- Date
- 1962-08
- Kind
- Sports
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- fishingenvironmenttourism
- Within
- Beaver Island · Garden Island · Barney’s Lake · Lake Geneserath
Summary
The August 1962 Beaver Beacon reported strong bass, pike, panfish, and trout fishing and noted that two skin divers caught 60 perch in the harbor in under two hours, raising hope that the missing perch run might be returning.
Evidence and limits
These are angler reports, not a fisheries survey or confirmed population recovery. Catch totals and methods are incomplete.
Sources
- Reports good bass fishing at Garden Island and inland lakes, strong bass, pike, and panfish catches at Lake Genesareth, 29 trout caught in the prior month, and two skin divers taking 60 perch in the harbor in under two hours. It treats the perch sightings as a possible return, not a fisheries survey or confirmed population recovery.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1962-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published fishing report; it does not expand catch totals or biological conclusions.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1962-08_Beaver-Beacon
Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “August fishing reports note renewed perch catches around Beaver Island, 1962”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-august-1962-fishing-and-perch-return/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1962, “Fishing.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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