








Sonny Boy Fishing Contest 
Announcing the winner for 1923; Large 
mouth black bass, Northern Division 
ALBERT 
BERNDTSON, 
WINNER OF THE 
LARGE-MOUTH 
BASS PRIZE, WITH 
HIS TROPHY.5 sTHp 
FISH WEIGHED 
FIVE AND ONE- 
HALF POUNDS 
Albert Berndtson, a fifteen-year-old boy of 
Lawrence, Massachusetts, was the lucky Sonny 
Boy to catch the prize large-mouth bass in the 
Northern Division. Below is his letter, telling of 
the capture, and his affidavit, giving the informa- 
tion required for entry in the contest. 



We congratulate Albert on his success—a five- 
and-a-half-pound black bass is a trophy of which 
any mature angler may well be proud. 

Soon after I had read about the Sonny Boy Fishing Contest, I hooked into a 5¥2-lb. 
large-mouth bass. It was considered large for this district, and for that reason I have 
entered it in your contest. 
I am fifteen years old, and this is my first year bait casting, so you can see that I'm 
far from being an expert. 
There is a little story to tell about catching tis fish. 
I had been casting all afternoon without results. Towards dusk I was casting into a 
rocky channel. On my last cast ther? was a lunge on the line. Not having enough experi- 
ence, I did not play him long enough. When I had the fish among the rocks near shore 
(he was the biggest I had seen except in pictures), the line broke. Dropping the rod I 
jumped knee-deep into the water and managed to get him up on shore. He tipped the 
scales at 5% Tbs. 
I am enclosing affidavit, pictures, and tracing. 
Here’s hoping I win a hunting knife at least. 
Yours truly, 
AFFIDAVIT ALBERT BERNDTSON. 
T hereby swear that this statement signed by me before two witnesses, is true. 
Kind of Fish: Large-mouth black bass. Describe artificial lure used: Heddon’s Dowagiac ‘‘Vamp” 
Weight: 5% lbs. Length: 20% inches. Girth: 14% inches. minnow, Shiner scale finish. 
When caught: August 10, 1923. Line used: Kennebunk braided. 
Where: Mud Pond Dracut, Mass. Time of day: Dusk, about 7 :45. 
Rod used: ‘‘Luckie"” steel casting, 5% ft. Caught by (Signed) : Albert Berndtson, 
Reel: Meisselbach ‘‘Tripart.” Street: 40 Swan. 
City: Lawrence. State: Massachusetts. 
Witnessed by: (Give names and addresses) : 
1. Herbert L. Swan, 109 Pleasant St., Methuen, Mass. 2. William Clough, 6 Montgomery St., Lawrence, Mass. 
We want every Sonny Boy under eighteen years of age to enter our 1924 contest. ‘The first an- 
nouncement was made in the January issue and a great many entries have already been made. 
If you failed to register last month, delay no longer. [Fill out the coupon below. We will then 
enter your name as a contestant. If you fail to do this, you will regret it next summer, when 
you hook that big fellow. Full details and conditions of the contest will be published in a Spring 
issue. ENROLGESN OW? 
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Editor, 
SONNY BOY FISHING CONTEST, 
ForREST AND STREAM, 
221 West 57th Street, 
‘New York, N. Y. 
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