Eggerts 4. Fishing at the Resort

The Eggerts owned their resort on Spider Lake near Hayward, Wisconsin for decades beginning in 1923.  Fishing was a big draw.

This man is preparing his rod.

Two boats

My great-great grandfather, Ed Eggert, who owned the resort, along with his wife, Billie, is shown here with two big fish.

Woman with stringer as an envious cat looks on.

Does the musky make the man? 

Or the woman.  This is my Grandma.

Or is it the quantity?

Was this picture taken for its comedic effect?

Two big fish make for one happy man.

Mrs. Hankerson is one happy woman.

I’m glad Mr. Hankerson got one too.

Uninhabited lake meant lots of fish.  This lake is no longer uninhabited.

When you own the resort does it become passe?

Ed’s wife, Billie, with her musky.

Getting ready for that picture.

It’s always fun to pose with the guests.

The musky keep them in business.

What a fish!

Did they both catch it?

Ed with his brother, Jesse, and a fish.

Ed’s son, Larry (my great-grandfather) with a stringer.

Ed with two men.

Larry with a musky.  Larry looked just like his mom.

Larry’s wife, Rossie, my great-grandmother, with a musky.

A man with his wife and a fish.

Musky man and dog.

Many years later, in 1987, my first husband and I went to Eggert’s Resort which was, at that time, called Hahn’s Roost Resort.  My husband was lucky enough to catch a musky.  There were men who said they had been going there their whole lives and had never caught a musky.  We went back in 1991 but this was the only musky he ever caught.  He released it.  It was an inch or so under the legal limit, but he would have released it either way.