2023 Let’s Go Fishing Report

2023 Trip Summary

95 Trips scheduled
83 Trips completed, 12 trips cancelled  (due to weather, client issue, or closed dates)
68 Fishing trips (443 folks fished)
15 Scenic excursions
29 Different organizations, 2 individuals with groups
599 Adults (54 veterans), 60 youth on trips, 158 staff
817 Total guests on trips
45 Volunteers served on trips, 705 volunteer hours on trips

MANY hours by volunteers on maintaining and gassing the pontoon, recruiting volunteers, assisting
clients, fundraising and communications

Fun awaits in Detroit Lakes Minnesota

Home to a wide variety of outdoor activities, events, festivals, shopping, and dining, Detroit Lakes is the place to be for year round fun in Minnesota.

As one would anticipate, a city with “Lakes” in their name is the center of water pursuits and Detroit Lakes definitely delivers in this category.

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Fun Adventures in Central and Northwest Minnesota

With summer brings the opportunity for a variety of fun adventures in Central and Northwest Minnesota on land and water, and even in the air!

Summer fun adventures in Central and Northwest Minnesota abound for all ages!

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Hospitalized Fargo Veterans go Fishing

Detroit Lakes, MN (WDAY TV) – Finally a wind-less day. And with a lake full of fish, Big Detroit Lake played host to a special kind of “day on the water.”

A few times a summer, the Fargo VA takes some of its veterans

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Let’s Go Fishing chapter needs more volunteers

Fishing and boating means so much to thousands of people in the Detroit Lakes area every year.

But what happens when one loses their mobility or someone to go with?

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