Chester Porteous

Nickname:

 Poacher

Hometown:

 Selkirk, Manitoba

General Background:

 Lifetime of guiding, hunting (birds, whitetail and bear) with stints in steel mill work, bridge construction and the oil patch.

Guiding Experience:

 14 years and counting: 1 at Bolton Lake, 4 at Minor Bay and 9 at Scott.

Favorite Area at Scott:

 The northwest

Favorite Flyout:

 Sandy, especially the river

Favorite Shore Lunch:

 Good ole Fried Pike with Super Chips

Favorite Lure:

 Mepps Giant Killer

Favorite Fly:

 “Barry Reynold’s Black Bunny”

Career Highlight:

 Getting the opportunity to guide at Scott, the “top of the hill”

Personal Interests:

 Snowmobile racing, hunting about everything, ice fishing and “taking my wife and two girls, age 2 and 9, out on the town.”

Next Season’s Goal:

 A ten trophy day at Sandy, nothing under 42”

Most Memorable Customer Question/Comment:

 “Do these big pike eat much?”