Full audio file. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 1 - Introduction. Note: English translation is on BT 34. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 2 - Swedes fished in this area. No market for smelt in Sweden, so came to U.S. Lived 1 mile from Chaudoir's. Grandfather worked for him. Sometimes caught smelt in Bay; "nobody knew what it was". Swedes told them, but it was doubted by the Belgians. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 3 - Planting of fish. Smelt. Effects on area; his opinions on this. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 4 - Communications between Swedes and Belgians. Ray Johnson the only one who spoke English; otherwise used "signs". Mr. Chaudoir worked for him, hauling fish to the railroad with his truck (he was about 15 at the time). Tape 1, Side 1, Part 5 - Marketing. Shipped from railroad to Chicago in the early days. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 6 - Chaudoir's Dock. Beginnings of; started by his grandfather and his brothers. In fall shipped out potatoes, grain, sugar beets and other goods. Lines waited sometimes to unload. Fished off of this dock, too. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 7 - Father buys two farms, ca. 1918. Quits summer fishing and sells dock. Trucks came in and took away much business. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 8 - Differences between summer and winter fishing. More work in the winters. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 9 - Used gill, pound and drop nets. Pound for herring and whitefish, gill for perch and whitefish. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 10 - Sturgeon. Only small ones in his time; brought home in a pail to show. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 11 - Discussion of "good eating fish". Tape 1, Side 1, Part 12 - Lawyers. Have been eating for 35 years - grandfather before them. Prepared like perch. Name also "eelpout" by fish house so people will buy. Found only in cold winter waters - soft fish. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 13 - People's tastes change; they want fish cleaned today, which is done by the fishermen. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 14 - People in area bought herring and perch from the local fishermen. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 15 - Fresh fish - definition of. Their fish always fresh. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 16 - Marketing. Buchama Fish Co. comes to pick up fish. Names the fish houses they used to go to. Joke about how Jewish and not Belgian. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 17 - Names of fish in Walloon; whitefish, pickerel, herring. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 18 - Only rough fish left today. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 19 - Pollution's effects. Different in summer than in winter. Calmer and less problem in winter. Can taste the difference in the spring. Pulled out nets when smelled it, or overnight the fish would have died. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 20 - Bluefins; "big herring". Name in Walloon. Some large ones found in pond net. At one time pulled in tons; 1975-76 season saw none. Always a market for. Last time they caught any, they were only big ones. Talked with "old fishermen from Lake Michigan" to compare notes. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 21 - Predictions of future situation with fish - their further decline. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 22 - Salted herring only for own use . Everard had salt barrels at tavern for agents for various products who stopped for a meal or overnight. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 23 - Belgians like fresh fish. He'll take fish even before steak. Considers fish rare today. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 24 - Fished by grandfather Everard who arrived in this country in 1855. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 1 - Introduction. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 2 - Sturgeon (continued). Neighbors used for fertilizer. No market for them. Built a dam at Sugar Creek where kept sturgeon. People picked them up for 25 cents apiece; ate or used for fertilizer. Used smelt for fertilizer when no market for them (ca. 1950). Tape 1, Side 2, Part 3 - Fishing a family occupation. Grandson still fishes. Mr. Chaudoir's license today allows him to help with the fishing. Their license number has stayed the same all these years. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 4 - Game warden comes from Sturgeon Bay or Green Bay. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 5 - Taught sons to fish. Why still fishing - feels "runs in the blood". Changes over time; last season few perch, even for a meal. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 6 - Lawyers. Two fishermen from Lake Michigan told them they'd like any extras they get. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 7 - Fisherman's meeting. Held in Sturgeon Bay or Green Bay (began in ca. 1930). State men talk of changing laws coming into effect. No meetings held by the fishermen among themselves. Met informally in stores, taverns and fish houses. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 8 - Exchange with fishermen from Pensaukee. Fished sometimes on each others' shores. Relations between friendly. "Fishermen always tried to help the other one." Let each other know where the fish are. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 9 - Fished with brothers-in-law, Harvey Jeanquart and Hubert Lampereur before sons old enough to fish. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 10 - Women fished hook-and-line or pulled nets. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 11 - Description of a day on the ice. Where went on ice (near Peshtigo Reef). Packing of fish when they returned home. Mailman took the fish to Brussels sometimes on the stage. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 12 - Finding their way back home. Compass along in case of storms; one navigated while the other drove. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 13 - Incident with his mother on the ice. Ice moves, dramatic rescue; she never goes out again. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 14 - Incident with boat rescue. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 15 - Women. Mrs. Chaudoir's comments on her husband's fishing. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 16 - Dangerous when much snow before cold weather. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 17 - Hook-and-line fishermen fried fish in shanty. Didn't have time when used nets. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 18 - Farming and fishing. Little farm work in winter. Most chores done before leaving. Women did them in the evening before they returned. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 19 - Building nets. Buy twine mesh - tie on line. Attach sinkers and floats. Regulations on mesh size. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 20 - Men made the nets in fall. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 21 - Overfishing. Feels never a problem. Paid taxes with fishing revenue during the Depression - feels its what kept them "above water".
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