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Beaver Island reports continued good late-summer fishing, 1969

Also August 1969 Beaver Island fishing report

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

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TypeEvent
Dates1969-08 – 1969-09
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Dates
1969-08 – 1969-09
Kind
Observation
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
fishingrecreationenvironment
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The August–September 1969 Beaver Beacon reported continued good fishing, with common catches of bass and bluegills but no known record-breaking trophies.

Evidence and limits

This is a local newspaper observation, not a catch register, effort log, or fisheries survey.

Sources

  1. Reports continued good fishing, common bass and bluegill catches, and no known record-breaking trophies; it does not provide a catch register, effort log, or fisheries survey.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1969-08_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published fishing report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1969-08_Beaver-Beacon

Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island reports continued good late-summer fishing, 1969”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-august-fishing-report-1969/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1969, “Game News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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