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Wishin’ I was Fishin’... TIME TO THINK ABOUT

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Nathan Sunday Talks Fishing and Big Catches

By Molly Kett

athan Sunday, born and raised
Nin Akwesasne, currently works
at Akwesasne Area Management
Board as their Youth Coordinator.
When he’s not busy working to
better the youth experience in the
community, you can often find
Sunday fishing.
Sunday says he has been fishing
for as long as he can remember. Now,
it’s one of his greatest passions.
His earliest memories go back as
far as fishing with his dad when he
was just a young boy.

When asked what he loves about
the sport, Sunday has trouble
narrowing it down to just one reason.

“It’s one of the only things that can
be relaxing, rewarding, therapeutic,
fun, and addictive,” says Sunday.
“You can eat the fish you catch if
you choose, too!”

When going through photos of
Sunday with the fish he’s caught
in the past, it’s easy to see a clear
pattern. They’re all huge catches!
This likely comes from the fact
that Sunday has had the opportunity
to fish at a number of different places,
Photo Submitted
including Alaska and Florida.
stream.” that are also trying for a big catch; “Like anything else give it a
His favourite place to fish, in
you’d think Sunday would be afraid chance and once you learn a few
fact, is Alaska. He says he’s been A separate time, he was “fishing
there twice. His favourite fishing in Florida and an alligator took my to keep it up. His passion for fishing, things it’s second nature,” says
memories come from his travels to fish after I hooked it. The other one though, keeps him going back each Sunday.
time. He likes the excitement and
unique fishing grounds. (alligator) was hooking on to a five- If you live in the Akwesasne area,
foot sturgeon while wading in the by the sounds of it, the nature that head down to the fishing hot spots in
One of his memories includes an surrounds the sport.
water below a small dam,” shares town on a nice day and you’re likely
experience most people would be For those who are thinking about
scared to face. Sunday was “fishing Sunday. giving fishing a try but aren’t sure, to run into Sunday. Who knows,
in Alaska when a grizzly came up After these close run-ins with the Sunday says it’s definitely worth the maybe he’ll even teach you a thing
on a few of us while fishing in a bigger, more frightening creatures time. or two.

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