05/02/2026
With the fishing season upon us, our loons and other wildlife depend on everyone to keep their homes safe.
PLEASE…..
Get the lead out of your tackle box and use lead free sinker/jig alternatives such as tungsten, bismuth, steel, etc.
Retrieve any broken line and dispose properly by cutting monofilament line in small pieces so no other bird gets entangled when disposing in the garbage.
If loons are in the area where you are fishing, please pull up your lines and wait til they leave the area or move to another area to fish.
If you accidentally hook a loon, DO NOT CUT THE LINE. It is a death sentence to them; just like the attached post.
Please call us in WI at 715-966-5415 if you see a loon in trouble
MN Loon Rescue at
855-552-1500
There's a lesson to be learned here. This loon came in with fishing line tangled around her neck. It was around her beak, cinched around her tongue so tightly that it cut her tongue right off. A fish hook was buried into the back of her neck, embedded so deeply that she was no longer able to swallow. She was slowly starving to death, in such bad shape that she let people catch her and try to help, but the damage was already too severe. The infection in her neck had grown to the size of a golfball. The stress of capture and removal of the line sealed her fate.
When you go fishing, you are responsible for your equipment. When you lose a line, you have no idea where it will end up. It might end up snared in a turtle's intestines. It might end up harmless at the bottom of a lake. Or it might end up embedded in a loon, resulting in a slow death from starvation.
When we know better, we can do better. RIP beautiful girl. 💔
