Since our founding in the spring of 2013, we have worked to further musky fishing in several ways.
- We coordinate our members to volunteered with DNR fish surveys on bodies of water including: Lake Wausau, Mosinee Flowage, Big Eau Pleine Flowage, Stevens Point Flowage, and Petenwell Flowage. This amounts to hundreds of volunteer hours, and in fact the program is so popular we have more volunteers than the DNR needs!
- We have received conservation grants totaling $7000+ to date. These funds have been used to stock muskies, purchase PIT tag equipment and sponsor youth events.
- We have over 12 anglers equipped with PIT tag readers. This enables them to record data on tagged muskies in our area, providing important information on the health of our local fishery to the DNR. Currently one of our anglers is also permitted to implant PIT tags.
- We have contributed information on nearly 2,000 musky catches in Central Wisconsin to date. This information has allowed the DNR to establish a robust data set to track size distribution, and catch per effort. Several other local organizations have joined in this effort.
- As of 2019, we have stocked 380 muskies in Central Wisconsin. We have partnered with Wausau Musky League in this effort.
- See our blog post for more detailed information on PIT tagging and data gathering efforts on the Wisconsin River.
Club president Tyler Kennedy releases a 49.5″ 34lb musky surveyed and tagged in the Stevens Point Flowage in 2015. This fish was reported caught by an angler in May 2016. 
Jeff Micholic holds a 48″ musky surveyed on the Mosinee Flowage. This fish wears tag #00092, and was reported caught by an angler in 2018. 
Tristan Marten and Shane Woller hold muskies surveyed on the Mosinee Flowage in 2019. Shane’s fish is a tagged male #00171. This was the 5th reported recapture of this fish!
Wausau Area Muskies Inc 