Aikens Lake News Archive - September 2006
Date Sep. 29, 2006
We (Julie and Pit) wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of our loyal customers that make Aikens the special place that it is. Without you, we wouldn't be able to keep this paradise on earth alive! This year,...
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Date Sep. 26, 2006
Go to the PWT website to see more pictures of the event and the stars... click here
Go to read a modified news release here
For Reader's Digest's pre-tournament story, click here (ps - some of the names are inaccurate...
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Date Sep. 21, 2006
The First Annual PWT Celebrity Shootout Raised More Than a $100,000 For the Boomer Esiason Foundation for Cystic Fibrosis
The top ten In-Fisherman Professional Walleye Trail pros in the Johnsonville Brats Angler of the Year race were joined by celebrities for...
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Date Sep. 21, 2006
The final results are in! The fishing started this morning at 8:00 AM and ended at 12:30. The weather cooperated once again with a beautiful fall day! The winner of the tournament was the boat captained by Mark Christianson and partner Robert...
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Date Sep. 21, 2006
Tonight, we had a special event that really blew the socks off the pros and the celebs... we had a concert! Turbo, Kik, and Andrina started off the music. Some of our favorites like "I fish walleye", "Yellow Rose", "Sweet...
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Date Sep. 21, 2006
The weather certainly cooperated for the first day of fishing! After watching the impressive fleet of Lund boats departing the dock, we had to anxiously wait to see if the recent coldfront would cool down the fishing. Most of the...
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Date Sep. 19, 2006
The celebrities are all here and the festivities have begun! Two planes brought in the 10 celebrities early this afternoon. Most of them hit the water for an hour or two so they could get their lines wet before the show...
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Date Sep. 19, 2006
Today we will greet all of the celebrities off the planes here at Aikens as well as more media personnel, so look for more media updates in the next couple of days. We will be doing the boat partner draw...
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Date Sep. 18, 2006
After much anticipation and preparation, everyone was on the dock yesterday morning to greet our honored guests. These PWT champions are here to compete in the first annual PWT Aikens Lake Shootout benefiting the Boomer Esiason Foundation for Cystic Fibrosis.
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Date Sep. 17, 2006
The ten best professional walleye fishermen in North America this season on the Professional Walleye Trail (PWT) along with the In-Fisherman entourage and film crews arrived at the Winnipeg headquarter hotel, the Canad-Inn Fort Garry, on Friday evening. After exchanging...
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Date Sep. 17, 2006
The past 3 days of fishing have certainly been great ones for a large group of electrical contractors from Minnesota! Jeff Ohman and the NECA group have been doing trips for nearly two decades! This was the first time that they...
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Date Sep. 12, 2006
Todd Wiggins loves walleyes... I mean he flat out loves walleyes! Any walleye from 20-30" will be able to make Todd smile like if his long lost dog had just returned home! Last year was Todd's first at Aikens. He...
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Date Sep. 11, 2006
By reading our previous post, you've already surmised that Dan Greteman is having quite a special and emotional trip! Well, he just kicked it up one more notch! He arrived at Aikens having 3 master angler walleyes under his belt, but...
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Date Sep. 10, 2006
For years we've been saying that we need a shorelunch site in the back bay. One of the original ideamen for this was our favorite and longest-tenured guest Mr. Tom Greteman. Tom's first trip to Aikens was back in 1953. He...
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Date Sep. 09, 2006
Winnipeg is host to the largest winter festival in all of Western Canada. For 10 days every February, the "Festival Du Voyageur" celebrates the history and importance of the fur-trade era in Manitoba. As part of this festival, there is a 6...
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Date Sep. 07, 2006
For Immediate Release
Rick Schroder, Mike Gartner, Kris King, Dave Krieg, Les Stroud and
Friends to Fish for a Cause
Inaugural PWT Celebrity Shootout Walleye Fishing Event Benefits Boomer Esiason’s Foundation, September 18-21, 2006
Rick Schroder, Mike Gartner, Kris King,...
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Date Sep. 02, 2006
This has certainly been a fast paced and ambitious year for the construction at Aikens Lake. We have many projects under our belts already and the last one to accomplish for 2006 will be to get a shell up for the ...
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