...photos and interviewed guides past and present. Some of the early members of the league had died. Also dead was Harry Van Doren, who was instrumental in the league's evolution. Brainerd Dispatch/Ray Gilldow Gull Lake, photographed on a...

...stinking.'" The book's 40 storytellers from across the state include a familiar Brainerd-area fishing names: Harry Van Doren, Royal Karels, Al Lindner, Babe Winkelman and Gene Shapinski. He was in Nisswa when Marv and Judy Koep had a grand...

...area home, including Gary Roach, Babe Winkelman, Al and Ron Lindner, Marv Koep and Nick Adams. Another member, Harry Van Doren, lived in Nisswa until his death. Each inductee has a station in his honor in a room adjoining the main store at...

...Photo) Thirty-eight pounds of walleyes are represented in this photo of R.J. Spillman and veteran guide Harry Van Doren. They were caught in 40 feet of water on Gull Lake and the largest of the six scaled 7-12, 7-7 and 7-1. 60...