Father’s Day angler

An Eastern Brook Trout won a first place award in the North Thompson Fish and Game Club’s Father’s Day Fishing Derby

Area resident Mel Schmidt shows the Eastern Brook Trout that won him a first place award in the North Thompson Fish and Game Club’s Father’s Day Fishing Derby last Sunday.  Schmidt, who turned 80 this spring, says his fish was the largest non-rainbow caught, weighing in at 1.5 pounds, and was caught at Lynn Lake.

Area resident Mel Schmidt shows the Eastern Brook Trout that won him a first place award in the North Thompson Fish and Game Club’s Father’s Day Fishing Derby last Sunday. Schmidt, who turned 80 this spring, says his fish was the largest non-rainbow caught, weighing in at 1.5 pounds, and was caught at Lynn Lake.

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