Matt Zazula and his tournament fishing partner Jim Clarke were on Pine Coulee Reservoir in southern Alberta in mid-May 2019 getting the boat and equipment tuned up for the 2019 walleye tournament season. They were dragging walleye rigs in hopes of taking a few home for the frying pan. Jim’s rod came to life, and the result wasn’t what they expected. After a lively fight, Jim pulled in a fantastic rainbow trout. A few high fives were exchanged and pictures taken, and the rigs went back in the water. 20 minutes later, Jim hooked up on a second beauty. The two fish were almost carbon copies of each other, with the largest measuring 29 1/2 inches (75 cm). Each fish weighed 12 lbs 4 oz.. The 2 unexpected rainbows capped off a great day on the water.
Matt Zazula and his tournament fishing partner Jim Clarke were on Pine Coulee Reservoir in Southern Alberta in mid-May 2019 getting the boat and equipment tuned up for the 2019 walleye tournament season. They were dragging walleye rigs in hopes of taking a few walleye home, when Jim’s rod came to life. The result wasn’t what they expected. The rainbow trout measured 29 1/2 inches (75 cm) and weighed 12 lbs 4 oz.. The catch was a big surprise and capped off a great day on the water.
Matt Zazula does most of his fishing on the prairie lakes and reservoirs of Alberta and Saskatchewan. He's a walleye tournament angler, and in the summer of 2018 he and his tournament partner Jim Clarke decided to do a self-guided trip to the Nootka Sound. Fishing out of his Tracker V18 tournament boat set up with downriggers, he and Jim spent a week salmon fishing. They came back with their limit of chinooks, a couple of nice coho salmon, and some bonus ling cod and bottom fish. Not bad for a couple of prairie boys!
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