This often created card shows a fisherman with a hypothetical catch of many fish, including Northern, Walleye and Bass. This card is labeled Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota, postmarked 1909.
Postcard advertises what Minnesota is known for: camping, hunting and fishing. Note on the back of the postcard tells Mary that the man writing was going to camp on Farm Lake.
This popular postcard depicts a fisherman on shore hooking a mythical giant fish, the epitome of the fish that got away, called the freak fish design. This card advertises Spring Park, Minnesota. The message, dated 1912, mentions a picnic held by the Maccabee Lodge of Minneapolis and St. Paul, which included 26 athletic stunts for which the winners received prizes.
Department of Conservation, Division of Fish and Game, State of Minnesota
Date Created:
1954
Description:
Pamphlet containing 1954 fishing laws and regulations for the state of Minnesota. Summarizes laws concerning game fish, angling licenses, fish limits, the sale of fish, fish houses and spearing fish. Includes a detailed schedule of open and close dates for the fishing season with special limits and dates for boundary waters separating Minnesota from Canada, Wisconsin, South Dakota, and Iowa.
This photo shows three fellows decked out in suits with ties and hats with fishing gear (fishing pole, net, and oar) and their boat at the dock, on Lake Minnetonka.
Department of Conservation, Division of Fish and Game, State of Minnesota
Date Created:
1976
Description:
Pamphlet containing 1976 fishing laws and regulations for the state of Minnesota. Summarizes laws concerning game fish, angling licenses, fish limits, the sale of fish, fish houses, and spearing fish. Includes a detailed schedule of open and close dates for the fishing season with special limits and dates for experimental lakes and the boundary waters separating Minnesota from Canada, Wisconsin, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Iowa. List of Minnesota fishery statistics and map of Minnesota fish management field stations. Cover illustration by Roger Preuss.
Henry H. Read and a unknown man with stringers of fish taken from Summit Lake in Nobles County. Henry H. Read, the original owner of a part of the village site of Reading in Nobles County for whom the village was named.
Henry H. Read and a unknown man with stringers of fish taken from Summit Lake in Nobles County. Henry H. Read, the original owner of a part of the village site of Reading in Nobles County for whom the village was named.
View of the Hans Holm family fishing on the Roseau Lake. Mike Holm, former Secretary of the State of Minnesota is in the white shirt with the vest and bow tie. The fish were sold to the stores in Grand Forks.