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Karl Smith with Muskellunge

Date: 06 09 1931
Description: Dr. Karl Smith is standing near his house at 1 N. Prospect Avenue. He is holding one end of a pole that is resting on a fence and displaying four muskellun...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Some Style

Date: 1913
Description: Two men are pulling a giant fish over a wooden fence. They are on the shore of a lake. On the ground beside the men rests a pile of several other giant fis...
Photograph

Three Women

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph. The woman in front is displaying a Muskellunge, caught in Long Lake, on the residential lawn of M. Newman. Two other woman are standing behind...
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Two Men Looking at a Fish

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Description: Two men hold a wooden stick and look at a northern pike which is hanging from it. The two men are well-dressed in hats, suit jackets, trousers, and neckti...
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Confiscated Sturgeon

Date: 1942
Description: Warden Kramer and an assistant hold up confiscated sturgeon caught with illegal snag lines.
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Fishermen Showing Their Catch On Ocean Avenue

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Description: Fishermen show off their catch on Ocean Avenue in Manasquan Beach. Several dwellings and buildings, a road, automobiles, power lines, and a flag pole are ...
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Fishing Good at "Rustic Knoll"

Date: 06 1926
Description: A man poses holding a fish in both hands. Two boys wait at the service window of a log cabin.
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Big Mississippi River Catfish

Date: 1910
Description: Large catfish hanging against a fence. The river, with rowboats lined up, is in the background.
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Spearing Carp with the Ulrichs

Date: 07 20 1902
Description: August, Florentina, Mary, Jennie, and Edgar Krueger with members of the Ulirich family standing near a fence, returning from spear fishing for carp. August...
Photograph

Man Displaying Stringer of Fish

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a man standing and holding a fishing pole next to a stringer of fish in the gate of a fence. Behind the fish is a piece of white cloth ...
Photograph

Preparing Musky

Date: 08 09 1972
Description: Elevated view of four women setting up tables at the Musky Jamboree, preparing to cook and serve over one thousand pounds of musky. Men and boys are watchi...
Photograph

Two Men and Large Fish

Date: 01 30 1929
Description: Two men are standing together outdoors. The man on the left is holding a large fish in front of him. The photograph may have been taken in Africa.
Postcard

Bureau of Fisheries

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Description: View across water towards willow trees along a shoreline. There is a culvert on the left, and a culvert in another pond in the background on the right.

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