- Dates
- 1978-04 – 1978-05
- Kind
- Observation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- huntingconservationenvironmentcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April–May 1978 Beaver Beacon reports spring sucker and anticipated smelt runs, deer condition, freshwater fishing, and commercial whitefish and perch catches around Beaver Island.
Evidence and limits
These are local newspaper observations, not fishery logs, wildlife surveys, harvest records, or commercial manifests.
Sources
- Reports early sucker movement, no confirmed smelt dipping, a deer herd that appeared to have survived winter well, trout at Fox Lake, bluegills and pike at Barney’s Lake, whitefish catches over a ton, and perch catches near Hog Island. It does not provide fishery logs, wildlife surveys, harvest records, or commercial manifests. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1978-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twelve-page combined April–May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the game report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1978-04_Beaver-Beacon
Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island spring game and commercial fishing report, 1978”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-game-news-spring-1978/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April–May 1978, “Game News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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