Club Activities
There’s Always Something Biting
From the first coho of spring to the last king of fall, and all winter long while the stories get bigger, the club calendar stays full.
The Year at a Glance
A Season for Everything
Late Winter
The Sports Show booth, where the year’s first fish stories get told and nobody can check them.
Spring
Salmon School at the Spring Seminar, then kids’ fishing clinics as the water warms.
Summer
Fish-ins with a scoreboard, and the Brew City Salmon Tournament in early August.
Fall
The season-long contest closes at the end of October, meetings start back up, and the awards come out.
The Big One
Brew City Salmon Tournament
One day, a marina full of boats, and coolers that take two people to carry. Milwaukee’s salmon and trout tournament ran for the 26th time in 2026, with 70 boats on the leaderboard and $12,800 in cash prizes.
Friendly Fire
Fish-Ins and Club Contests
A fish-in turns a Saturday morning into a scoreboard, with lunch afterward and plenty of commentary on who caught what. The season-long contest runs spring through October for the biggest fish of each species.
Second Tuesdays
Monthly Meetings
Biologists, charter captains, wardens, and gear makers take the mic. The rest of the night is anglers comparing notes. 7 p.m. at Joe’s K Ranch in Cudahy, September through May, and the public is always welcome.
Salmon School
Spring Seminar
A full day of speakers, gear, and bucket raffles before the season opens. It sends you back to the lake with a few new tricks, and it’s one of the club’s most important fundraisers.
The Next Generation
Kids’ Fishing Clinics
Members teach kids to cast, tie a knot, and handle a fish, then step back for the best part: the first one they reel in themselves.
For the Fishery
Lake Michigan Fish Stocking
Before anyone can catch a salmon, somebody has to put it there. Club members work with hatcheries and fisheries staff and pitch in when it’s time to release fish into the lake.
Out in the Community
Fishing Has No Boundaries
Through our partnership with the Milwaukee chapter of Fishing Has No Boundaries, members help anglers with disabilities get out on the water. Same lake, same fish, no barriers.
The Sports Show
Find the GLSF booth at the Journal Sentinel Sports Show. Stop by, grab a clinic flyer, and tell us what you’ve been catching.
Pick Your Spot on the Calendar
Twenty dollars a year gets you and your immediate family into all of it.