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Herb Lees’s steelhead catch in Lake Geneserath, 1972

Also 1972 Lake Geneserath steelhead catch

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TypeEvent
Datecirca 1972-10
WithinLake Geneserath
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
circa 1972-10
Kind
Sports
Eras
Modern era
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conservationcommunityheritage
Within
Lake Geneserath

Summary

Herb Lees Sr. caught a 6 lb. 13 oz. steelhead in Lake Geneserath during the period covered by the October–November 1972 Beaver Beacon. The report says heavy rain kept Cables Creek open between Lake Michigan and the inland lake.

Evidence and limits

The source gives no exact catch date, photograph, measurement method, or independent fishery record. Its creek-and-lake route is preserved as the newspaper’s explanation, not as a hydrological reconstruction.

See also

Sources

  1. Reports that Herb Lees Sr. of Perry, Michigan caught a 6 lb. 13 oz. steelhead in Lake Geneserath a few weeks before publication and attributes the access to a wet year keeping Cables Creek open; it does not provide an exact catch date or independent fishery record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1972-10_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eleven-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 · 1972-10_Beaver-Beacon

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

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Beaver Island Archive, “Herb Lees’s steelhead catch in Lake Geneserath, 1972”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-steelhead-catch-lake-geneserath-1972/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October–November 1972, “Game News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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