Old LOW Magazine Article

[Bill]

I am looking for a magazine article that was probably written about 1928-29 by Robert Page Lincoln. It may have been entitled “A Fish On Every Cast”.

My father, who passed away last year at age 95, read this article and it started him going to Lake of the Woods to camp and fish in the late 1920’s. The article included fishing Whitefish Bay, and perhaps Annie Island, Turtle Portage, and a guide named Oscar. I believe Lincoln wrote a number of stories on LOW: I have one on trout fishing, but have not been able to find the one in question. As a result of reading this story, Dad started a fishing tradition that has been handed on down to me and later to my son. Included in that tradition has been innumerable stories and pictures of the old days. Dad’s last trip was at age 92, when we camped and fished there together.

I have recently retired and am in the process of writing a book on Dad’s early camping and fishing experiences and being able to read the article in question would really help tie up some loose ends. I have contacted Field & Stream, Sports Afield, and the Fishing Hall of Fame with no success. I am hoping that perhaps someone on WC is a collector of old magazines and would be willing to look in their collection and let me read the article.

Sorry for the long post. Email me or post for additional information.

Bill Krejca
Cedar Rapids, Ia
bigfishbill@mchsi.com

[The Great Guide]

Suggestion. Check with Witch Bay Camp, Youngs, or Tinker's or some of the other resorts in the Nestor Falls area. They may have some of that old reading material stored.

TGG

[eyewitness1]

Alvin Johnston wrote Atime to fish and time to dry nets it on amazon.com. I'm getting my copy he was ne f the early commercial fisermen in the area and might have some ideas.

[Fish_on]

Most large libraries have a book listing all the articles in periodicals, but I can't remember for the life of me what it's called. Not many of them go back that far, but some of them are on microfishe. I'm sure the Cedar Rapids public library is pretty big, so that might be a good place to start. You're also not far from Iowa City and the UofI might be able to help since they have a good writing program there. Just brainstorming a few suggestions. Good luck.
If my suggestions pan out for you, I'd love to have a copy to read, sounds fascinating. I can only imagine what LOW must have been like back then.

[DICK KNUTSON]

FOR EARLY HISTORY ON LOW TRY CANADIAN SOURCES. CALVERTS CAMPS WAS RUN BY ERNIE CALVERT IN THE EARLY 1900S CLOSE TO TURTLE PORTAGE. HE WAS FROM RAINY RIVER. SO TRY RAINY RIVER LIBRARY OR HISTORICAL SOCIETY. NEXT I WOULD TRY KENORA, SIOUX NARROWS,OR NESTOR FALLS AT THE SAME PLACES. MORSON WOULD BE A LONG SHOT. ALVIN JOHNSTON LIVED IN WARROAD ON THE U.S. SIDE. I KNOW HE DOES NOT HAVE THAT INFO IN HIS BOOK BECAUSE I HAVE HIS BOOK.HOWEVER MAYBE ALVIN RECALLS THE ARTICLE. ANOTHER SHOT WOULD BE DR. DUANE LUND WHO HAS WRITTEN MANY BOOKS ON LOW. I HAVE HIS BOOKS AND I KNOW HE HAS NOT MENTIONED THE AUTHOR YOU SEEK BUT MAYBE HE CAN STEER YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.I HAVE DONE A LOT OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH ON LOW BUT I HAVE NOT HEARD OF LINCOLN. PROBABLY LOTS OF WRITERS BACK THEN AS THERE IS NOW WRITING ABOUT LOW. I WILL DO SOME CHECKING. GOOD LUCK DICK KNUTSON

[Ralp]

I did a quick search on E-bay and found this book

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1521692894

Maybe the story is in there ?

Good luck

[Jamie Schmidt]

Lincoln was a prominent outdoor writer in the first half of the
1900's. He wrote several books on fishing, and also was a frequent
contributor to Fur-Fish-Game monthly magazine. If the article was
printed in that publication you might try contacting them?

Hope this helps.

[Fish_on]

Jeff Kirn is your contact at Fur Fish Game. Good Luck.

[Bill]

Thanks for the suggestions,guys, keep them coming. I will pursue.

Bill

[Bill]

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[Bill]

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