What's New:
Sept 13 - Fall Dinner 5pm at Good Life Cafe
Fishhook Lake and River Association Membership Drive July 2025 Love the Lake and River Community? Interested in helping to make it an even better
place to live and ensure that our lake and river stay clean and healthy, well into the
future?
We currently have close to 400 residents on the lake and river, and we currently have
75 members as of mid-July.
WE NEED YOU!
Which is why the Association Board of Directors is doing a membership drive and
asking lake and river property owners to become a member and ask their fellow
neighbors and friends on the lake and river to join.
Members who recruit 3 new or returning members will receive a Fishhook
Lake and River T-shirt from Lucky No. 7 Shoppe downtown Park Rapids.
Members who recruit 5 new members or returning members will receive a
$25 gift card from the Y Steak House located on the Fishhook River.
WHAT ARE WE CURRENTLY WORKING ON:
-Building membership! We need your membership and support to ensure a stronger
voice on the issues that matter to our community, to recruit more members and
volunteers to help do the work that needs to be done, and to maintain the financial
strength we need to move forward on important projects.
-Building strong and lasting partnerships with the Township, DNR, COLA and Hubbard
County so that we are all working towards the same goal – keeping our community and
lake and river healthy and strong!
-Partnering with the DNR and Hubbard County to keep our lakes stocked with fish and
control and eliminate devastating Aquatic Invasive Species.
- Plan and coordinate social events to network and build community engagement.
Examples:
o 4th of July Boat Parade
o Monthly Women’s Coffee Get Togethers @ Bella Café
o Share COLA (Hubbard County Coalition of Lake Associations) best practices
o Annual Summer Meeting and Picnic with main course entrees provided - July
o Fall Social Dinner - September
CURRENT PROJECTS:
2025 Lake and River AIS Management Plan Rewrite
FHLARA has a lake management plan from 2005 that was a great starting point to a
fully revised management plan. Two major parts of this plan are already in action. The
final report from our lake vegetation survey is pending and the ‘Eyes on the Water’
element of the plan already has more than a dozen volunteers checking for additional
Zebra Mussels.
By joining FHLARA we can do more projects like loon nesting platforms or information
kiosks at our boat launches to ensure members and visitors alike have current
information.
PLEASE HELP MAKE THE FISHHOOK RIVER & LAKE ASSOCIATION STRONGER!
for paying via PayPal.
As part of the Membership Drive please submit (via email link below) the current
member’s name who encouraged you to join. We would be glad to hand out
dozens of prizes! Or, if you are a current member, and know the 3 or 5 (or more!)
people who agreed to join – you can send in your names.
Email to: Fishhooklakeandriver@gmail.com
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
Zebra Mussels have been found in Fish Hook. Read more about it on our
Zebra Mussels page.
A new boater education law goes into effect on July 1, 2025. This law initially affects boat operators born after June 20, 2004 but
the permit requirement will gradually apply to older age groups over the next few years.