SWTU, P.O. Box 45555, Madison, WI 53744-5555 president@swtu.org

November 2018 meeting — What’s happening with key local fisheries?

Our speaker is Justin Haglund, a Fisheries Biologist for the DNR with a focus on Iowa and Richland counties. Certainly areas where you may have drifted a fly or flipped a spinner! This meeting will also feature our first 50-50 raffle!

Justin will give a fisheries management update for southwestern Wisconsin. He’ll summarize completed for work in 2018 and talk to us about what is planned for 2019.

He’ll also speak briefly about watersheds sampled and planned for next year, trout habitat projects, streambank easement program and more.

Join us to hear the presentation and ask questions. You may well leave with notes on some new or rehabilitated water to try next year!

As a reminder – the meeting is on Thursday, October 8 at the Coliseum Bar. (Note that the bar now has a loud live band on Tuesdays that would not be conducive to our meeting.)

New to the Thursday November 8 Chapter Meeting – 50/50 Raffle
In place of our regularly scheduled bucket raffle, SWTU will be holding a 50/50 raffle at the November 8 Chapter Meeting. This raffle will help us raise funds to offset the meeting room expense. Tickets will be available from 6:30 – 7:45 pm for $5 each. The drawing will take place at 8:00 pm, or as soon as possible after the featured speaker is completed. This is a must be present to win drawing. One winning ticket takes home half of the cash raised. For example, if a total of $200 is generated in ticket sales the winner would take home $100, and $100 would be donated to SWTU. Better odds of winning this drawing than landing that 42+ inch Musky or winning Mega Millions!

You Must Be Present to Win
Nobody won at the last meeting and so the award has risen to $80. Join us on November 8 for your chance to win a gift certificate to Fontana Sports Specialties!

We’ll again meet upstairs at The Coliseum Bar and Grill. As usual, the program begins at 7 p.m., but show up earlier for food, fish stories and friendship.