Monday, May 15, 2017

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 15

May 15, 1918 – Fishing in Red Lake today, Roy Bailey thought he had hooked a submarine, but when he finally landed the inhabitant of the lake, he had a sturgeon weighing 189 pounds.

Shortly afterward another fisherman brought in a sturgeon weighing between 160 and 170 pounds.

The catches were made while the men were at work under the state game and fish commission.

The Bemidji Daily Pioneer; “189 Pound Sturgeon Caught in Red Lake”; May 16, 1918; p. 1.




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