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Wishin I was Fishin...

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Chris Tremblay Talks Local Fishing
Twelve-Year-Old Tristan Martin

Making a Splash in the Local Fishing Community

By Molly Kett 54” Muskie using only a 14 lb kid who loves to fish.
line.
t twelve years old, Tristan “Whether he catches or not,
AMartin is already making “It was amazing! Something I he enjoys just going out and
quite the mark on Cornwall’s will never forget. It missed my spending some time on the
sporting community. He plays lure the previous cast so I knew water. His favourite fish to catch
hockey for the CharLan Rebels it would come back for it. Once I are Muskies, but he also enjoys
peewee rep team and practises hooked him, it took me 15 minutes catching Bass and Pike. He has
baseball during the summer, but to bring him to shore. He jumped his own tackle, fully organized
says his passion is fishing. numerous times and I was hoping and numerous rods. He is truly
he would not break my line,” says passionate about the sport. This
“I enjoy fishing with my dad
Tristan. “My dad netted him and year, he wants to start doing ice
during my spare time. We try to
we took a picture but it was too big fishing. He has never done it and
go out a couple of times a week,”
for me to hold it. My dad quickly is looking forward to it.”
says Tristan. “My dad spent his measured it and weighed it. He
whole life fishing. He started at then showed me how to properly
a very young age and introduced
release the fish back in the water
me to the hobby at the age of four so he would live. He quickly
years old. We started fishing on swam away. It weighed over 30
the banks in Lancaster for perch lbs. I caught it with a new lure we
and catfish. Then we started bought that morning. It’s called
fishing small pikes and bass in Tristan with a bass Photo Submitted a night crawler. It was a special
the pond in Alexandria until a few moment because they say it’s the
years ago, he started bringing me comes with it. fish of a thousand casts. They
for game fishing.” “I love the adrenaline of are difficult to catch and it was a

Though Tristan says he and his catching a big fish; that second pretty nice one. The first thing I
dad try to get out two or three when the fish jumps for the did after was send a picture to my
times weekly, it all depends on lure,” says Tristan. “We often mom. She was super happy for
how busy his schedule is with his fish the Raisin River and use me!”
other team commitments between surface plugs or top raiders. It’s Tristan says the trick to catching
hockey and baseball. However, exciting because every cast has this kind of trophy fish is having
Tristan says they live close to the a possibility of catching a trophy a lot of patience out on the water.
river, making it easier to go fish fish! It’s also a time away from He says he does lots of Muskie
for a few hours after school or busy life. It’s relaxing and every fishing with his dad, but doesn’t
during the summer. day on the water is a different
challenge.” usually catch big ones like this.
Some people find fishing a Tristan’s dad, Robert Martin,
slower sport, but not Tristan. He Recently, this excitement was also proud of the big catch.
says his favourite part of getting Tristan experiences while fishing Dad, Robert Martin with a Muskie
out to fish is the excitement that was heightened after catching a He says Tristan is an easy-going Tristan caught Photo Submitted

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