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Wishin’ I was Fishin’...

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with Cory Holt

chasing that feeling.”
By Molly Kett
Holt has competed in some local
hirty-five-year-old Cory Holt is tournaments and tries to gain experience
Tan operations manager for a snow from each one.
removal business, which allows him to “The anglers in the tournaments around
work hard in the winter, and enjoy fishing here are no joke. Great fisherman with a lot
when the water is open. of experience,” said Holt. “I feel like the
“What I love about fishing is the feeling more tournaments I do, the more fun I have
of separation it has from daily life. It feels and confidence I gain, to eventually get
like the second you’re on the water and into a larger series.”
cast a line, you’re in a different world,” In the future, Holt would like to
said Holt. “I always love the community experience fishing in Lake Simcoe for the
of fishing and how it brings a lot of people smallmouth, and a guided trip in Mexico
together that you otherwise wouldn’t have for giant largemouth. His true love is
met.” catching bass, no matter where he is.
Like many local fisherman, Holt’s “Obviously by a long shot I love catching
favourite place to fish is the St. Lawrence bass all day long,” said Holt. “No matter
River. Since he grew up here, it’s where the weather I’m out there in the coldest
he’s most familiar. temperatures to the hottest forty-degree
“My earliest fishing memory would be days in the middle of summer.”
when I was about thirteen years old. A For those who haven’t experienced
childhood friend of mine father set us up fishing, Holt has some encouraging words
with an old twelve foot fibreglass boat. to get you started.
We would fish for perch in the bay across
from the Olco gas station in Glen Walter. “For people that haven’t experienced
One day, we decided to start casting fishing, I would tell them to not give up
towards shore with larger baits, trying until you have experienced catching a few
to get a different or bigger species, most different species. You never know when
likely after watching Bob Izumi on TV you will get ‘hooked’ and fall in love
that morning,” said Holt. “I cast under a with the sport,” said Holt. “Keep fishing!
tree into a shady spot along the shore and Put yourself along shore in a boat with
caught my first smallmouth bass. After someone you can have a good time with.
feeling the power that fish had, the fight Good conversations happen fishing. I
that he put up, I knew I could never stop believe you can learn a lot, fishing, waiting
for that next big bite.” Photo Submitted
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