Our chapter has a scientific collectors permit with the WI-DNR and a well rounded team of PIT and Floy Taggers assisting the WI-DNR in tagging and recapturing muskies. We record their unique I.D, length, location, and other data to assist with the management and research of our waters.
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...
We Finally Got One!
Easton Rabska (4 years old) was out on the water with his mom and dad (Josh and Mallory). Dad bomb cast a top-water out and Easton would reel it in, Dad assisted with a firm hold of the rod and helped coach on speed of retrieve. This nice musky fired up on the...
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...
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...