Speaking Schedule For Madison Fishing Expo

[Driftless]

Here are the speakers;

2010 Madison Fishing Expo

Speaker Schedule

Friday Feb 26

7pm Bob Blosser

Saturday Feb 27

10am Rick Krueger

10:30am Len Harris

11am Walleye Panel

11:30am Dennis Radloff

12pm Davey Hite

12:30pm Brett and Paul Staplemann

1pm Tas Kaliska

1:30pm Jim Kalkofen

2pm Tommy Skarlis

2:30pm Karen Savik

3pm Russ Wayre and Ken Jackson

3:30pm Steve Reinstra and Geoff Crandall

4pm Dave Genz

Sunday Feb 28

10am Dave Genz

10:30am Len Harris

11am Jim Kalkofen

11:30am Tas Kaliska

12pm Davey Hite

12:30pm Steve Reinstra and Geoff Crandall

1pm Russ Wayre

1:30pm Brett and Paul Staplemann

2pm Tommy Skarlis

2pm Karen Savik

3pm Rick Krueger

3pm Dennis Radloff

[Driftless]

I am really looking forward to these presentations.

There is a crowd of 20,000 usually.

This is the biggest fishing show in Wisconsin.

There are many impressionable children at the Expo.

There is even a trout pond.

Most fishing shows in wisconsin like the badger and tu shows are

for the adults that are already anglers.

These kids at the EXPO could be the next generation of trout anglers.

I will be focusing on the kids that already fish for pan fish and walleye.

The ones with the rigs that will work perfectly for small stream trout.

I will be speaking on responsive harvest but NOT strict catch and release.

Lots of kids just waiting to have the right adult show them the way.

[blackdog1101]

I know you and I don't agree on a number of issues, but I do agree that kids should be able to harvest some fish. If they have a good mentor to show them how to catch fish so they have fun, they will be more interested in learning about clean water and conservation when they get a bit older.

[Scudly]

What will your presentations be about Len? Kids do need to be introduced to the outdoors more often. I was looking through MN DNR statistics and the only outdoor activity that seems to be on the rise is ATV use.

[fsh4trout]

Good for you Len. Try to be the spark that gets kids interested. I personally have seen kids who think ya gotta go up north to fish, they don't even realize the best trout fishing in the state is a half hour away. My advice would be try to make it look fun, leave some of the tech stuff out.

Good luck

[Big Hit]

Nice work Len. We need to get kids involved in the outdoors on more fronts than rippin' through the woods on an ATV.

[Nate McVey]

I think that's a great thing Len, thank you for giving your time and knowledge to the kids.

[Driftless]

For the first time I can remember there will be NO Trout Unlimited Booth at The Madison Fish Expo

Contacted the guys that regularly man the booth and this what they said.

I don’t think that is an oversight. The “leadership” decided the Expo wasn’t mission critical plus it’s hard to get volunteers, so there you go.

Hope you are well,

Admin SWTU

***************wasn’t mission critical****************

The biggest fishing show in wisconsin and the by far

biggest amount of children at a show and not mission critical.

[Scudly]

Bring lots of photos of Anna and her big fish. Also explain to kids that big trout like you and Joe get are RARE. The more shock data I look at, the more I realize any trout 15" or greater is LARGE, at least here in the Driftless.

[Nate McVey]

For the first time I can remember there will be NO Trout Unlimited Booth at The Madison Fish Expo

Contacted the guys that regularly man the booth and this what they said.

I don’t think that is an oversight. The “leadership” decided the Expo wasn’t mission critical plus it’s hard to get volunteers, so there you go.

Hope you are well,

Admin SWTU

***************wasn’t mission critical****************

The biggest fishing show in wisconsin and the by far

biggest amount of children at a show and not mission critical.

That must mean that the "mission" to turn everyone into a "non-bait fisherman" has been put on hold. Those crafty TU guys must be up to something?

[Driftless]

Contacted two of my friends that are TU Presidents from other chapters and tried to get them to do the booth and neither has the volunteer power to commit to the Expo.

Contacted my buddy who does TU Dare and he said it truly was a shame that there would be no TU Presence at the Expo.