Kyle Zempel shares a southern adventure on Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Kyle Zempel, owner and chief guide of Black Earth Angling and a strong supporter of SWTU, will speak at our December 12 meeting. He will have just returned from a red drum (red fish) expedition to southern Louisiana. He’ll have great stories and photos (and maybe some video) of a great fishing trip.
Baby, it’s cold outside and some of us might be looking south for a warm and exciting fishing adventure. Red drum are superb gamefish and offer some of the more exciting, accessible, and affordable saltwater fishing for fly rodders and light tackle enthusiasts. While they’re not salmonids, sea trout are another great gamefish, that often share the same water as drum.
Kyle will have some reliable suggestions on trips southward in search of these fish (and wirth reference to Louisiana, some Cajun food and good times).
He’ll also answer questions about Black Earth Angling’s ’24 Wisconsin fishing opportunities.
Please join us at Schwoegler’s on Grand Canyon Drive on Madison’s West Side on Tuesday, December 12. Dinner and drinks available at 530 with Kyle’s presentation starting about 7.
Schwoegler’s Lanes, 444 Grand Canyon Dr., Madison, WI 53719
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There are two types of clinics detailed below with links and QR codes for more information. Both are set in Westby, WI (near Viroqua, in Wisconsin’s Driftless Area) and the cost is $355 until April 1 and $375 after that.
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Warm Thoughts and Big Fish at our December Meeting
Kyle Zempel shares a southern adventure on Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Baby, it’s cold outside and some of us might be looking south for a warm and exciting fishing adventure. Red drum are superb gamefish and offer some of the more exciting, accessible, and affordable saltwater fishing for fly rodders and light tackle enthusiasts. While they’re not salmonids, sea trout are another great gamefish, that often share the same water as drum.
Kyle will have some reliable suggestions on trips southward in search of these fish (and wirth reference to Louisiana, some Cajun food and good times).
He’ll also answer questions about Black Earth Angling’s ’24 Wisconsin fishing opportunities.
Please join us at Schwoegler’s on Grand Canyon Drive on Madison’s West Side on Tuesday, December 12. Dinner and drinks available at 530 with Kyle’s presentation starting about 7.
Schwoegler’s Lanes, 444 Grand Canyon Dr., Madison, WI 53719
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