Name: The Game Club reports strong fishing and a ten-pound Garden Island carp, 1959
Start: 1959-08
End: 1959-08

Locator map: Garden Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago — Took place at Garden IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

Event

Date: 1959-08
Kind: Sports
Where: Garden Island · Hog Island
Carried out by: Beaver Island Game Club
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: fishingrecreationtourismcommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The August 1959 Beaver Beacon reports strong fishing on inland lakes and near Garden and Hog Islands. One party reported seven full-limit outings in eight trips, and Jo Carlisle reportedly landed a ten-pound carp after a twelve-minute fight.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper fishing report and anecdote, not a creel census, license record, fishery survey, or independently verified catch record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, August 1959, "NEWS FROM THE GAME CLUB."
Reports fine fishing on inland lakes and around Garden and Hog Islands, including one party’s report of eight trips with seven full-limit outings, and recounts Jo Carlisle landing a reported ten-pound carp after a twelve-minute fight. It is a local report and 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.
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Beaver Beacon, August 1959, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held five-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the fishing report and carp anecdote; it does not expand the fishery record.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “The Game Club reports strong fishing and a ten-pound Garden Island carp, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-game-club-fishing-report-carp-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1959, "NEWS FROM THE GAME CLUB." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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