Be it hockey, hunting for pheasant or chasing muskie and walleye, Gary Engberg was passionate.
Gary Engberg holds a massive walleye he caught on Lake Erie in 2014. Engberg, an outdoor writer whose columns appeared in the Wisconsin State Journal, died Thursday in a house fire in the town of Mazomanie. He was 75.
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Gary Engberg enjoyed a successful pheasant hunt in 2012 with his yellow lab, Katie.
Gary Engberg, right, helps display a muskie caught in Vilas County by his cousin, Peter Chellman.
Photos: Take Kids Fishing Day
Tyler Netzer, Edgerton, right, helps his daughter Brooke, 3, bait her hook. The Take Kids Fishing Day was held Saturday, June 4, 2022, at Vilas Park in Madison, Wisconsin. The event was sponsored by The Building and Construction Trades Council of South Central Wisconsin, and Union Sportsmen's Alliance. Photo Steve Apps for the State Journal.
Reilly Hughes, 4, picking up a free fishing pole during the event. Reilly was fishing with her mother, Karen Hughes, from Evansville. The Take Kids Fishing Day was held Saturday, June 4, 2022, at Vilas Park in Madison, Wisconsin. The event was sponsored by The Building and Construction Trades Council of South Central Wisconsin, and Union Sportsmen's Alliance. Photo Steve Apps for the State Journal.
Ryker Rippchen, 2, grabs a worm so his mother Deborah Rippchen, Madison, can bate his hook. The Take Kids Fishing Day was held Saturday, June 4, 2022, at Vilas Park in Madison, Wisconsin. The event was sponsored by The Building and Construction Trades Council of South Central Wisconsin, and Union Sportsmen's Alliance. Photo Steve Apps for the State Journal.
Nick Guenther, a volunteer for the event, with some of the 150 fishing poles that were given to the kids. The Take Kids Fishing Day was held Saturday, June 4, 2022, at Vilas Park in Madison, Wisconsin. The event was sponsored by The Building and Construction Trades Council of South Central Wisconsin, and Union Sportsmen's Alliance. Photo Steve Apps for the State Journal.
Kenyetta Rhea, Sun Prairie, left, was fishing with her son Essex Hampton, 6. The Take Kids Fishing Day was held Saturday, June 4, 2022, at Vilas Park in Madison, Wisconsin. The event was sponsored by The Building and Construction Trades Council of South Central Wisconsin, and Union Sportsmen's Alliance. Photo Steve Apps for the State Journal.
Karen Hughes, left from Evansville, and daughter Reilly Hughes, 4, poses with a Bluegill caught during the event. The Take Kids Fishing Day was held Saturday, June 4, 2022, at Vilas Park in Madison, Wisconsin. The event was sponsored by The Building and Construction Trades Council of South Central Wisconsin, and Union Sportsmen's Alliance. Photo Steve Apps for the State Journal.
Alexis Netzer, shows off a Bluegill that she caught during the event. Alexis was at the event with her Grandfather, Jim Keller, Clinton, back right, and her father Tyler Netzer and two sisters, not pictured. The Take Kids Fishing Day was held Saturday, June 4, 2022, at Vilas Park in Madison, Wisconsin. The event was sponsored by The Building and Construction Trades Council of South Central Wisconsin, and Union Sportsmen's Alliance. Photo Steve Apps for the State Journal.
Karen Hughes, right from Evansville, fishing her daughter Reilly Hughes, 4, during the event. The Take Kids Fishing Day was held Saturday, June 4, 2022, at Vilas Park in Madison, Wisconsin. The event was sponsored by The Building and Construction Trades Council of South Central Wisconsin, and Union Sportsmen's Alliance. Photo Steve Apps for the State Journal.
Kenyetta Rhea, Sun Prairie, left, was fishing with her son Essex Hampton, 6. The Take Kids Fishing Day was held Saturday, June 4, 2022, at Vilas Park in Madison, Wisconsin. The event was sponsored by The Building and Construction Trades Council of South Central Wisconsin, and Union Sportsmen's Alliance. Photo Steve Apps for the State Journal.
Some of the 150 free fishing poles that were given to kids during the event. The Take Kids Fishing Day was held Saturday, June 4, 2022, at Vilas Park in Madison, Wisconsin. The event was sponsored by The Building and Construction Trades Council of South Central Wisconsin, and Union Sportsmen's Alliance. Photo Steve Apps for the State Journal.
Alexis Netzer, 7, measures a Bluegill that she caught during the event. The Take Kids Fishing Day was held Saturday, June 4, 2022, at Vilas Park in Madison, Wisconsin. The event was sponsored by The Building and Construction Trades Council of South Central Wisconsin, and Union Sportsmen's Alliance. Photo Steve Apps for the State Journal.
Alexis Netzer, front, shows off a Bluegill that she caught during the event. Alexis was at the event with her Grandfather, Jim Keller, Clinton, back, and her father Tyler Netzer, Edgerton, and two sisters, not pictured. The Take Kids Fishing Day was held Saturday, June 4, 2022, at Vilas Park in Madison, Wisconsin. The event was sponsored by The Building and Construction Trades Council of South Central Wisconsin, and Union Sportsmen's Alliance. Photo Steve Apps for the State Journal.
Ryker Rippchen, 2, fishing with his mother Deborah Rippchen, Madison. The Take Kids Fishing Day was held Saturday, June 4, 2022, at Vilas Park in Madison, Wisconsin. The event was sponsored by The Building and Construction Trades Council of South Central Wisconsin, and Union Sportsmen's Alliance. Photo Steve Apps for the State Journal.
People fishing during the event. The Take Kids Fishing Day was held Saturday, June 4, 2022, at Vilas Park in Madison, Wisconsin. The event was sponsored by The Building and Construction Trades Council of South Central Wisconsin, and Union Sportsmen's Alliance. Photo Steve Apps for the State Journal.
