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Lifting the Nets

Date: 1935
Description: Five men in three wooden row boats lifting fyke nets out of northern Wisconsin lake. The men are doing conservation work, netting for walleyes and muskies.
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Conservation Work

Date: 1935
Description: Two men in a wooden rowboat checking a fyke net on a northern Wisconsin lake. One man is standing, holding a fishing net full of walleyes.
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Fertilizing Pike Eggs

Date: 1935
Description: Three men standing in water near shore in northern Wisconsin lake. Two of the men are wearing waders, and they are using a ladle for dipping between a wash...
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Getting Pike Eggs

Date: 1935
Description: Two men, each in a wooden row boat, collect pike fish from a fyke net on a northern Wisconsin lake. One man is standing in his boat holding a fish net hold...
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Reel Action

Date: 1935
Description: Two men, one standing one crouching, in a wooden rowboat on Forest Lake. The man standing is reeling in a fish that is making a big splash in the water.
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Dam and Fishway at Brookside Resort

Date: 1935
Description: Rustic wooden dam and bridge between two of the Eau Claire Lakes in southwest Bayfield County.
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Boats at Les Crandall's

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of people on boat dock on Namakagon Lake. Some of them are holding stringers of recently caught fish, and wooden rowboats are tied to the doc...
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Gulls Feeding

Date: 1935
Description: A frenzy of gulls feeding on a pile of fish on one of the Apostle Islands, Lake Superior.
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Catch of Trout at Whip'poorwill Camp

Date: 1937
Description: Two people holding a stringer of trout caught on Siskiwit Lake.
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Catch of Fish

Date: 1937
Description: Two men standing on dock each holding a lake trout.
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Bobbing

Date: 1938
Description: An ice fishermen sitting in a shelter bobbing for fish on Lake Superior near Cornucopia.
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Cormican's on Clam Lake

Date: 1938
Description: Standing outside of a cabin at Cormican's on Clam Lake is a man holding up a large fish and a girl in a bathing suit and cap holding a paddle.
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Stringer of Fish in Grass

Date: 1935
Description: Man's hand holding a stringer of about eleven fish in the grass. It is labeled "Butternut Wis" and says "Caught near Mercer, Wis."
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Two Men Holding Two Large Fish

Date: 1937
Description: Two men wearing winter hats and coats holding up two large northern pike.
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Trout Caught near Washburn

Date: 1935
Description: View of three trout with a fishing basket (creel) and two rods laying on the ground. The trout were caught near Washburn.
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Catch of Fish at Lake Namakagon

Date: 1930
Description: View of a pile of fish on a stringer lying in the grass, these fish may have been caught on Lake Namakagon. A person's hand appears at the top, holding the...
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Man Holding Fish at Cormican's on Clam Lake

Date: 1938
Description: A man wearing a hat stands on the steps of the front porch of a cabin holding up a large fish at Cormican's on Clam Lake.
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Louie Spray's 59½ lb. Muskie

Date: 1930
Description: View of Alton Van Camp wearing a hat holding a huge record Muskie listed at "59 1/2 lb" caught by his friend Louie Spray. Caption reads: "Louie Spray's 59½...
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Man with Fish and Automobile

Date: 1933
Description: Outdoor portrait of a man wearing boots, pants, shirt, sweater and hat holding a large fish by its gills while standing in front of an automobile.
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Man with Fish at Voss' Resort

Date: 1935
Description: Outdoor portrait of a man wearing boots, a jacket and hat holding a large fish next to a building and sign that says "Voss Birchwood Lodge, Strictly Modern...

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