Kathleen Schmitt Kline
Interviewee | Collection Sort descending | Description | Interviewer | Date of Interview | Location of Interview | Affiliation |
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Ronald M. Bruch | People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Clip One: Ron Bruch, Upper Fox-Wolf Fisheries Work Unit Supervisor, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is interviewed by Paul Muche. They discuss Bruch’s career in sturgeon management, research, and stewardship, as well as his efforts to maintain the tradition of sturgeon spearing on Lake Winnebago into the future. Bruch speaks about the science behind sturgeon habitat, Lake Winnebago carrying capacity, concerns for the future of sturgeon, and stocking of the fish. |
Paul Muche | 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 | |
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 | |
Clement M. Van Gompel | People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Clem Van Gompel describes growing up in Lake Winnebago area, working for Kimberly-Clark during World War II, and experiences fishing sturgeon. He made his own decoys with resources from his work. Clem discusses methods of attracting sturgeon and illuminating the lake bottom to see fish better, as well as benefits of Sturgeon for Tomorrow in maintaining sturgeon population and increasing it in other lakes and rivers. |
Eugene Herubin | Menasha, WI | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | |
Ronald M. Bruch | People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Ronald M. Bruch is interviewed by Kathleen Schmitt Kline about historical sturgeon research, the importance of sturgeon sexing and size restrictions for population management, and adaptability of sturgeon. |
Kathleen Schmitt Kline | Unknown | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | |
Ed Gorchals | People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Ed Gorchals is interviewed by Dick Koerner about his experiences sturgeon fishing on Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin and the surrounding area. He discusses rule and sport changes, set line and hook and line fishing in the past, and recipes for sturgeon and their caviar. |
Dick Koerner | Larsen, WI | 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 | |
Cynthia Wendt | People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Cynthia Wendt is interviewed by Dick Ristow about her personal involvement in sturgeon spearing on Lake Winnebago. She tells about the challenges and enjoyment of sturgeon spearing, sharing her most memorable experiences. She talks about the people she has come to know through spearing and those that she met during the years that she owned Wendt’s On the Lake. |
Dick Ristow | Fond du Lac, WI | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | |
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 | |
Dave Grignon | People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Dave Grignon, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Menominee Tribe, is interviewed by Kathleen Kline Schmitt about tribal history with sturgeon. From creation stories to modern day, Dave explains the cultural significance of sturgeon to the Menominee people through time, as well as the care given to cooking sturgeon in ritually appropriate ways. |
Kathleen Schmitt Kline | Unknown | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum |