- Date
- 1969-06
- Kind
- Observation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- fishingrecreationenvironment
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The June 1969 Beaver Beacon reported smallmouth bass around Garden and Hog Islands and large perch in the same areas. Lake trout were appearing in commercial nets but had not yet been reported by Island anglers.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper fishing observation, not a catch register or fisheries survey. The issue’s separate pheasant sighting is preserved in its own record.
Sources
- Reports smallmouth bass around Garden and Hog Islands, large perch in the same areas, no lake-trout reports from Island waters despite increasing commercial-net numbers, and a surviving ring-necked pheasant observed near Cables Bay; the pheasant observation is also documented separately. It does not provide a catch register or fisheries survey.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1969-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published spring fishing report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1969-06_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island spring fishing report notes bass and perch, 1969”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-spring-fishing-news-june-1969/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 1969, “Game News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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