Photo by William Tague

We recently stumbled upon this picture (which looks like it could be an outtake from “Stand By Me”) in the Berkshire Eagle archives. The file name is “Mystery Photo,” and all we know is that it was taken at Pontoosuc Lake in Pittsfield by Bill Tague, a well-known photographer for the paper, and ran in April of 1958. What we want to know is—who are these guys? Were they in some type of local fish gang, and is the tough-looking kid in the sailor cap their fearless leader? And why is no one smiling except for the kid in the back row whose face we can barely see? There’s definitely something fishy going on here, and we need to get to the bottom of it. Which is, hopefully, where you come in.

If you know any of these fisher-boys, please hit us up at: [email protected]. We need a happy ending to this big fish story.