- Date
- 2003-03
- Kind
- Sports
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- fishingrecreationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April 2003 Beaver Beacon reported that long-time Island fisherman Melvin Napont broke his own record with a 20-pound, 37-inch northern pike caught on tip-ups off Buddy Martin’s dock.
Evidence limits
The report does not identify the earlier record, give an exact catch date, or provide an independent weighing record.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, April 2003, “Melvin snags Record Pike.”Reports that Melvin Napont broke his own record with a 20-pound, 37-inch northern pike caught on tip-ups off Buddy Martin’s dock, after cutting the ice hole larger to land it. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the catch report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-04_Beaver-Beacon
Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Melvin Napont catches a 20-pound northern pike and breaks his Island record in 2003”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-melvin-napont-record-pike-2003/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 2003, “Melvin snags Record Pike.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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