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By RVL / May 24, 2019

Fishing for dinner initiative

Fishing for Dinner

Wisconsin waters are teeming with hungry fish. Learn how to land one on your dining table for a tasty, healthy meal, harvested from waters close to home.

Cooking Fish

Northern pike done to perfection by Chef Patrick McKormick.

Attend a class

Watch this page for a listing of classes where adults will learn what they’ve been missing – knot-tying, casting, fish identification and preparing your catch for the table.

Sauk County

Community: Baraboo
Place: Devil’s Lake State Park
Dates: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, June 4-6, 2019
Times: 5:30 – 9 p.m.
Target age: Adults
Description: Fishing Devil’s Lake:Join us for a community education class at Devil’s Lake State Park near Baraboo.
We’ll start at the Rock Elm Shelter to learn more about the lake, the fish that live in it and how to catch them.

After some instruction on fishing basics, we’ll head for the lake! Finally, you’ll learn how to cook the catch at our potluck meal on Thursday evening.
Some Particulars:
  • The course is free! Can you believe it? However, we do ask for a $15 workshop commitment deposit, refundable upon arrival. If you call to cancel by 2 p.m. on May 31, we will mail back your deposit. Otherwise, it becomes a donation to the program. This enables us to offer your spot to someone on the waiting list and plan better. Thank you for your courtesy.
  • Participants will need to have a DNR Customer ID Number. For information on obtaining a number, click here.
Registration Deadline: May 31, 2019
Registration Contact & Form: Sue Johansen, Park Naturalist, 608-356-8301 Ext. 140.

Registration Form [PDF]
Class Info Contact: Theresa Stabo, Angler R3 Coordinator, 608-577-6332.
Partners:
  • Wisconsin Wild Turkey Federation
  • Pheasants Forever
  • Department of Natural Resources

We schedule classes in areas where people have expressed an interest and where we have partners in place to host and help lead the sessions. Watch this site for updates on class offerings, dates and locations.

Eat local – fish

The Farm to Fork concept is growing in popularity and suggests a parallel Pond to Plate companion, whether that “pond” is a stream or a lake – Great, large or small. As far as “food miles” are concerned, most Wisconsinites live within 50 miles of fishable waters that offer many places to catch a healthy and delicious dinner, with a low food-miles score. Sustainability is an important component, so filling the freezer does not fit the model, but savoring that occasional treat from familiar waters does.

Chefs, local foods advocates and community groups have joined us in this project to offer classes. Cleaning and cooking instructions will be part of the mix and we will include information on how to minimize consumption of fish contaminants such as mercury and PCBs.

Sound good to you? Then keep your eyes open and sign up for GovDelivery notifications so you’ll be among the first to know when class registration materials are ready!

Angler R3

The Fishing for Dinner Initiative is an angler recruitment, retention and reactivation program – R3; its primary goal is to lure a new anglers to the water’s edge and encourage them to join us as stewards of Wisconsin’s bountiful fisheries. The focus is on young adults who have an interest in local, sustainably raised food – we hope they will consider the fish they catch as part of a healthy diet.

Become an instructor or mentor for adult beginners

We are also inviting seasoned anglers to mentor young adults (or adults of any age) who may have missed the fishing boat as kids, so lack fishing skills. Mentors will be asked to complete a background check by completing DNR Form 4100-217 [PDF]. Planning is underway for mentor training workshops, so watch this site for workshop notices.

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