- Date
- 1959-06
- Kind
- Sports
- Where
- Garden Island Harbor
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- fishingrecreationtourismcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The July 1959 Beaver Beacon recounts a humorous fishing incident involving Archie LaF., his son Alvin, and two visitors in Garden Island harbor during the opening of bass season. The account says an unattended line produced a reported one-and-a-half-pound fish while Archie became snagged.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper anecdote, not a creel census, license record, fishery survey, or independently verified catch record.
Sources
- Reports Archie LaF., his son Alvin, and two visitors fishing in Garden Island harbor during the opening of bass season; an unattended line produced a reported 1½-pound fish while Archie became snagged. It is an anecdote, not a creel census, license record, or independent catch verification. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1959-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held three-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the fishing anecdote; the masthead reads "July 1952."data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-07_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Beacon reports a bass-season fishing anecdote near Garden Island, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-bass-season-fishing-anecdote-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1959 (printed masthead "July 1952"), "FISHING REPORT." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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