PREVIOUS YEARS AWARDS: 2026 :: 2025 :: 2024 :: 2023 :: 2022 :: 2021 :: 2020 :: 2019 :: 2018 :: 2017 :: 2016
For 2025, amounts totaling $111,500.00 were dispersed – not including carryover of funds of $10,000.00 (Twin Cities – stocking); $5,858.00 (Twin Cities – stocking); $3,500.00 (Mid Iowa – equipment); $1,000.00 (First Wisconsin – habitat); $6,000.00 (Capitol City – stocking); $7,600.00 (South Dakota GFP – equipment).
2025 grant recipients are:
- Michigan Muskie Alliance for the purchase/setup of a Laser bird deterrent system for their hatchery.
$7,000.00 - Youth Conservation Alliance (YCA) for their youth fishing/education programs.
$4,000.00 - Illinois Muskie Tournament Trail for their scholarship program.
$1,000.00 - Musky Mission Complete for their Veterans Outing.
$2,500.00 - Minnesota DNR – New London Fish Hatchery for equipment.
$10,000.00 - Headwaters Chapter of Muskies, Inc. #12 for their youth rob-building events.
$1,800.00 - Headwaters Chapter of Muskies, Inc. #12 for acoustic tags.
$2,000.00 - First Wisconsin Chapter of Muskies, Inc. #6 for stocking of fingerlings in Lake Wissota.
$2,000.00 - Youth Heritage Outdoors (YHO) for the Minnesota State High School Muskie-Fishing Championship program in coordination with the Muskies, Inc. chapters in Minnesota.
$4,000.00 - Fishing for Life for their youth muskie fishing programs.
$2,000.00 - St. Cloud Chapter of Muskies, Inc. #37, for their area youth events through Big Brothers/Big Sisters.
$1,500.00 - St. Cloud Chapter of Muskies, Inc. #37, for local DNR equipment.
$4,500.00 - St. Cloud Chapter of Muskies, Inc. #37, for rental of Lake 12 rearing pond.
$750.00 - Shawnee Muskie Hunters Chapter of Muskies, Inc. #28 for their High School Muskie Tournament.
$1,700.00 - Minnesota DNR – St. Paul Hatchery for equipment.
$3,000.00 - Bills Musky Club for pit tags, pit tag readers and nets.
$3,000.00 - Consolidated Musky Club, Inc. for their stocking program on the Wisconsin River.
$2,500.00 - Capital City Chapter of Muskies Inc. #8 for stocking fingerling fish on the Madison, WI area lakes.
$5,000.00 - Chicagoland Muskie Hunters Chapter of Muskies, Inc. #3 for stocking Lake Geneva, WI.
$2,500.00 - Three Rivers Chapter of Muskies, Inc. #16 for minnows for the Linesville, PA Hatchery.
$2,000.00 - Three Rivers Chapter of Muskies, Inc. #16 for their youth programs.
$1,000.00 - Twin Cities Chapter of Muskies, Inc. #1 for the MN High School Muskie Tournament.
$2,288.00 - Hayward Lakes Chapter of Muskies, Inc. #13 for minnows for the Spooner, WI Hatchery.
$2,000.00 - Brainerd Lakes Chapter of Muskies, Inc. #24 for pit tags and injector guns.
$2,000.00 - Flatlanders Chapter of Muskies, Inc. #32 for their Youth Fishing Day.
$1,950.00 - Flatlanders Chapter of Muskies, Inc. #32 for stocking Lake Geneva, WI.
$2,500.00 - Spartan Angling for their fishing class field trips/outings and gear.
$1,950.00 - Twelve Apostles Musky Club of Stevens Point, Inc. for fingerling stocking on the Wisconsin River.
$2,500.00 - North Metro Chapter of Muskies, Inc. #21 for the MN High School Muskie Tournament.
$800.00 - North Metro Chapter of Muskies, Inc. #21 for stocking fingerling fish.
$3,000.00 - North Metro Chapter of Muskies, Inc. #21 for stocking yearling fish.
$8,000.00 - Wisconsin League of Musky Anglers for pit tags and net equipment.
$5,000.00 - Boundary Waters Musky Club for a replica musky for teaching purposes.
$1,434.00 - Wounded Warriors in Action for their Muskie Chal-lunge Event.
$3,000.00 - Between the Lakes Chapter of Muskies, Inc. #20 for their youth outing.
$4,500.00 - Minnesota DNR – Tower Hatchery for pit tag readers and research kits.
$2,778.00 - Muskies Matter, Inc. for fingerling stocking on the Wisconsin River.
$2,500.00 - Time on the Water for their Veteran Musky trip to Canada.
$1,000.00 - Save the River for creation of a musky curriculum for their public schools and supplies.
$1,500.00 - Titletown Chapter of Muskies, Inc. #4 for pit tags.
$2,000.00