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WE PUT THE BUOYS IN LAKE WISCONSIN The Grade Boat Club installs and removes all of the buoys in Lake Wisconsin and the Wisconsin River.

Volunteers are needed to realign buoys and maintain them. We also repair and clean them before storage mid-October. Our current year activities are listed in our newsletters and at our public meetings. You may subscribe to the newsletter on our website at gradeboatclub.org. The GBC, in conjunction with Alliant Energy, distributes the Navigation Guide to Lake Wisconsin. Many businesses have these a

vailable as active area partners of the club. You can find a list of our area partners in the next section of this page.

05/30/2026

Hey River and Sandbar Enthusiasts,

The last of the river buoys in the No Sport Tow Area and Channel Markers up to the interstate bridge are in place. The cut across from the bluff to the bridge is a bit different from last year, but should not be too challenging to navigate.

Enjoy this awesome weather - should be a good weekend for boating.

GBC

05/04/2026

Hello Boating Friends,

The remaining Lake Wisconsin buoys will be installed next Saturday morning (5/9), in time for Mother's Day cruising.

Call to volunteers; we will meet at the Okee boat ramp to load the barge at 8am. For ramp support folks, you should be done and on to other Saturday errands by 9am at the latest. On barge installation team will likely finish up by 10am or so.
Please join as you are available.

Thanks to those who supported our activities on Saturday 4/19.

Also want to update our Boating community that GBC has ordered a new 20' Utility Boat to replace our present smaller 16' Utility Boat. The new boat will be slightly wider and deeper to offer greater be safety for buoy operations. The larger hull will have more capacity and stability.

Your membership and donations support our ongoing mission to mark safe navigational channels on Lake Wisconsin and our portion of the Wisconsin River. Please join or renew and help us by donating through our website.

Thanks and regards,

GBC

04/19/2026

We got about half of the Lake Buoys in this morning before the rough conditions pushed us back to shore. Completed the section of buoys from Moon Valley up to the boat ramp in Okee. Thanks to volunteers that came out on this cool & windy morning. We have about another 1/2 day of effort place the remaining Lake buoys ... to be continued very soon. GBC

04/17/2026

Forecasted Water Levels. The Wisconsin River is currently at major flood stage and is forecasted to crest early Friday morning at a record 20.7 ft at the Portage gauge. The last record was set in 2010 at 20.66ft. For perspective, the record before that was at 20.5 ft in 1938. We are looking at record-setting flood stage over the next couple of days.
The homes along County Hwy V in Dekorra will be flooded at a level the never seen before. Definitely adhere to the no wake enforcement to prevent further damage if in the area.

04/14/2026

Hello GBC Friends & Volunteers,

This Saturday 4/18 is our install for the Lake buoys. For those that can spare some time to help, we will be starting at the West Point DNR Access at 8:15am. Need some assist to load buoys and anchors on the install barge, then meet the barge again at the Okee Access about 10am to load the remainder.

We will have a planning meeting on Thursday 4/16 at the Chamber Office at 6:30 as well.

But really need the volunteer help on Saturday morning.

Question? Message us or call at 608-279-8205.

Thanks for checking our page.

GBC/kk

10/12/2025

End of the season !!

Buoy and Equipment Clean-up this past Saturday is complete 🙂

Just shy of 150 buoys power washed and back on their respective trailers for storage ... return to the water on/about the 3rd Saturday of April 2026 🤔

See ya' next spring.

GBC

10/06/2025

The Grade Boat Club ANNUAL MEETING is scheduled for 6:30 pm November 20, 2025 at the Lodi & Lake Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce office, 120 Portage Street. If you wish to run for one of the expiring board seats, please send an email expressing your interest to [email protected] or by mailing your letter of interest to GBC President, PO Box 84, Lodi, WI 53555. We need and would appreciate your participation! Thank you!

10/03/2025

Hello Boaters,

Reminder ... All river buoys are being removed on Saturday 10/4.

Lake buoys will be removed starting Monday 10/6.

Judging by the weather forecast we may well have some extended Fall boating though.

Best wishes for safe boating to those who choose to venture forth.

Regards,

GBC

09/23/2025

Hello Boat Club Raffle Ticket Buyers ...

Results of our Annual Raffle drawing from 9/18:

15 - Gene Vatch
14 - Andy Hurley
13 - Mark Johnson
12 - Dan Hellenbrand
11 - Terry Andrews
10 - Dalt Helt
09 - Mark & Pam Madigan
08 - Michelle Hartley
07 - Mike Keller
06 - Bob Laufenberg
05 - Mike Benes
04 - Terry Everette
03 - Joyce Zeasman
02 - Joe Wajnert
01 - Helen Richard

Congratulations to the winners of our 2025 Cash Raffle and a big Thank You to all who purchased tickets this year !!

We will be back again next year with our Raffle, Tie-Up Event, Corn Boil ... and maybe something new as well.

Next up, River Buoy Removal the 1st Saturday in October, Lake Buoy Removal during the week of October 6th, and Buoy/Equipment Clean-up & Storage Saturday October 11.

Anyone interested in helping with any of the above by volunteering to help, please reach out on this page or call/text us at 608-279-8205.

Thank you,
GBC Board

08/13/2025

The band at Anchor at Lakeside Bar & Grill is announced for this weekend after the Grade Boat Club Corn Boil event!

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PO Box 84
Lodi, WI
53555

Telephone

+16082798205

Website

https://gradeboatclub.org/

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