Coulee Region Trout Unlimited
Serving the Wisconsin counties of:
La Crosse, Crawford, Juneau, Monroe, Richland, and Vernon
About Coulee Region TU ​
Coulee Region Trout Unlimited is 501 c3 non-profit all volunteer organization and chapter #278 of Trout Unlimited. CRTU began in 1974 and serves Crawford, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe, Richland, and Vernon counties in Wisconsin's Driftless Region.
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Our 2025 chapter banquet is February 28 and you can buy your tickets here.
​Our chapter meetings occur September through May. Look here and on our Facebook page for details about our activities.
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We are looking for ideas for 2024-25 meetings - send us a message on our "Contact us" page, through Instagram, or Facebook.
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Coming to fish the Driftless? Check out the "Getting Started on Trout Fishing in the Driftless".
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Watch WITU's Talking Trout with Jeff Hastings for more about stream restoration in the area, for Jason Freund talking about spring hatches, and Mat and Geri at the Driftless Angler about stream etiquette.
OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT CRTU
Don't want to use your credit card? We take Venmo (@couleeTU)! Also, consider the many other ways to support CRTU - dues sharing at the chapter level is only for the initial year of membership, so your continuing support is important to the chapter. Other ways to support CRTU: 1. Mail a check to CRTU c/o Chapter Treasurer at P. O. Box 173, Viroqua, WI 54665 2. Send support through Venmo to @CouleeTU 3. Donate from your IRA as a Qualified Charitable Distribution - see our Donations Page for details 4. Give through your employer's donation matching program - an easy way to double your support! 5. Turn CRTU volunteer hours into donations through employer volunteer programs 6. Transfer appreciated investments (stocks) - See our Donations page for details 7. Legacy giving through wills and trusts
Join Coulee Region TU
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Become a member of CRTU for half the normal $35 fee by using the link below for the national Trout Unlimited organization. Choose chapter #278 from the menu and $15 of the $17.50 will stay with our chapter. Your membership dues support the mission of TU which is, "To conserve, protect and restore North America’s coldwater fisheries and their watersheds."
News & Updates
​Membership events are the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 7 PM from September through April - with no February meeting because of the banquet.
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Happy Holidays!
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Our next meeting is January 15th in Viroqua with guest speaker, Lauren Genske. Lauren is a high school senior that has participated in TU Teen Summits the last few years and will talk about her experiences in TU leadership (and fishing out west!).
Tommy Hill with the WDNR will also come with some questions about how this summer's creel surveys can be more effective.
Join us at Gassers Bar and Grill in Viroqua. We'll start at 7PM
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Our annual banquet is February 28th - for tickets and more details, visit the Banquet Page.
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​Recent events:
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November - UW La Crosse's Freshwater Ecology and Management Club hosted us on campus. There were 3 student talks and Kirk Olson, WDNR fisheries biologist, caught us up on happenings in the Driftless and their summer trout surveys.
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October - we were in Richland Center with Justin Haglund, WDNR fisheries biologist, as our guest speaker.
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September membership event - John van Vliet, gave a fantastic presentation about fishing the Driftless Area of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa.