Walleye Stocking Success
As most of you know, the HFRLA funded an extended growth walleye stocking that was completed in Fall of 2023. Silver Moon Springs supplied 5,550 walleye with an average size of 6.5 inches; 3,800 were released into High Lake and 1,750 were released into Fishtrap Lake. Shocking survey. Eric Wegleitner (WDNR) completed a shocking survey…
Read MoreSpring membership update
If you are reading this, you most likely have paid your 2024-25 year dues — Thank you! We’ll begin collecting the annual dues for the upcoming 2025-26 season in May. You will receive an email requesting your dues and payment through our online membership portal. We hope this will streamline the board’s work by eliminating…
Read MorePresident’s Letter Spring 2025
Spring returns! Ice was out on Rush Lake on April 16th, and ice out for all of High and Fishtrap Lakes are likely days away. Loons arrived on Friday April 18th and announced their presence with dramatic calls and fanfare. One of the most exciting times of the year is here — spring migration is…
Read MoreHelp safeguard our visitors
As you know, Camp Manito-wish relies on our chain of lakes and the water access camping for many of its visitors annually. As their campers travel by canoe through our lakes, many of them experience outdoor and wildlife interactions for the first time in their lives. With this background, we must recognize our host role…
Read MoreStudy documents environmental impact of wake boats
Editor’s Note: This article appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel earlier this year. We contacted the author, outdoor reporter Paul Smith, and we are reprinting the article in its entirety with his kind permission. Study on Connecticut lake documents greater environmental impacts of wake-enhanced boating Wave energy, propeller downwash and sediment disturbance all greater than…
Read MoreHRFLA 2025 Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the High-Fishtrap-Rush Lakes Association will be held on Saturday, June 28, at 9 a.m. at the BJ Community Center. In addition to the business meeting, our guest speaker will be Chuck Pils (husband of our resident Loon Ranger), who retired from a 33-year career as a wildlife biologist for the DNR.…
Read MorePresident’s Letter
The lakes and rivers have frozen, and we are finally starting to accumulate some snowpack. Unfortunately, the area is experiencing another low snow season, as last year. Hopefully, it’s ended now, and we will experience a late winter/ spring snow accumulation to help refill rivers and lakes after the spring thaw occurs this year.…
Read MoreWakesports Legislation Update
No hearings yet, but some positive movement on AB655/SB680? Here’s what we know on Wakesports legislation in Wisconsin headed into the holiday break. With Wisconsin legislators mostly leaving the state capitol to be home for the holidays, it seems a good time to take stock of the recent flurry of wakesports related legislative activities and…
Read MoreWalleye Stocking Update
Good news to share with our members regarding the Walleye stocking project. Eric Wegleitner, DNR fisheries biologist, from the Woodruff Station, has tentatively approved our project but has required us to obtain Upper Mississippi strain Walleye for stocking in our lakes. He recommended stocking 5,500 fish based on a stocking rate of 5 fish per…
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