Reprinted from Tower Topics, Jan-Feb 1977, in memory of a dear friend, Ernest Balogh 1937-2003:
Ernie Balogh, “champ” ice fisherman of the BJ composing room, had a BIG month in December. During one day alone on Pymatuning Lake, using Sonar bait, Balogh pulled in a total of 10 walleyes.
Two of these were potential record breakers; one weighed in at 8 1/4 pounds and the other “biggie” hit the scale at five pounds. The other eight were in the two and three-pound class.
“It only took me 10 seconds to haul in the two big ones,” Balogh said. “I usually fish from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. and average about two or three good-sized fish every time I cut a hole in the ice.”
The modest fisherman declined to comment on the “ones that got away”! Story and picture of his catch will be in a forthcoming Doyle Finley BJ Field and Stream column.
[The old Tower Topics issue was provided by Charles Buffum]
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