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Fishermen with Sturgeon

Date: 09 22 1949
Description: Two fishermen, Frank Gratiot (president of the Yahara Fisherman's Club) and his brother Charles, display a 4.5 foot long, 50-pound Sturgeon they caught nea...
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Lake Mendota Skin-Divers

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: Lake Mendota skin-divers, Dick Charmley and Gary Davies, shown with fish that they have harpooned. Dick is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Charmley, 20 Paget ...
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Muskie Frozen in Ice

Date: 06 02 1945
Description: Hi-bred Muskie caught by Russ Peterson in Lake Wingra. The accompanying sign notes that it was 41 inches long with a girth of 19 inches and weighing 16 pou...
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Cecelia Johnson

Date: 08 11 1948
Description: Mrs. Arthur O. (Cecelia) Johnson holding up a 38-1/2 inch northern pike, which she caught in Lake Mendota near Spring Harbor.
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Sports Fisherman Leroy M. Kreisler with His Prize Catch

Date: 09 12 1949
Description: Sports fisherman Leroy M. Kreisler, Monona, holding the thirty-eight pound sturgeon he caught in the Wisconsin River near Okee. The fish measured thirty-fi...
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University of Wisconsin Prom Queen Contest

Date: 02 18 1952
Description: Shelia O'Neil (left), a finalist in the University of Wisconsin Prom Queen contest, holds up a fish (yellow perch) as part of her "Fishing for Votes" campa...
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Delbert and Mike Esser with Fish

Date: 05 05 1952
Description: One of the finest catches reported to date for the trout season is that pictured with its captors. Delbert Esser and his son, Mike, Cross Plains, landed t...
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Yahara Fishermen's Club Percharee

Date: 01 17 1954
Description: Portrait of Oscar Dary at a fish weighing station.
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Yahara Fishermen's Club Percharee

Date: 01 17 1954
Description: Oscar Lochner (right) watching a committee member wearing a fur coat and hat weighing his catch.
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Yahara Fishermen's Club Percharee

Date: 01 17 1954
Description: Mrs. Ken Christenson pulling a perch out of a hole cut in the ice of Lake Mendota during sub-zero weather.
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Fish Catch from Lake Mendota

Date: 09 25 1957
Description: Caption reads: "The Lake Mendota fish population was reduced this week by this fine catch of crappies, white bass, and bluegills by Madison's expert fisher...
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Gary McKenna Holding a Fish

Date: 08 22 1959
Description: Gary McKenna holds a fishing rod and small fish in one hand and a flashlight in the other. The boy won the flashlight as a prize for being the first to cat...
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Ice Fishing on Salmo Pond

Date: 01 1954
Description: Fisherman Walter Meske of Watertown holds up a fish he caught while ice fishing on Salmo Pond near Black Earth.

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