Oshkosh Public Museum
Interviewee | Collection Sort descending | Description | Interviewer | Date of Interview | Location of Interview | Affiliation |
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Bill Buksyk | People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Bill Buksyk is interviewed by Dick Koerner about his experience sturgeon fishing. They discuss his first sturgeon spearing experience with his brothers, his most memorable experience, and his worst experience, which involved taking his pregnant wife out to fish with him. Bill also explains some of his favorite ways to eat sturgeon, catching more than your allotment, favorite coaxers, and the number of sturgeon he has caught. |
Dick Koerner | Unknown | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | |
Dan Gerhardt | People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Dan Gerhardt, interviewed by Dick Koerner, talks about some of his experiences with sturgeon spearing on Lake Winnebago. He recalls learning to spear and important moments from the last fifty years. He discusses how things have changed, what he enjoys about the sport, and recipes. |
Dick Koerner | Pine River, WI | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | |
David Kuhn | People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
David Kuhn is interviewed about sturgeon spearing, decoy making, and spear construction. Interviewer identity unknown. |
Unknown | Unknown | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | |
Art Sonnenberg | People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Dick Ristow interviews Art Sonnenberg on experiences as a sturgeon fisher and decoy maker. Born in 1916, Sonnenberg tells of using horse and sleigh for fishing. He tells poaching stories, talks of his involvement with Sturgeon for Tomorrow, and of his craft as a decoy maker. |
Dick Ristow | Van Dyne, WI | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | |
Ben Burg | People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Ben Burg, Don Burg, and Bob Wilson are interviewed by Ronald M. Bruch and Kathleen Schmitt Kline about their histories with sturgeon spearing. Don and Ben Burg discuss their family's history of spearing with the Stockbridge Tribe and using decoys created by Native Americans. All three men tell stories of sturgeon spearing in extreme weather conditions. |
Ronald M. Bruch, Kathleen Schmitt Kline | Unknown | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | |
Bill Goeser | People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Bill Goeser is interviewed about his experiences sturgeon spearing over the years. He tells of his family learning to spear, early decoys and coaxer styles, and cooking sturgeon. Interviewer identity unknown. |
Unknown | Unknown | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | |
Bill McAloon | People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Bill McAloon discusses his experiences as a leading member of Sturgeon for Tomorrow and as a sturgeon spearer in an interview conducted by Dick Ristow. He talks about the early days on the Wolf River, helping to train wardens for DNR, illegal fishing practices and negative impact on the lakes, successful decoys, and sharing of fishing tradition with son and grandson. |
Dick Ristow | Unknown | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | |
Ron Vanderzanden | People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Ron Vanderzanden is interviewed by Dick Koerner about increased regulations and fines in modern day spearing, including the half day season, and the impact it has on poaching. Ron also tells tales of his past experiences sturgeon spearing. |
Dick Koerner | Menasha, WI | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | |
Ann Marie Wendt Ziemer | People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Ann Marie Wendt Ziemer talks about her experiences with sturgeon spearing on Lake Winnebago. She recalls experiences from her childhood and explains why she wants her children to have similar experiences. She works at Wendt's on the Lake, and talks about some of the changes that she has seen over the years. |
Dick Ristow | Lake Winnebago, WI | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | |
William Casper | People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Paul Muche interviews Bill Casper about his family history with fishing and sturgeon spearing, as well as his starting Sturgeon for Tomorrow, a sturgeon conservation organization. |
Paul Muche | Fond du Lac, WI | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum |