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

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Blain MacKay Talks Fishing

By Molly Kett bass tournaments can be frustrating
at times with artificial baits. I enjoy
fishing with live bait as well but most
wenty-three-year-old Blain
TMacKay grew up in Glen tournaments you’re not allowed,
so it makes it a lot more difficult to
Walter, with his brother Andrew
catch fish,” says MacKay. “I have
and parents Sue and Danny, playing
hockey in the winter and lacrosse in fished in many prestige tournaments,
the summer. When MacKay wasn’t including the Canadian bass open
(Berkley B1), where you’re fishing
playing hockey or lacrosse, he could
be found fishing on the St. Lawrence against professional fisherman like
River. Bob Izumi and Pete Bowman.”
According to MacKay, his
Currently working as an electrical
favourite place to fish is still the St.
apprentice in Ottawa with Lumos
Electric, MacKay still manages to Lawrence River, where he started
get out and fish in his spare time. fishing as a kid, between Cornwall
and Lancaster.
“I love being outside enjoying my
surroundings and spending quality MacKay says he likes to catch
time with Mark Baker. Mark has mainly smallmouth bass, pike,
taught me everything about fishing and walleye. He has made some
pretty impressive catches, with an
and he’s the one that introduced
me to fishing. Our parents are very incredibly notable one just this past
good friends and he offered to teach fall.
me and then it started to become a “This fall I won the Noah

summer addiction,” says MacKay. Thompson Memorial Bass Fishing
“For about the last ten years, me Tournament with a six bass limit
and mark have been fishing a lot of weighing 29.74 lbs,” shares MacKay.
tournaments and I am very grateful Next, MacKay hopes to travel
for everything he has done to and fish a variety of different lakes
introduce me to the sport of fishing.”
across Ontario, “because there are
MacKay says his earliest fishing so many beautiful lakes across this
memory was when he was around province.”
seven years old, with Mark Baker,
who he still fishing with today. MacKay says that fishing is a
great way to meet new, like-minded
“Mark took me out on his boat people.
and we went to Lancaster to catch “Its great to get out on the water
perch,” says MacKay.
and be with the people you like to be
His favourite fishing memory also around and meet new people in the
took place when fishing with Mark, fishing community,” says MacKay.
when he first began bass fishing and Next time you’re out on the St.
signing up for fishing tournaments.
Lawrence, keep an eye out for
“The competitiveness in bass MacKay fishing the river and don’t
fishing is what I truly enjoy. Fishing forget to say hello. Photo Submitted

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