Our Chapter is actively involved with our local Biologists to keep a pulse on our fisheries and provide support whenever we are allowed to in stocking efforts. We also are looking at several different types of habitat improvements from tree drops/fish sticks as well as fish cribs.
Wisconsin Musky Chapters Fund new Electro-shocking boat for DNR
Research May 2021 Wisconsin DNR purchased a new Electro-shocking boat for use in the five county area near Wausau on the central Wisconsin river system. Thanks to the efforts of Musky chapters, like ours, and Musky clubs in Wisconsin. 100% of the funds to...
Fisheries Updates March 2021
FISHERIES- We have great news on the fisheries front. If the plans put into place come to fruition we should be stocking 2,300 muskies this fall!!!! Words cannot describe the amount of time and energy it took to get to this point. We received a nod of approval from...
North American Journal of Fisheries Management: Management Brief
There was a neat Research Article that was just shared by the Minnesota Muskie Alliance that we shared on our First Wisconsin Muskies Inc Facebook page. Here are the details of what has been released: North American Journal of Fisheries Management © 2020...
Fisheries Updates Feb 2021
PIT TAGGING: Our 2020 PIT Tagging program went extremely well. We added several new bodies of water and couple more people to our PIT Tagging crew of anglers. In total for 2020 alone we tagged 86 Muskies and we recaptured an additional 21 fish that had already been...
Pit Tagging & Habitat Improvements
PIT TAGGING: Our Pit Tagging program has grown substantially this year. Our DNR biologists have liked the accurate data our taggers have supplied them and allowed us to add several more bodies of water to our Scientific Collectors Permit. Allowing us to Pit Tag on...
December 2020 Research
There have been several recaptures of tagged fish recently. Eric Weeks recapped his son Joel’s fish. Kim Weeks recapped a muskie that was tagged 4/19; recapped 5/19, she recapped it 10/20. It had grown 2.4” in length. Matt Ross recapped Jeffery Dutter's fish a...
One Fish, Two Fish
The Board has been diligently exploring the potential of re-introducing a stocking program. Tom Riedel, Nick Brenner, Paul Gottwald, and Josh Rabska have been working with local fisheries biologists, rearing ponds, and 1st WI Muskies Inc. members to learn how the...
Muskies Inc Member assists Biologists during Electro-shocking study
First WI Muskies Inc member Josh Rabska assisted DNR Biologist Joseph Gerbyshak last week. The DNR was doing a year of young Walleye study on Lake Wissota and Long Lake. After dark two electroshocking boats patrolled the shoreline electroshocking and netting walleye...
Erickson Park
Erickson Park Update The Fish Chippewa Access for All Committee extends its gratitude to First Wisconsin Chapter of Muskies Inc for it generous donation to support the Erickson Park Project. The money donated by the chapter will be instrumental in providing fishing...