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1By MARGARET LEVRA Daily Globe StaffAlthough no fish were taken from the Gile Flowage over the weekend, two Chippewa Indians from the Bad River reservation in Odanah, Wis.,attempted spearing,They launched one boat off the boat landing on County Truck C (the dikes area) around sunset on Friday.No other attempts at spearing in the Gile Flowage were made by the Indians on either Saturday or Sunday, although tribes from Odanah and Lac du Flambeau did designate the waters for spearing Saturday. The Lac du Flambeau tribe designated Gile for spearing on Sunday, but didn’t show up.Two spearers from Lac du Flambeau speared the Turtle-FJambeau Flowage, however, taking 11 walleyes.A total of 88 spearers from the Lac du Flambeau tribe took 2,954 walleyes, four muskies, one smallmouth bass and one sunfish from the Turtle-Flambeau Flowage on Saturday.The Lac du Flambeau Band was successful in the following lakes over the weekend.On Friday:—'Turtle-Flambeau Flowage in Iron County:1,169 walleye and one musky.—Presque, Isle Lake in Vilas County: 449 walleye and three musky.—Big Lake in Vilas County: 113 walleye.—Crab Lake in Vilas County: 238 walleye and two musky.—Lake Tomahawk in Vilas County: 374 walleyeand one musky.—Clear Lake in Vilas County: 106 walleye.Saturday:—Turtle-Flambeau Flowage in Iron County: 2,954 walleye.—Round Lake in Price County: 300 walleye and three musky.—Dam Lake in Oneida County: 34 walleye.—Catfish Lake in Vilas County: 70 walleye and two musky.—Cranberry Lake in Vilas County: 70 walleye and one musky.Sunday:—Turtle-Flambeau Flowage in Iron County: 11 walleye.—Willow Flowage in Oneida County: 27 walleye.—Squirrel Lake in Oneida County: 170 walleye.—North Twin Lake in Vilas County : 153 walleye and three musky.—South Twin Lake in Vilas County: 47 walleye and one musky.—Big Sand Lake in Vilas County: 153 walleye.Indians from the Lac du Flambeau Tribe were expected on the Gile Flowage both Saturday and Sunday nights as WDNR officials, law enforcement officers and even Indian wardens from the tribe waited at the County Trunk C site for spearers.Officials from the WNDR explained why they believe Indians hadn’t come to Gile. “The females (fish) are about through spawning. The water (in Gile) has heated up so much in the past week. This causes the females to spawn. The fish have now gone out to the deeper waters,” a spokesman said.WDNR personnel predicted the Indians will now spear in the lakes in Vilas County, “where the waters are cooler. ”Two spearers from the Bad River tribe in Odanah on Saturday took seven walleye from Lake Owen in Bayfield County. The Bad River Tribe did not spear on Friday.The tribe’s first attempt at spearing for this year was on Thursday when they hit four lakes for a total of 14 walleye, two musky and one smallmouth bass.One spearer attempted to take fish from the Middle Eau Claire Lake in Bayfield County, but was unsuccessful.
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Ironwood Daily Globe
Ironwood, Michigan, US
Mon, Apr 20, 1987
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