Donate old Christmas trees to local fishing clubs

Now that the Christmas season is coming to a close, area fishing clubs are wanting your old, real Christmas tree.

That’s because they will use them to mark ice roads out onto Lake Winnebago for ice fisherman and sturgeon spearers.

As they have done in the past, trees will be placed on routes going out onto the lake at every tenth of a mile intervals with two trees at each mile.

Not only do the trees mark the road, but they are positioned in such a way to show which way the shore is by leaning the tops towards the shore. This becomes a crucial detail when winds are whipping snow around and you cant see the shore from your location on the lake.

Everyone benefits when you donate the trees to the fishing clubs. Landfills stay clear of unnecessary fill, you get rid of your tree easily, its free for the clubs, and if the trees end up sinking in the water come spring, they are good for fish habitat and won’t harm the water or fish.

Friendship Fishing Club is asking people to drop off trees at N8751 Lakeshore Dr. in Fond du Lac, and Quinney Fishing Club is accepting trees at W5604 Quinney Rd, in Chilton.