Page 56 - 2019 Lake St. Clair Guide Magazine

IN LOVING MEMORY “It is smarter to never

Robert G. Brunner, Sr., 94 make a direct statement
“Muskie Bob” of Shelby about Muskie fishing,
Twp., MI, passed away
as the very next fish will
November 3, 2018.
“Muskie Bob”, a fish- make a liar out of you.”
ing legend around Lake
... Muskie Bob
St. Clair chartered for
Blake from Augusta, MI over 40 years, fished Muskie in 100’s of Calvary
lakes and rivers around the upper Mid- and was
west to Kentucky, and was inductee as a present at the D-Day WWII invasion
Legendary Guide at National Fresh Wa- at Normandy in 1944. He was a POW
ter Fishing Hall of Fame in 2005. He also (which actually was a very lucky experi-
authored “Catching More Muskie and ence and only lasted one day), but was
Great Northern Pike” and hosted a TV wounded in battle requiring 15 months in
show in the 1980’s on Channel 56 called a hospital. He was awarded the Purple
the Creel Report. Heart and wrote about his experiences in
his book “Forever with Me.”
At 19, Bob was in the Army’s 4th

Muskie Bob’s 56.5” trophy Muskie at 56.5# too!
Caught with his favorite Red Eye Spoon on
Anchor Bay which hung at the Anglers Point
Bait Store for many years

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