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Man with Fish

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Material Type
Photograph
Date Range
13 November 1970
Description Level
Item
Accession No.
1991107615234
Physical Description
Black and white negative
Scope and Content
Commercial fisherman George Royer of Arrowwood, Alberta proudly holds a 44-inch, 25-pound pike he took out of Chin Lake. In a number of years of commercial fishing, this was the biggest fish Royer caught to that date. The world record for pike was 46 pounds. Large pike were caught in the south’s ir…
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Material Type
Photograph
Date Range
13 November 1970
Description Level
Item
Creator
The Lethbridge Herald
Physical Description
Black and white negative
Physical Condition
Excellent
Scope and Content
Commercial fisherman George Royer of Arrowwood, Alberta proudly holds a 44-inch, 25-pound pike he took out of Chin Lake. In a number of years of commercial fishing, this was the biggest fish Royer caught to that date. The world record for pike was 46 pounds. Large pike were caught in the south’s irrigation water impoundments including on that was almost 40 pounds, out of Lake Newell near Brooks. Two 35 pounders came out of the St. Mary Reservoir.
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