'Trout king of Sask.': 2 men who died in crash remembered as passionate anglers

Just hours after being awarded Angler of the Year at a Saskatchewan fishing tournament, Steve Taylor and his friend Cody Strass died in a crash near Watson.

Dallas Kirkpatrick is also a longtime tournament walleye fisherman. He said Taylor and Strass died on their way back from the Last Mountain Fall Walleye Classic. “I think what you'll find when you ask anybody else from the fishing community about Steve is that he was just a very humble and likable guy,” said Kirkpatrick. “Cody was pretty much unanimously considered the trout king of Saskatchewan,” he added. “He was always very outgoing, and he'd never walk away from a conversation, especially about fishing. He lived for fishing – It was his passion, his job, and everything in between.”