WSA MEMBERSHIP

Who We Are: The Wisconsin Smallmouth Alliance Ltd. is a 501(c)(3) charitable non-profit organization who´s membership consists of anglers who wish to improve Smallmouth Bass fishing opportunities throughout the state. Our organization has both novice anglers as well as professional fishing guides as members. We work in cooperation with the Fisheries Bureau, Conservation Congress, and the Natural Resources Board. Our "Free the Fighter" signs, which are placed at boat landings and in sport shops, help educate the angling public as to the benefits of Catch and Release. Through our fundraising efforts, we have been able to donate to a children´s ice fishing program, Fishing Has No Boundaries, conservation groups such as The River Alliance and the Upper Sugar River Watershed Association, and Youth Conservation Days in Sauk County. Additional funds are available for the formation of a club in western Wisconsin, and to assist a graduate student in Smallmouth research. We also dispense information to anglers at fishing shows.

Why We Fish: The Smallmouth Alliance Ltd., as an organization of sport anglers, realizes there are many reasons we fish. The joy of being in the out-of-doors, the pleasure of experiencing the natural world in all it´s beauty, the satisfaction of learning better fishing techniques, the enjoyment of good company, and the excitement and challenge of catching the "finest fish in fresh water", and especially the enjoyment of fishing over quality-sized smallmouth.

We are not governed by the quest to harvest as many fish as possible. The desire to kill Smallmouth is not a reason we love and enjoy our sport. Indeed, we realize old attitudes that too often saw fishing as little more than aquatic agriculture, and measured success in terms of pounds killed, are not viable under today´s conditions of increasing fishing pressure and declining fish sizes and numbers.

Why Join Us? Most of our members join the Wisconsin Smallmouth Alliance Ltd. to help improve one of their favorite sports – fishing for Smallmouth Bass. Our monthly meetings are held from September through April, as we feel the months from May through August are for fishing, not meeting indoors. We have a fishing related speaker at every meeting, and enjoy sharing fishing stories, techniques and even a few hotspots with our fellow members. We plan fishing outings that we all can enjoy, and meeting with potential fishing partners we wouldn´t meet otherwise. Our monthly newsletter keeps us all in touch with what the club is doing in the weeks and months ahead. Please visit our newsletter archive for past activities and guest speakers. Together we are making a far bigger impact to improve Smallmouth Bass fishing than any of us could hope to accomplish individually.

When and Where Do We Meet? We meet the third Tuesday of the month (September - April) at the Maple Tree Restaurant in McFarland, WI. View_Map Meetings start at 7:00 PM. Many members choose to have dinner at the restaurant before the meeting.

We welcome non-members who wish to attend meetings
to see if we are their kind of organization.

Wisconsin Smallmouth Alliance

2701 Gust Road

Verona, WI

53593-8905