Malagawatch is a magical territory in Unama’ki, governed by We’koqma’q, Wagmatcook, Membertou, Eskasoni and Potlotek communities, and the starting point of an epic journey of treaty rights recognition. It is where Donald Marshall Jr. and I were taught how to fish and sell eels. It is where we celebrated our first pay cheque, had our first gear conflicts, ate kataw and lusknikn with kastio’mi and drank plenty of strong pītewey. This essay shares the fishing adventures of the late Marshall Jr. from my perspective, as his spouse and fishing partner, as we travelled from the shores of the Bras d’Or Lake to the treacherous eel grounds of Judique and onward to Welnek, the waters of Paqtnkek Mi’kmaq community