Great Lakes Sport Fishermen of Milwaukee Wisconsin!
An Organization of Sportsmen Dedicated to the Enjoyment, Preservation and Improvement of Salmon and Trout Fishing in the Great Lake
Our next regular meeting starts at 7 pm on Tuesday, May 8th
Greendale American Legion Post 416
6351 W Grange Ave
Greendale, WI 53129
114,000 king salmon were planted on Tuesday, May 1st. The fish were released on Wednesday evening. The pens were removed from the water, washed and put away on May 3rd. A large thank you goes out to all of the volunteers and the new chairperson, Jim Wolfe. Thanks to your efforts, many more of planted fish will survive to fight on the end of someone's fishing line! Thank you for your time and efforts!
Tim Campbell of Sea Grant Wisconsin To Speak At The May Meeting!
Tim Campbell will be the featured speaker at our May meeting. Tim is the Invasive Species Specialist for Sea Grant Wisconsin. Tim will be updating us on the invasive species and what is being done to inhibit their spread to other Wisconsin waters. Several new ideas are being implemented and you may see some of them this year, right here in Milwaukee. Please plan on stopping by to hear what Tim has to share with us on this subject.
We hope to see you there!
Brad Eggold, Wisconsin DNR Fisheries Manager had a great presentation at our April Meeting. He updated us on the importance of the upcoming Stocking Workshop scheduled for Saturday, April 14th. The outcome of the workshop, along with 2 additional informational sessions in Wisconsin next month, will affect the Lake Michigan stocking strategy and the attempt to make sure Lake Michigan does not experience a collapse of the food-chain biomass like Lake Huron did. Thank You Brad for taking the time to update us on this important subject!
Here is the data on the upcoming Wisconsin Meetings:
Lake Michigan Stocking Strategy Public Meeting - Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Milwaukee: WATER Institute, 600 E. Greenfield Ave, Milwaukee, 53204, May 1st2012, 6:30-8:30 PM Green Bay: Brown County Library, 515 Pine Street, Green Bay, 54301, May 8th, 2012, 6:30-8:30 PM
May is be the last membership meeting until September 11, 2012! We hope to see you at the Summer Fish-Ins at the Milwaukee Sailing Center. The first one is scheduled for May 27th. Please look at the Fish-In page on this website for the details! We also need to see you at our Annual Tournament, Brew City on August 4th!
If you have an idea for a program at one of our upcoming meetings, please share it with a board member.
Kid's Fishing Clinic Update
The Spring Clinic was held on Saturday. April 14th. Pictures will be posted soon. We had 75 participants in the clinic and many of them had the opportunity to catch a fish from the Park pond. A special thanks goes to Chairman, Rich Hehn and his caudre of volunteers. The lunch was really great from the ladies in the kitchen. A special thank you goes to the US Coast Guard Auxiallry for their participation all day on leading the session on Water Safety using their special mascot. The kids really enjoyed the extra attraction.
We held drawings throughout the day and the following kids were winners of the Fishing Poles. Congratulations to all of the winners:
Bella Conti, Blake Cotirik, Chase Witty, Travor Peterson, Adam Hubert, Eli Basij, Jake Repaca, Ethan Buschmann and Landen Conti.
We awarded a fishing pole to the first girl to catch a fish who was Danyell Chupp and the first boy who was Nathaniel (No last name). Congratulations to both of them!
We hope to see many more kids at next year's clinics in February and April!
Raffle Drawing Results
Our annual raffle drawing was completed at Tuesday's meeting at 8pm, as indicated on the ticket stubs. The following people are the luck winners:
1st Place - Michael Monasterio of Waukesha - Charter Trip with Silver King Charters
2nd Place - Saul Gonzalez of Milwaukee - Charter Trip with Brew City Charters
3rd Place - Steve Kaldunski of Mequon - $300 Cabela's Gift Certificate
4th Place - Ray Gibbs of Argonne, WI - $200 Cabela's Gift Certificate
Congratulations to the winners and Thank You to the thousands of people who bought tickets to help support our club and the Lake Michigan fishery. A special thanks to our raffle sponsors, Silver King Charters, Brew City Charters and Cabela's for their generosity! Also, thank you to all of our members and friends who took the time to sell all of those tickets.
Excitement at the Weir on the Root River in Racine!
The viewing windows at the weir on the Root River in Racine will be open for the few weeks. There are many large and colorful Rainbow Trout going through the weir to get to their spawning grounds right now. If you have time, take a drive to Racine and see some of these spectacular trout in the spawning process! Don't forget to bring your camera!
Our Great Lakes Fishery is under attack! If you would like to help save it, please click here for more information. Thanks!
Lake Michigan Sport Fishing...
The Best Trout & Salmon Fishing in the World is Right at our Doorstep… and the Great Lakes Sport Fishermen Club is working to keep our fishing great!
Lake Michigan has been called the “World’s Biggest Fishing Pond,” and with good reason. We have the best trout and salmon fishing to be found anywhere in the United States. If not anywhere in the world - right at our front door.
Catching a trophy-size fish is no longer something to just dream about, and you don’t have to spend thousands of dollars to make your dream come true in Canada or Alaska. You can make it happen right here in Milwaukee!
GLSF club members routinely catch chinook or king salmon over 20 pounds, lake trout over 15 pounds, rainbow trout or steelhead trout over 10 pounds, coho salmon over 8 pounds, and brown trout over 15 pounds.
Join us - the Great Lakes Sport Fisherman - and learn our fishing tips and techniques. We’ll help you to fish with success on Lake Michigan, and make your dream of a trophy-size catch come true.
Your membership will insure quality facilities and good quantities of fish for years to come.
Our club’s strength is in numbers. Collectively, our members do make a difference by preserving and improving the fisheries.
Lake Michigan Sport Fishing...
over 8 pounds, and brown trout over 15 pounds.
