CHAPTER MEETINGS

Program Joseph will be talking about trout management in Chippewa, Eau Claire, Pepin, and eastern Dunn Counties. These counties provide ample coldwater resources and plenty of opportunities to chase healthy, naturally reproducing populations of both brook trout and brown trout. This is a talk you won't want to miss. Joseph Gerbyshak grew up in northeastern Wisconsin, earned his bachelor’s degree from Sevens Point and master’s degree from Northern Michigan University working with coaster brook trout in the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. After college, he worked for the USFWS in Alpena, MI in grant administration for the National Fish Passage Program. In 2014, he accepted a fisheries biologist position for the DNR in Eau Claire and have enjoyed the job ever since. The Eau Claire area has some of the most diverse fisheries resources in the state from cold water trout streams, to glacial lakes, to large impoundments, to naturally flowing large rivers. He and his wife, Anna, and daughter, Finley, reside outside of town in the Menomonie area where they fish, hunt, manage a small orchard and make maple syrup.