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Beaver Island and Garden Island report excellent bass fishing, 1960

Also 1960 Beaver Island bass fishing report

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TypeEvent
Date1960-09
WithinBeaver Island · Garden Island
ErasModern era
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Date
1960-09
Kind
Sports
Eras
Modern era
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fishingconservationenvironment
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Beaver Island · Garden Island

Summary

The September 1960 Beaver Beacon described bass fishing at Beaver Island and Garden Island as excellent, with larger-than-usual limits reported.

Evidence and limits

This is a contemporary qualitative fishing report. It does not provide catch counts, named anglers, exact water bodies, or a fishery survey.

Open questions

  • Which state or local fishery records document the reported bass limits?

See also

Sources

  1. Reports excellent bass fishing at Garden Island and Beaver Island and larger-than-usual limits. It does not identify anglers, catch counts, water bodies, or biological survey data.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1960-09_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held three-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1960-09_Beaver-Beacon

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island and Garden Island report excellent bass fishing, 1960”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-bass-fishing-report-1960/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1960, local fishing report. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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