Fish Tugs
Fish tugs- the hardworking fishing boats of the Great Lakes. Designed to meet the requirements of a challenging environment, the Great Lakes fish tug is a form seen nowhere else.
Elsie J Fish Tug - Great Lakes Fisheries Heritage Trail
Jensen Charters offers a variety of boat tours on Lake Michigan aboard the historic 1945 gill net tug, the Elsie J. The Elsie J. is a 48 ft. x 13 ft. fishing tug that was built by the Burger Boat Co.in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, in 1945 for Chris Jensen of South Haven, Michigan.
The 'Turtle Back' Gill Net Tug - Great Lakes Fisheries Heritage Trail
Made of wood and later by steel, the entirely enclosed Great Lakes’ fishing tug represents a design unique to the Great Lakes. Often nicknamed ‘turtle backs’- this enclosed boat design allows fishermen to fish year round on the always cold and often wind-tossed waters of …
Fishtown's Fish Tugs | Fishtown Preservation
In 1958 the Steffens and Stallman families dedicated two new fish tugs in Leland. With these boats, the Janice Sue and the Mary Ann, commercial fishing in Leland left the world of wood boats and entered the world of steel, with hulls specially designed for the rigors of this part of the Great Lakes. Janice Sue has served in Leland ever since.
Fish Tug Janice Sue - Great Lakes Fisheries Heritage Trail
Better able to endure ice and waves, steel-hulled tugs replaced hand-built wood tugs. The Janice Sue has since been owned by other Leland fishermen, including the Carlson family, but Leland has always been her home. The all-steelJoy, a trap …
Fish Tugs Of The Greatest Lake - harveyhadland.com
AGNES G. 233703 A 36 ft. x 9 ft. steel hulled fish tug built at Michigan City, IN in 1917. The vessel was first documented in 1936 and owned by Sam Grieger, St.Joseph, MI from 1936 to 1943. From 1943 to 1945 Glen Richter, South Haven, MI was the owner. John Miller, Benton Harbor, MI had the boat from 1945 to 1948.
Fish Tugs Of The Greatest Lake - harveyhadland.com
A 40 ft. fish tug owned by Mike Cull, Jr., St.James, Mich. Equipped with a 30-36 hp. Kahlenberg oil engine. Mr. Cull listed the boat for sale in 1948.
Fishtown Preservation Society | Michigan
Fishtown is a collection of weathered fishing shanties, smokehouses, overhanging docks, fish tugs and charter boats along the Leland River in Leland, Michigan. Once the heart of a commercial fishing village, the structures and docks are real places where people can walk through, see and feel a connection to Lake Michigan’s fishing heritage.
Fish tug - Wikipedia
A fish tug (sometimes called fishtug, fish tugboat, fishing tug, etc.) is a type of boat that was used for commercial fishing in the first half of the 20th century, primarily on the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Seaway. Katherine V, displayed at the Besser Museum of Northeast Michigan, is believed to be the last remaining intact wooden fish tug.
The Fishtug Aloha - Great Lakes Fisheries Heritage Trail
Year-round the classic 1937 fish tug Aloha stands along a viewing deck that allows visitors to look inside. The deck and boat stand on the shore of Lake Michigan's Manitou Passage where boats similar to Aloha fished around the mainland and islands for Whitefish, Lake trout and chub.