The WDNR wants to get the lead out.

I suspect it is only a matter of time before lead tackle

is phased out from Wisconsin fishing. Here is information

from the WDNR website. Editor.

Get the Lead Out! is a campaign taking place in several US states and Canada to educate anglers on the effects of lead fishing tackle on fish, loons and other birds and wildlife. The LoonWatch program of the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute, the Wild Rivers Chapter of WI Trout Unlimited as well as the Wisconsin Association of Lakes, Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative, Raptor Education Group Inc., Wisconsin Wildlife Federation, many individual lake associations, and others have partnered to educate anglers

in Wisconsin on how they can help.

One Lead Split Shot - Enough to Kill a 12-Pound Loon!

Lead poisoning from ingested tackle usually occurs in one of two ways, a lead jig head is swallowed by a fish, or lost lead tackle is picked up along with small stones and grit from the bottom of lakes to help digest food. Fish, loons, eagles, trumpeter swans, and many other wildlife species are consuming lead in one or both of these ways, and the results can be fatal.

Anglers Can Tackle Lead

Lead fishing tackle has been used by generations of Wisconsin anglers. One of the goals of the Get the Lead Out! Wisconsin campaign is to bring awareness to anglers about lead poisoning in fish and other wildlife from lead tackle ingestion. Inexpensive and ecologically sound alternatives to lead fishing weights are available. Anglers can use sinkers and jigs made from non-poisonous materials such as tin, bismuth, steel, and tungsten-nickel alloy.

What will a change cost you?

Non-lead tackle is generally only pennies more than lead equivalents. Price comparisons show that steel tends to be even cheaper than lead.

Lead Tin Steel

#3/0 Reusable Split Shot $0.03 $0.04 $0.04

#1/8 oz. Painted Jighead $0.40 $0.51 $0.25

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