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Friends Into Spooner Hatchery – FISH

Annual Meeting 2021

All members are invited to attend the annual meeting at noon on October 21 at Riverside in Spooner. The meeting will include updates on this year’s hatchery production, museum project, and learn to fish programs along with director elections and other business required in the bylaws. Any member wishing to be nominated as a director should contact President Larry Damman , larry@shearluckfarm.com to  be included on the agenda. Nominations may also be made from the floor at the meeting. 


The only friends group for a fish hatchery in the State of Wisconsin.

You can still give a free membership to a friend or family when you purchase one for yourself.

BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE. IF YOU’RE ALREADY A MEMBER, YOUR RENEWAL QUALIFIES FOR THIS SPECIAL, TOO.

Yep. Do it now.


The Governor Tommy G. Thompson State Fish Hatchery is one of Wisconsin’s most modern cool-water fish hatcheries. The 1994-95 renovation and expansion of the former Spooner Fish Hatchery was the largest development project in the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ history at the time. It was completed on November 21, 1995.

Many people still refer to the Hatchery as the Spooner Hatchery and that’s where the Friends Group gets its acronym, FISH

You can become a member of FISH by going to our membership page. You can sign up online or download the membership form and mail it in. All of our membership levels are affordable and designed to keep individuals and families involved in the world of fish. Angling is a lifetime sport and we want to involve everyone in learning and experiencing this exceptional activity.


Read recents posts on our blog

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  • Pan-Fried Trout July 8, 2020
  • Grilled Walleye with Pecan Butter July 7, 2020
  • Baked Fish July 7, 2020

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Gov Tommy G. Thompson Hatchery

Address: 951 West Maple St. - Spooner, WI 54801
Information: 715.635.4147

Our Mission

Increase conservation awareness through educational programming, outdoor exploration and exhibits at the Governor Tommy Thompson Hatchery.

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