Event
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- fishingconservationenvironmentcommunity
- Within
- Fox Lake
Summary
Fox Lake’s 1963 trout season opened on April 27 after the reported planting of 3,500 legal-size brook trout the previous fall. The May Beaver Beacon asked anglers not to use minnows and to register fishing time and catch on a sheet at the launch. The June issue said trout fishing remained good but had eased as insects hatched.
Evidence and limits
These are local conservation and fishing reports, not a stocking certificate, formal creel census, or later regulation. The sources do not provide a complete catch return or prove the number of fish surviving in 1963.
Open questions
- Can state fisheries records confirm the 3,500-fish planting and the registration results?
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, May 1963, “Game Club News.”Reports the April 27 trout-season opening, 3,500 legal-size brook trout planted the previous fall, a request not to use minnows, and a catch-and-hours registration sheet at the launch.
- Beaver Beacon, June 1963, “Anglers Angle.”Reports Fox Lake trout fishing continuing after insect hatching and records a humorous claim about making a hook from a Beaver Island mosquito; it does not provide a formal catch total.