmy prepares? It's all great!
11. Finish the following: Fishing at Aikens is like: Being lost in the woods with lots of girls.

Pick one from each of the following choices:

1. Beer-Battered, Lemon-pepper, Cajun or Baked Walleye: Lemon-pepper
2. Hiking, Biking or Piking: Piking
3. Bill Dance or Dance party: None, they both suck!
4. Bob the Builder or Bob Izumi: Bob Izumi, but he is not much better than Bill Dance.

Christian Dupont

1. Years at Aikens: 2.25
2. Nickname: KIK
3. How did you first hear about Aikens? Through Turbo, Pat and Dave
4. What is your favorite part of this job? Knowing that whatever you are doing you are doing it in one of the most beautiful places on earth.
5. How do you spend your "non-Aikens" time in the winter? It's sort of been varying from year to year.
6. Do you have a favorite sports team (sorry, the Toronto Maple Leafs don't count)? Edmonton Oilers
7. What is your favorite lure? Those shallow diving silver and black thundersticks made by Storm.
8. If you were lost in the woods, what would be the one thing you would need to survive? I'm gonna go with a good pair of shoes
9. Name the "Aikens band" that plays in Big Molly's Bar every now and then: Turbo Lover and the Jedi Knights
10. Your favorite dish that Chef Jimmy prepares? Cream of cauliflower soup
11. Finish the following: Fishing at Aikens is like: Watching your favorite sports team take home the gold in overtime but being completely relaxed while doing so.

Pick one from each of the following choices:

1. Beer-Battered, Lemon-pepper, Cajun or Baked Walleye: Baked Walleye
2. Hiking, Biking or Piking: Hiking
3. Bill Dance or Dance party: Dance party
4. Bob the Builder or Bob Izumi: Bob Izumi

Tyler Jones

1. Years at Aikens: This is my second year, Gonna be a dandy
2. Nickname: Skeeter, Tiller, Jonesy
3. How did you first hear about Aikens? T-rev hooked me up, thx buddy
4. What is your favorite part of this job? Great people and tons of walleye
5. How do you spend your "non-Aikens" time in the winter? Curling, getting prepped for Aikens, and Curling
6. Do you have a favorite sports team (sorry, the Toronto Maple Leafs don't count)? Toronto Maple Leafs 08-09 Baby! It’s their year.
7. What is your favorite lure? In the words of Mitch Leclaire "Jig and Magic"
8. If you were lost in the woods, what would be the one thing you would need to survive? A Lund
9. Name the "Aikens band" that plays in Big Molly's Bar every now and then: Big Molly's Band
10. Your favorite dish that Chef Jimmy prepares? Pork Chops. . .the techno salad is not a favorite but I can deal with it.
11. Finish the following: Fishing at Aikens is like: Paradise, fishing any were else is like swimming with your boots on.

Pick one from each of the following choices:

1. Beer-Battered, Lemon-pepper, Cajun or Baked Walleye: Beer Batter and Lemon pepper depends how much I drank the night before
2. Hiking, Biking or Piking: Piking
3. Bill Dance or Dance party: Bill Dance
4. Bob the Builder or Bob Izumi: Bob the Builder "Yes He Can"

Trevor Matherson

1. Years at Aikens: 3
2. Nickname: T-Rev
3. How did you first hear about Aikens? Met Pit & Julie at the Toronto Sportsmens Show
4. What is your favorite part of this job? Sleeping in the boat
5. How do you spend your "non-Aikens" time in the winter? Hunting whitetails
6. Do you have a favorite sports team (sorry, the Toronto Maple Leafs don't count)? Colorado Avalanche
7. What is your favorite lure? Taildancer
8. If you were lost in the woods, what would be the one thing you would need to survive? Les "Survivorman" Stroud
9. Name the "Aikens band" that plays in Big Molly's Bar every now and then: The Minnkotas
10. Your favorite dish that Chef Jimmy prepares? Wings and steak
11. Finish the following: Fishing at Aikens is like: A box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get.

Pick one from each of the following choices:

1. Beer-Battered, Lemon-pepper, Cajun or Baked Walleye: Lemon-pepper
2. Hiking, Biking or Piking: Piking
3. Bill Dance or Dance party: Bill Dance
4. Bob the Builder or Bob Izumi: Neither. . .I pick Pete Bowman from Fish’n Canada

Pascal Toupin-Selinger

1. Years at Aikens: 3
2. Nickname: Points
3. How did you first hear about Aikens? Fonzy told me about it.
4. What is your favorite part of this job? The fishing, outdoors.
5. How do you spend your "non-Aikens" time in the winter? Carleton University, taking political science.
6. Do you have a favorite sports team (sorry, the Toronto Maple Leafs don't count)? Not a sports guy.
7. What is your favorite lure? The Rapala Husky Jerk #12
8. If you were lost in the woods, what would be the one thing you would need to survive? Just a casting rod with a Whitefish spoon
9. Name the "Aikens band" that plays in Big Molly's Bar every now and then: Wailin’ Walleyes
10. Your favorite dish that Chef Jimmy prepares? Calzones!
11. Finish the following: Fishing at Aikens is like: Shooting fish in a barrel.

Pick one from each of the following choices:

1. Beer-Battered, Lemon-pepper, Cajun or Baked Walleye: Lemon-pepper
2. Hiking, Biking or Piking: Hiking
3. Bill Dance or Dance party: Dance party
4. Bob the Builder or Bob Izumi: Bob Izumi

Bruno Maynard

1. Years at Aikens: 2
2. Nickname: Mallo
3. How did you first hear about Aikens? My father did some work up at Aikens as an electrician a few years back. He enjoyed it so much, he invited my family up. I enjoyed it so much, I came back to work.
4. What is your favorite part of this job? The fishing! But really, being able to have a good time with new people all summer is a blast.
5. How do you spend your "non-Aikens" time in the winter? I go to the University of Manitoba.
6. Do you have a favorite sports team (sorry, the Toronto Maple Leafs don't count)? Oilers! Oilers! Oilers!
7. What is your favorite lure? I learned to love many new lures last year, including anything from a simple silver spoon to clown colored Rapalas. This year though, I definitely plan on pulling more spinners.
8. If you were lost in the woods, what would be the one thing you would need to survive? Food and water? Other than that, a good lighter. Nothing yells "Come get me!" quite as loudly as a forest fire.
9. Name the "Aikens band" that plays in Big Molly's Bar every now and then: Turbo and the Hooks? Do I win something for knowing?
10. Your favorite dish that Chef Jimmy prepares? Porkchop night is always a good night.
11. Finish the following: Fishing at Aikens is: kinda like going to the bar. You never know what you'll catch. (Although fishing at Aikens means you're going after the big ones. Not so much the case at a bar.)

Pick one from each of the following choices:

1. Beer-Battered, Lemon-pepper, Cajun or Baked Walleye: Baked Walleye
2. Hiking, Biking or Piking: Piking
3. Bill Dance or Dance party: Bill Dance
4. Bob the Builder or Bob Izumi: Bob the Builder. Sorry Izumi, but Bob the Builder rocks.

Eric Toupin - Selinger

1. Years at Aikens: Going to be my second.
2. Nickname: Petit Points... Hopefully this year I will be able to earn my own and not be associated with my older brother Pts...
3. How did you first hear about Aikens? My brother
4. What is your favorite part of this job? The Fishing Dah!! Why else would I work in the middle no where?
5. How do you spend your "non-Aikens" time in the winter? Wasting my time at University, and not fishing.
6. Do you have a favorite sports team (sorry, the Toronto Maple Leafs don't count)? It goes: 1) Habs!! le Canadien, 2) Jays, 3) Raptors
7. What is your favorite lure? Whatever works that day
8. If you were lost in the woods, what would be the one thing you would need to survive? A beautiful girl. . .do I need to explain myself? It's obviously for the cooking you dirty-minded people!
9. Name the "Aikens band" that plays in Big Molly's Bar every now and then: There is no band at all without Julien the man!!! Actually, I have no idea what it is.
10. Your favorite dish that Chef Jimmy prepares? That one time we had steak, yum.
11. Finish the following: Fishing at Aikens is like: heavenly.

Pick one from each of the following choices:

1. Beer-Battered, Lemon-pepper, Cajun or Baked Walleye: Gotta have the Cajun!!!
2. Hiking, Biking or Piking: Hiking
3. Bill Dance or Dance party: Dance party
4. Bob the Builder or Bob Izumi: Ohh hard one!!! Bob or BoB... I’m gonna have to go with Bob Izumi, it’s the only good show on Sundays mornings!! Thx Bob for saving Sunday TV. Cheers

Griffin Hewitt

1. Years at Aikens: Helped out in Aug 2007, now a guide
2. Nickname: Griff, G-Man
3. How did you first hear about Aikens? My older brother Ryan Hewitt worked at the lodge for many years, and I came up when I was 12 years old and knew I had to come back.
4. What is your favorite part of this job? Is that a joke?? You pay me to fish!
5. How do you spend your "non-Aikens" time in the winter? Going to school, and getting out on the ice of course.
6. Do you have a favorite sports team (sorry, the Toronto Maple Leafs don't count)? Jacksonville Jaguars
7. What is your favorite lure? Trusty Jig, never fails.
8. If you were lost in the woods, what would be the one thing you would need to survive? What am i supposed to say, "fishing rod?" 1 match head!!!!
9. Name the "Aikens band" that plays in Big Molly's Bar every now and then: uhoh
10. Your favorite dish that Chef Jimmy prepares?
11. Finish the following: Fishing at Aikens is like: Unreal, what more can i say.

Pick one from each of the following choices:

1. Beer-Battered, Lemon-pepper, Cajun or Baked Walleye: Cajun
2. Hiking, Biking or Piking: Hiking
3. Bill Dance or Dance party: Bill Dance
4. Bob the Builder or Bob Izumi: Bob Izumi

Ashton Beaupre

1. Years at Aikens: Started in July 2007
2. Nickname: Shto
3. How did you first hear about Aikens? My sister
4. What is your favorite part of this job? The good times
5. How do you spend your "non-Aikens" time in the winter? University
6. Do you have a favorite sports team (sorry, the Toronto Maple Leafs don't count)? Team Couture, Randy that is.
7. What is your favorite lure? None, I'm a noodlin' man
8. If you were lost in the woods, what would be the one thing you would need to survive? Carhartts
9. Name the "Aikens band" that plays in Big Molly's Bar every now and then: Kik 'n' Jules
10. Your favorite dish that Chef Jimmy prepares? pickled eggs
11. Finish the following: Fishing at Aikens is like: eatin' sweet bannock and sucre a la creme, can't get much better than that.

Pick one from each of the following choices:

1. Beer-Battered, Lemon-pepper, Cajun or Baked Walleye: Cajun
2. Hiking, Biking or Piking: Biking
3. Bill Dance or Dance party: Bill Dance
4. Bob the Builder or Bob Izumi: Bob the Builder, Can he fix it, YES HE CAN!!