Name: A 23-inch walleye is reported from Lake Geneserath, 2005
Start: 2005-07
End: 2005-07
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2005-07
Kind: Observation
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: fishingwildlifeenvironmentcommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

While researching an article about Beaver Island fishing, Linda Gallagher caught a 23-inch walleye at Lake Geneserath, according to the July 2005 Beaver Beacon. A related June forum thread records Gallagher’s visit, fishing on three lakes, and her planned Record-Eagle and MI-Out-of-Doors coverage, but does not itself identify this catch.

Evidence limits

This is a single newspaper-reported catch, not a population estimate, fishery survey, or independently measured record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, July 2005, "Walleyes are getting Larger."
Reports that Linda Gallagher caught a 23-inch walleye at Lake Geneserath while researching an article about Beaver Island fishing. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, July 2005, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held July issue scan confirms the fishing observation.
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Linda Gallagher and Chamber of Commerce, “Thanks to all-another great trip!,” Beaver Island Forum, June 26–July 14, 2005.
A visiting angler described a successful June trip, including fishing on three lakes with local guides, and said a Record-Eagle article and MI-Out-of-Doors PBS segment would follow. The thread supports the surrounding 2005 fishing/media context but does not independently identify the 23-inch catch or preserve either media item.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “A 23-inch walleye is reported from Lake Geneserath, 2005”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-lake-geneserath-walleye-observation-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 2005, "Walleyes are getting Larger." (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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