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| Description: | Edward R. Murrow, with a young boy (possibly his son Casey), displaying a Northern Pike they caught while fishing on a lake in northern Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Robert M., Jr., and Philip Fox La Follette on a fishing trip in northern Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View towards a dam in Jefferson. Two men are fishing from the shoreline in the foreground. The Woolen Mills are on the opposite shoreline. Caption reads: "... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | The Wolf River House. The advertisement reads: "The Wolf River House; Hunters' and Fishermen's Resort; Rates $1.50 per day - $9.00 per week; Special Rates ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the dam across the Rock River near the Empire Mills. A man holding a fishing rod is standing in the foreground on the left. |
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| Description: | Group of men displaying 13 muskellunge caught at Ross' Teal Lake Lodge. Caption reads: "Muskies caught by Guests at Ross' Teal Lake Lodge, Hayward, Wis." |
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| Description: | Nelson Ross posing with muskellunge caught by Claude Baudy at Ross' Teal Lake Lodge. Fish was caught using a goldfish for bait. Caption reads: "Muskie Caug... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Virginia Hess posing with a muskellunge near the fish scale at Ross Teal Lake Lodge. Virginia Hess was a member of the Hess Oil Co. family, was from Chicag... |
| Date: | 01 25 1911 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of a winter scene with men fishing on a frozen lake. Two men pull on the line attached to the fish's mouth, while one holds an axe above its h... |
| Date: | 06 30 1916 |
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| Description: | Three men attempt to pull a giant fish onto shore using a rope. A dam spans the length of the river in the background. Red text in the upper left corner be... |
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| Description: | Three men in a old-fashioned car are driving in a lake and trying to catch two giant fish near the shore. One of the men drives while the other two are try... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | "Keep Cool with Coolidge in Wisconsin This Summer." A stamp presumably issued by the Outdoor Club of Wisconsin, to promote tourism in northern Wisconsin. I... |
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| Description: | Fishing Fleet in the harbor. Caption reads: "The Cornucopia Fishing Fleet, Cornucopia, Wis." |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Large group of fishermen standing on ice with catch of fish displayed on airplane wing near La Pointe, Madeline Island. |
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| Description: | Sign posted on a southern Wisconsin trout stream. The photographer would not divulge the stream on which the sign was placed lest it be overrun by enthusia... |
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| Description: | George Harris and other ice fishing shanties on Chequamegon Bay. One man is on skis moving across the snow and ice. |
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| Description: | Man ice fishing on Chequamegon Bay through a hole with a fishing jig, fish and fry pan. |
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| Description: | Fisherman standing on frozen Lake Superior holding a lake trout, leaning on snowshoes. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Vern Frechette (left) and Leonard Larson show their catch of trout caught during ice fishing on Chequamegon Bay. |
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