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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

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

Date11/5/1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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.
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    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0119400F
      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
      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
      Bull, Ron
      8/31/1979
      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
      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
      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
      Coho is a peace offering. The 15-pound coho salmon Rita Ivens caught yesterday at the mouth of the Credit River will be a present to her husband. She (...)
      Coho is a peace offering. The 15-pound coho salmon Rita Ivens caught yesterday at the mouth of the Credit River will be a present to her husband. She (...)
      Bezant, Graham
      9/17/1975
      Salmon fight the credit. Although most freshwater fish spawn in spring, Lake Ontario's coho and chinook salmon can't forget they are originally from t(...)
      Salmon fight the credit. Although most freshwater fish spawn in spring, Lake Ontario's coho and chinook salmon can't forget they are originally from t(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      10/24/1977
      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
      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
      A good catch. A fisherman herself, Mayor Hazel McCallion admires 15-pound coho salmon Councillor Larry Taylor, seen with her, caught outside Port Cred(...)
      A good catch. A fisherman herself, Mayor Hazel McCallion admires 15-pound coho salmon Councillor Larry Taylor, seen with her, caught outside Port Cred(...)
      Calleja, Frank
      10/6/1980
      First Coho Salmon she has caught in Lake Ontario is displayed by Councillor Hazel McCallion along with catch of other members of her fishing party. Th(...)
      First Coho Salmon she has caught in Lake Ontario is displayed by Councillor Hazel McCallion along with catch of other members of her fishing party. Th(...)
      Calleja, Frank
      9/12/1977
      Toronto Star's Great Salmon Hunt
      Toronto Star's Great Salmon Hunt
      Spremo, Boris
      8/16/1980