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Interviewee Sort descending | Collection | Description | Interviewer | Date of Interview | Location of Interview | Affiliation |
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Ken Corbett | People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Ken Corbett served as a state warden, with significant contributions to law enforcement and conservation efforts in Wisconsin. He began his career as the first warden in Clinton, Ohio, where he established a reputation for integrity and dedication. Corbett's tenure was marked by his involvement in various law enforcement activities, including addressing illegal activities and maintaining public order. He worked under notable figures such as O.K. Johnson and others in law enforcement. |
Ron Bruch, Kathleen Schmitt Kline | Oshkosh, WI | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | |
Linda Wendt | People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Linda Wendt, the owner of Wendt’s On the Lake, talks about her experiences with sturgeon spearing and the impacts of sturgeon spearing on her business. She tells one of her favorite stories and talks about being awarded Wisconsin’s restaurateur of the year. |
Dick Ristow | Van Dyne, WI | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | |
Mary Lou Schneider | People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Mary Lou Schneider is interviewed by Pat Braasch about how sturgeon spearing has impacted her life. Mary Lou discusses the process for creating decoys, from acquisition of materials to finishing touches. She also discusses large fish she has seen over the years, her own spearing track record, and the people she spends the most time with during spearing season. |
Pat Braasch | Unknown | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | |
Mike Remme | People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Mike Remme describes his personal fishing history in and around Green Bay in an interview conducted by Dominic Carmona. Mike began fishing at around age 13 and tells of his biggest catch. Also tells of his father, Leroy Remme, catching the largest sturgeon one season, the death of a friend on the ice, and of the accidental destruction of a friend's shanty by fire |
Dominic Carmona | Fremont, WI | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | |
Mike Wendt | People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Mike Wendt is interviewed by Dick Ristow about Wendt's on the Lake, his family history in the Lake Winnebago area, shanties and decoys. He reminisces about being allowed to fish for other species of fish during sturgeon spearing season in the past as well. Mike discusses spearing in Michigan one season. |
Dick Ristow | Van Dyne, WI | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | |
Mike Will | People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Mike Will was born in 1951 and started sturgeon fishing at the age of 14. He used primarily set lines to catch sturgeon although he has participated in approximately 9 spearing seasons. He enjoys caviar, but does not make it himself. Mike believes that the sturgeon are getting bigger, and he likes the system they have in place now. Most people from his area sell the sturgeon, rather than eat it themselves. |
Ronald M. Bruch, Kathleen Schmitt Kline | Lake Winnebago, WI | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | |
Pete Schuh | People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Pete Schuh is interviewed by Dick Koerner about his experiences spear fishing, changes in regulations over time, and superstitions. |
Dick Koerner | Menasha, WI | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | |
Reuben Hoelzel | People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Eugene Herubin interviews Reuben Hoelzel about his history with sturgeon spearing. Having been born in 1916, Hoelzel remembers when sturgeon spearing was an economic necessity and meals with sturgeon were like feasts. He discusses passing on the tradition to his children, how to clean and cook sturgeon, and decoy painting. |
Eugene Herubin | Appleton, WI | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents | |
Richard Braasch | People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Richard Braasch, born in 1935, hails from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and comes from a family of five children. His parents were of German descent, and his father worked at Winnebago State Hospital while also being a handyman mechanic. Braasch's mother was a homemaker who worked part-time at Fernau’s Roadside Market during the summer. Braasch grew up near Lake Winnebago, where he developed a passion for fishing, hunting, and swimming. He began sturgeon fishing with his father at the age of nine and has been an active member of the Sturgeon for Tomorrow organization. |
Dick Ristow | Oshkosh, WI | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | |
Ron Epprecht | People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Ron Epprecht was interviewed by Eugene Herubin on April 26, 2006, about his skill at decoy carving. Ron Epprecht, a resident of Oshkosh, is a sturgeon spearer and decoy carver. His father worked at Paine Lumber Company and later for the school system, while his mother was a homemaker. Epprecht is a machinist at Mercury Marine in Fond du Lac. In the interview, Epprecht discusses his background and the genesis of his interest in decoy carving and sturgeon spearing. |
Eugene Herubin | Oshkosh, WI | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum |