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Image Not Available for Something fishy, The Star's Great Salmon Hunt got into full swing yesterday, the first day that large number of fish were caught
Something fishy, The Star's Great Salmon Hunt got into full swing yesterday, the first day that large number of fish were caught
Image Not Available for Something fishy, The Star's Great Salmon Hunt got into full swing yesterday, the first day that large number of fish were caught

Something fishy, The Star's Great Salmon Hunt got into full swing yesterday, the first day that large number of fish were caught

Date8/31/1979
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0119228F
Image Not Available for Jim Clarke: He caught the prized coho in the Star's Great Salmon Hunt, but the contest is now over and the former $1-million fish is technically worth nothing
Jim Clarke: He caught the prized coho in the Star's Great Salmon Hunt, but the contest is now over and the former $1-million fish is technically worth nothing
11/5/1982
Image Not Available for Fine catch: Blair Dawson, left, biologist for the ministry of natural resources, and Ken loftus, provincial fisheries scientist, admire coho caught in The Toronto Star's Great Salmon Hunt
Fine catch: Blair Dawson, left, biologist for the ministry of natural resources, and Ken loftus, provincial fisheries scientist, admire coho caught in The Toronto Star's Great Salmon Hunt
9/22/1980
Image Not Available for Catchy catch, The fishin' was fine, by anyone's scale, and Ivan Sut - aboard the Charter I - had this 17-pound coho salmon to display yesterday as his entry in The Star's Great Salmon Hunt
Catchy catch, The fishin' was fine, by anyone's scale, and Ivan Sut - aboard the Charter I - had this 17-pound coho salmon to display yesterday as his entry in The Star's Great Salmon Hunt
9/4/1979
Image Not Available for First up in The Star's Great Salmon Hunt was Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion, who cast the initial line
First up in The Star's Great Salmon Hunt was Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion, who cast the initial line
8/18/1979
Image Not Available for Don McCrae hoists the 38.74-pound chinook salmon he caught at 1:30 a.m. yesterday in Lake Ontario. It's the first entry in the 1991 Toronto Star Great(...)
Don McCrae hoists the 38.74-pound chinook salmon he caught at 1:30 a.m. yesterday in Lake Ontario. It's the first entry in the 1991 Toronto Star Great(...)
7/6/1991
Image Not Available for Toronto Star's Great Salmon Hunt
Toronto Star's Great Salmon Hunt
8/16/1980
Image Not Available for Salmon Hunt takes to the air Don McDonnell, skipper of the Star's salmon [Incomplete]
Salmon Hunt takes to the air Don McDonnell, skipper of the Star's salmon [Incomplete]
8/26/1980
Image Not Available for Doesn't matter how many species of salmon there are, these entrants in last year's Hunt are proud as punch of the species they caught
Doesn't matter how many species of salmon there are, these entrants in last year's Hunt are proud as punch of the species they caught
9/23/1974
Image Not Available for Bruce Oliver, right, and John Wylie display record catch that earned Oliver the grand prize in Toronto Star Great Salmon Hunt/D8
Bruce Oliver, right, and John Wylie display record catch that earned Oliver the grand prize in Toronto Star Great Salmon Hunt/D8
9/9/1990
Image Not Available for Frank lafrate of Brampton holds his winning catch in the Toronto Star Great Salmon Hunt, a 36
Frank lafrate of Brampton holds his winning catch in the Toronto Star Great Salmon Hunt, a 36
9/16/1984
Image Not Available for Great catch for winner, Natural Resources Minister John Snobelen, right, presents William Beacham of Dundas and wife Diana with Great Salmon Hunt gran(...)
Great catch for winner, Natural Resources Minister John Snobelen, right, presents William Beacham of Dundas and wife Diana with Great Salmon Hunt gran(...)
9/13/1998
Image Not Available for Big winner: Danny Patrick of Trenton shows off his new 26-foot cruiser, just part of his $125,000 booty as grand prize winner of the Great Salmon Hunt
Big winner: Danny Patrick of Trenton shows off his new 26-foot cruiser, just part of his $125,000 booty as grand prize winner of the Great Salmon Hunt
9/3/1989