Pictured from left to right are: Merle Phoenix (the pilot, flying a Stinson Seaplane), Bob Charbaneau, and Howard Annin (who organized the project for the Rap-Shaw Hunting and Fishing Club). The men are posed in front of the prop plane and next to a Diamond T truck. The milk cans were being used to transport […]
Edith (nee Tuttle) Morsey poses with two large lake trout. Edith was a guide in the 1930s and 40s. Edith’s mother, Lottie, was the first female guide in New York State. Circa 1940s. Old Forge, NY.
Caption on photo reads: Central Adirondack guides starting out to plant fish furnished by the state conservation department, in the more out of the way streams reached only by foot. Guides are pictured in front of Marks and Wilcox store. On the truck are Maurice Callahan and Walt Marks. Standing: George Villiere, Dan Rivet, Reg […]
Lane Company (unknown) employees with ice fish ready to be shipped to New York City. Fish were caught in Lake Champlain. 1920. Port Henry in the Town of Moriah, NY.
Alan Bogardus (on left) and Joseph Corrice with a just-caught fish. Bogardus was a fishing guide and also caught sturgeon to send to NYC via the railroad. Early 1940s. Morristown, NY.
Fishermen (named from left: Nap, Dunn, Bogardus, and Scott) with their catch from ice fishing. Bogardus was a fishing guide and also caught sturgeon to send to NYC via the railroad. Circa 1950-1960. Morristown, NY.
Sturgeon taken from the St. Lawrence River by Lawrence Taylor. Circa late 1940s or early 1950s. Hammond, NY. Check out this North Country at Work story on one man’s job as a sturgeon fisher.
The catch seems to be mostly muskies (muskellunge). Unknown fisherman, circa 1960s. Thousand Islands region in NYS. Related article, here.
Taking wire fish traps out of Lake Champlain at Point Au Roche near Plattsburgh. April 5, 1949. Donated by Jack Drury from conservation officer Carl Prue’s album. Plattsburgh, NY.
NYS Conservation Officer Milene taking wire fish traps out of Lake Champlain at Point Au Roche. The NYS Conservation Department became the Department of Environmental Conservation in 1970. Donated by Jack Drury, from conservation officer Carl Prue’s album. April 5, 1949. Plattsburgh, NY.
