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Manitoba Fisher Chief Drawing Card Stirs Angling Contests
A Manitoba fishing figure headlines prize wins as northern pike from Lake Winnipegosis earns top honors in Field and Stream 1967 International Angling Contest and Hunting and Fishing in Canada National Award for 1987. W. A. Everhard of Castlewood SD nets the international prize with a 3 lb 12 oz catch from Lake Winnipegosis while Albert Halbau of Winnipeg leads the national event with a 41? to 4 lb fighter from Lake Manitoba Narrows. Other winners include Saul N. Gurevitz of Chicago, Lionel Duroche of The Pas, Albert E. Sprags of Elphinstone for lake trout prizes and Jack M. Weibe for a nine lb three oz walleye from the Assiniboine River.
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Manitoba
Canada
Lake Winnipegosis
Over Gow River
W. A. Everhard
Castlewood
South Dakota
Lake Manitoba Narrows
Albert Halbaub
Winnipeg
God's Lake
Lake Atikameg
Coissorent Poruat’ Reserve
Saul N. Gurevitz
Chicago
Lionel Duroche
The
Pas
Albert E. Sprags
Elphinstone
Jack M. Weibe
Assiniboine River