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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

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
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Original Toronto Star caption: Something fishy; The Star's Great Salmon Hunt got into full swing yesterday; the first day that large number of fish were caught.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0119228F
      Eyes have it. It was a close encounter of the fishy kind for Mississauge Mayor Hazel McCallion as she kicked off The Star's Great Salmon Hunt at Port (...)
      Eyes have it. It was a close encounter of the fishy kind for Mississauge Mayor Hazel McCallion as she kicked off The Star's Great Salmon Hunt at Port (...)
      McCallion, Hazel, 1921-
      8/16/1980
      There were plenty of big ones left in the lake yesterday when Oakville Mayor William Perras, left, and Star outdoor writer John Power got back from opening day of The Star's Great Salmon Hunt
      There were plenty of big ones left in the lake yesterday when Oakville Mayor William Perras, left, and Star outdoor writer John Power got back from opening day of The Star's Great Salmon Hunt
      Mahler, John
      7/10/1988
      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
      Lennon, Frank
      11/5/1982
      Mayor lands a big one. Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion flaunts the 31-pounder she caught off Port Credit yesterday in The Star's Great Salmon Hunt. The contest ends tomorrow
      Mayor lands a big one. Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion flaunts the 31-pounder she caught off Port Credit yesterday in The Star's Great Salmon Hunt. The contest ends tomorrow
      McCallion, Hazel, 1921-
      9/2/1988
      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
      Power, John
      9/22/1980
      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
      Spremo, Boris
      9/4/1979
      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
      McConnell, Colin
      8/18/1979
      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(...)
      Eglinton, Rick
      7/6/1991
      Toronto Star's Great Salmon Hunt
      Toronto Star's Great Salmon Hunt
      Spremo, Boris
      8/16/1980
      Only about 200 fish were actually weighed by the 1,650 entrants in the coho salmon derby over the weekend in the Credit River, one of them was caught (...)
      Only about 200 fish were actually weighed by the 1,650 entrants in the coho salmon derby over the weekend in the Credit River, one of them was caught (...)
      Bezant, Graham
      9/20/1975
      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]
      Bezant, Graham
      8/26/1980
      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
      Power, Peter
      9/23/1974