Aikens Lake News Archive - August 2007
Date Aug. 29, 2007
As many of you read about last summer and over the winter, we love to celebrate our heritage here in Manitoba! One of the big festivals in Winnipeg takes place every February and is called the "Festival Du Voyageur". In...
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Date Aug. 26, 2007
Scott Sheridan had never caught a fish before... not a walleye, not a deep-sea fish, not even a goldfish! His trip to Aikens was part of Merrill McNabb and Mike Malone's group of food brokers. Merrill had been to Aikens...
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Date Aug. 23, 2007
Yesterday was a special day at Aikens. As you've read about in the past, we like to celebrate our guests' accomplishments. The first way to do that is by giving a commemorative 8x10 print of their fish, along with a...
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Date Aug. 21, 2007
Joel Buseman started coming to Aikens back in 2000 with his brothers and family. Previously,they went fishing in Ontario every summer. When we met them at the sportshow, they never believed that each of them would catch at least a 25"...
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Date Aug. 19, 2007
The big pike have certainly come out of their mid-summer slumber! In the past week we've landed many trophy pike by trolling, reigniting the fire that had burned on Colin's Cruise in years past. All of the big fish have...
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Date Aug. 12, 2007
Last night, we didn't have many guests in camp... in actuality it was our partners and their friends that were here so it was a perfect night to host the Olympiad! We split up the staff into 4 teams of 5 people...
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Date Aug. 10, 2007
At Aikens, we have 10 approved sites for groups to meet up for shorelunch. We have sites that range from small (groups of 2 only) to large (up to 40 people). There is always a site open and one that suits the needs...
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Date Aug. 06, 2007
Yesterday was quite a productive day for the guides at Aikens Lake. After pounding on new spots like South Shore and MOFN reef, their efforts were finally rewarded with five trophy walleyes being reeled in today! MOFN produced a 29" and...
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Date Aug. 01, 2007
Some of you may remember the charity trip which brought Dan Quayle to Aikens Lake last summer. The trip raised over $25,000 for the Christmas Classic Charity down in Phoenix. It was such a great success that we couldn't say no...
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