A trio of initiatives to obtain more people out fishing in Wisconsin will net some lucky anglers big...

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A trio of initiatives to obtain more people out fishing in Wisconsin will net some lucky anglers big
prizes beyond the fun they may have as well as the fish they catch, the state's fisheries director says.
Wisconsin's brand new one day fishing license allows new men and women to give fishing a shot, of
course, if they appreciate it, to utilize the $8 value of that license ($10 for nonresidents) to the price
tag on an annual individual license.
DNR along with the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation's America's Pastimes
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=fishing.main promotion offers anglers fishing in
Wisconsin a chance to register for a drawing for Brewers suite tickets and fishing prizes once they
pledge online for taking somebody new fishing in Wisconsin. Pledge online for taking someone new
fishing and acquire entered from the drawing.
Wisconsin is among one of 20 states partnering around the "Wanna Go Fishing for Millions"
promotion through which anglers who have registered on the internet and catch specially tagged
fish can win cash and fishing related prizes. Fish have already been tagged in Lake Winnebago and
the Madison Chain of Lakes, amongst the state's biggest fisheries, and might be some lucky angler's
ticket to $1 million.
"There's great fishing throughout Wisconsinites," says Mike Staggs, Wisconsin's fisheries director.
"Hopefully these new promotions can lure many people out to the water to cast several and also to
introduce somebody new to the fun of fishing."

2. Wisconsin has 15,081 inland lakes, 44,000 miles of perennially flowing streams, two Great Lakes and
260 miles of the mighty Mississippi River. The Take Me Fishing pages from the DNR website are a
great place to start seeking the fishing experience you're after, Staggs says.
The promotions are also geared towards helping connect new men and women to , Staggs says. "It's
important to get the next generation out fishing so that they will start to appreciate and understand
the state's valuable fisheries and aquatic resources," he says.
Getting good people on water is likewise vital for providing the funding necessary to help sustain
and improve fishing and fish populations in Wisconsin. That's because its funding arises from fishing
license sales plus a federal grant from federal excise taxes in the sale of fishing gear that sends $9 to
Wisconsin for each and every fishing license sold.
In the fiscal year ending June30 and 2011, license sales and federal grants are the cause of 99.5
percent from the $26.8 million fisheries budget, with general purpose tax revenues contributing
$140,000.
Wisconsin typically sells about 1.4 million fishing licenses. Fishing generates a $2.75 billion
economic impact in Wisconsin, supporting a lot more than 30,000 jobs and generating a lot more
than $200 million in tax revenues for local and state government, based on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
National Survey of Hunting, Fishing and Wildlife-Related Recreation along with the American
Sportfishing Association's "Sportfishing in the usa," report