Hooked on a River

DateNovember 9 1990

Can DescriptionsDated 19 November 1990. Segment for Chronicle television program on Penobscot River. Aerial views of Penobscot, interviews about fishing for salmon. 1912 still photos of presidential salmon (first fish of season, given to U.S. president) from BHS/WABI Collection. May 1 is opening day. Tom Hennessey, outdoor reporter for Bangor Daily News, tells of catching presidential salmon. Interiors of salmon clubs, Veazie Salmon Club. (Footage from Fred Trasko). Arthur Taylor, water color painter on fishing. Graham collection. Penobscot salmon club. Eisenhower salmon was last for 25 years. Biologist Norm Dube. Veazie dam fish ladder. Alamoosook Lake hatchery. Eddie Reef tying flies in Bangor. Claude Westfall, Veazie salmon club, on why salmon take flies. Bangor Hydro and Basin Mills dam project, president of Bangor Hydro electric utility Bob Briggs. Opposition from salmon clubs. Public utilities commission denied petition by Bangor Hydro. Salmon restoration project being carefully watched. Followed by game warden story, 5 minutes. Debby Pamon? East of Bangor, travels with trained German Shepherd. And Old Town canoes, the largest canoe company in the world, Lou Gilman, manager of research and development. ONSITE REFERENCE ONLY.