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Hi, my name is Julianne. I have been fishing pike for about 14 years, and it took me until Saturday, September 3rd, 2011 at 11:30am to catch one of the biggest pike I have ever seen.
I was trolling with my favourite spoon that I always use and all of a sudden BANG! My rod went down almost to the water and then I knew I had a fish on. I could feel it pulling the rod towards the bottom and my husband Dave yelling, “Keep your tip up!” So, with the tip up and 25 minutes later, I got the pike to the boat with about a garbage bag full of weeds—the pike looked like a big log behind all those weeds.
Then the fun began trying to get the pike in the boat with all of us so excited to see him. My husband’s friend Chris and I were trying to get all the weeds off my line and Dave was holding my rod. I got the pike in the boat and we were all so happy. People said after seeing my pictures, “Why didn’t you keep him?” I said, “Because next time I catch him, he will be longer than 48 inches and weigh more than 34 pounds. Chris took a lot of pictures of me and my pike so I will always have that and the excitement I felt that day.
Thank you God, that was awesome!
- Julianne Bartsch
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Dear Alberta Outdoorsmen,
I checked my trail cam this morning and found an awesome picture of a 4x4 buck that I have named Bob. Thought you might like to see the photo.
- Rob Mitchell
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Hi, attached is a picture of my father-in-law, Gordon Gudeit, from Vernon, BC with his first bull elk. He shot it on September 21, 2011 in WMU 346 near Whitecourt, after successfully calling him in with three days of effort. With him in the picture is his wife Colene who you happened to post in your magazine and your web gallery last fall with her first bull. Looks like Gord evened the score this year for the boys and halted the girl’s egos.
They both have hunted very hard and proven lots of patience and both have been rewarded deservingly. Hopefully your amazing magazine can again find room within its pages to give Gord the credit he deserves with his trophy.
- Randy Feist
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This is a photo of my stepdaughter Olivia (5) on her very first fishing trip. She hooked and landed her first fish ever, a 64 cm pike on Cold Lake. As I netted it and lifted it from the water, it started to thrash about, spraying water in Olivia’s face and causing her to wince and turn away just as her mom, Liana, caught the perfect moment on camera. Since then it has been hard to keep her off the water.
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