Ice fishing events

[CraigP83]

Anybody going or ever been to any of these?
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Brainerd Jaycees $150,000 Ice Fishing Extravaganza
January 22, 2011

12:00 - 3:00 P.M.

Hole in the Day Bay on Gull Lake

[CraigP83]

2011 PERCH EXTRAVAGANZA   

DATE: Saturday, February 26, 2011
          8 AM to 2 PM

PLACE: Held at Nitti's Hunters Point Resort
           8 miles North of Isle



TONS OF PRIZES: Cash Prizes - Big Fish Prize $500

Food & Beverage Booths


DOOR PRIZE LIST:
Aqua-views
Fish tv's
Fish tv 7's
Strikemaster augers
Black powder rifles
Buddy heaters
Pack Shaks
Pack Shak 3's
Rip city rod combos
MP-3 players
Hand held GPS's
Vehicle GPS's
MP-4 players
Flat screen LCD TV'S
And more

Free prizes for the kids under 12


GRAND PRIZE: Ice Castle Fish House

We will have the T-Shirt shooter again & The Bikini Ice Team will be there too!!

[CraigP83]

Not much info on this one but it will be the 32nd annual.


February 18-20, 2011

[CraigP83]

February 26th, 2011

[Swede]

Been to quite a few ice fishing contests in my day, but none of the huge ones - examples of which you have provided.  A couple friends hit all these - one won $10,000 in one for 100th place finish if I remember right.  Take advantage - always a lot of great prizes and fun had by all.

[CraigP83]

ALEXANDRIA, Minn. - Thousands of anglers turned out for the 11th annual Alexandria Ice Fishing Challenge over the weekend, but the fish stayed away.

About 2,200 anglers came to Lake Agnes in Alexandria Saturday for what is billed as Minnesota's second-largest ice fishing tournament. But remarkably, no one caught a fish during the three-hour contest.

Each of the top 100 finishers were to receive at least $100 in prize money, with a top prize of $10,000 for the biggest fish caught.

Event co-chair Eddie Reif (reyef) tells KSAX-TV that the one thing organizers could not control was the fish — "unfortunately, they just didn't bite."

DNR area fisheries supervisor Dean Beck says the lake was well stocked with fish and there was a good supply of oxygen in the water, but low barometric pressure and a quick temperature rise could have kept fish from biting.

[Swede]

Wow - surprising.  Must be a first - no fish caught in ice fishing tourney.