Landing a nice payday while doing something you absolutely love to do is not something people get to experience every day.

But Allysha Sateana Tologanak had herself a very good day during the recent annual Trout Fishing Derby in Rankin Inlet from May 9 to 12.

Tologanak claimed the $9,000 prize money for second place with her catch of a lake trout measuring 44 3/4 in. in length, trailing only winner BJ TanuyakSA国际影视传媒檚 $10,000 catch of 45 1/16 in.

Rounding out the top 10 were Josephine Kigeak (44 1/20), Ross Tatty (4 1/8), Remi Pissuk (43 11/16), Cathy Towtongie (43), Bobby Misheralak (42 13/16), Sandra Simik (42 3/4), Oden Tatty (42 5/8) and Moses Misheralak (42 1/2).

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The second-place finish was the first time Tologanak had ever won big money while fishing.

However, once she starts talking about the sport, you can tell quite quickly that the prize money was just a bonus.

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Tologanak, 35, said she went fishing with her family a lot when she was growing up.

She said she was only eight years old when she starting getting the fishing bug for real.

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