Wood Family Fishing Bridge - Beloit, WI
N 42° 30.417 W 089° 01.994
16T E 332952 N 4708067
Have you ever gone fishing underneath a locomotive? Now you can - visit the Wood Family Fishing Bridge in Beloit, WI
Waymark Code: WM2FFH
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 10/25/2007
Views: 49
The marker at the East side of the bridge reads:
"A gift to the people of Beloit from the family of William S. Wood (1862-1918), Caroline Pierpont Wood (1857-1948), and their three sons, Hiram (1886-1962), Pierpont (1890-1956), and William (1897-1975), all life-long residents of Beloit, Janesville, and southern Wisconsin.
Steven P.J. Wood, his wife Colette, sister Carolyn, and daughters Paula and Susan"
The bridge is 750 feet long and is built on an old railroad trestle over which ran the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. At the west end of the bridge a replica of a Fairbanks Morse locomotive sits atop bridge trusses so that pedestrians walk under it.
I didn't bring my fishing tackle the day I visited, but there were several fishermen on the bridge.
Recommended tackle: Depends on what you want to catch. Try a jig!
Recommended fishing methods:
Again, it depends on what you want to catch.
Boat required: no
Parking or Launch Coordinates: Not Listed
Catch and Release Only: Not Listed
FlyFishing Only: Not Listed
USGS Real-Time Water Data: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:We would like to hear about your experiance while you were there, what you caught, your fishing methods and tackel! Everyone has there own methods and we can all learn from each other! Post a picture with your log and show off your catch or the place you fished.
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