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Old 01-25-2015, 10:56 AM
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Default My GF landed her first EVER laker, and its a real beauty !
Not bad for her first ever eh guys! Measured 37.5 " in length with a 20" girth. This fish was successfully released.
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Old 01-25-2015, 10:59 AM
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Beauty is right .. thats a hog of a laker.. spoiled for life now !! Congrats

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Old 01-25-2015, 11:03 AM
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Wow. those really are two beauties. Congrats.
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Old 01-25-2015, 11:06 AM
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Great fish cant wait to head out next weekend to Lake X
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Old 01-25-2015, 11:13 AM
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Beauty... The fish is incredible. Well done.

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Old 01-25-2015, 11:13 AM
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Congrats
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Old 01-25-2015, 11:35 AM
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Wow. those really are two beauties. Congrats.
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Old 01-25-2015, 11:55 AM
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What a fish!!! Off to the smoke house hehe Congratulations to your better half!
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Old 01-25-2015, 02:56 PM
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Now that's a hog good job 👍👍love the color of the Finns
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Old 01-25-2015, 04:08 PM
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BEAUTY!!

She set the bar high for herself!


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Old 01-25-2015, 04:57 PM
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That's a tough "First Laker" to try and beat now A super nice fish! She set the bar high right out of the chute! Congrats and great pic
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Old 01-25-2015, 05:25 PM
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Awesome fish. Congrats to her
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Old 01-25-2015, 06:07 PM
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nice fish
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Old 01-25-2015, 06:32 PM
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Nice fish...what did it take?
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Old 01-25-2015, 06:45 PM
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great catch, beautiful fish, those fins look so clean as does rest of the fish!!
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Old 01-25-2015, 06:45 PM
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Yeah, she's a keeper !!
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Old 01-25-2015, 07:15 PM
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I have the vid of her catching this up on you tube! check it out, link is below


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Awesome fish. What a first Laker.

Congrats!!!
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Old 01-25-2015, 08:18 PM
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Huge!! You've got a keeper :-)

Rapala lure??
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Congrats to her, what a slab of a first laker...might as well hang the rod up now!
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Old 01-25-2015, 11:09 PM
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I saw this going around Facebook earlier today. Congrats, that's sweet. Grist is a fun lake!
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Old 01-26-2015, 06:11 AM
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B-E-A-Utiful fish!! hooked for life now.
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Very nice,congrats on a great laker.The video topped it off,thanks for sharing.
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Old 01-26-2015, 08:13 AM
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WOW! Congrats to her! I've always wanted to go to Cold Lake for that very reason!
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Awesome fish for sure, nice!
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Just saw Wild Tv's facebook post about this, beauty fish!
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Too bad you didn't get it mounted. It would have looked great on the wall next to the deer head she found last November.

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Old 01-26-2015, 10:41 PM
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Awesome fish... wish I still had some beginner luck once in a while. I think the big fish know when I step on the ice... they all swim to the other side.
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Too bad you didn't get it mounted. It would have looked great on the wall next to the deer head she found last November.

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