Today, the "Largest Ice Fishing Contest in the World" is being held.

[Cabin Fever]

Over $150,000 in prizes. Grand prize is a brand new 4x4 full size pickup. Other prizes include 4x4 ATVs, Ice Castle fish house, many $250 cash prizes, 150 prizes in all. The contest runs for 3 hours on a lake about 20 minutes from where we live. There were sometime like 20,000 ice holes drilled on the lake last night.

 

[montanabill]

We have ice fishing contests in montana as well......the winner gets to buy the first round at the nearby bar.......

 

[Tim Horton]

I suspect ice is thick enough for portable houses, but not maybe permanent ice houses and vehicles here..

Trivia...
A number of years ago they had an big ice fishing contest on Lake Winnebago Wisconsin.. They roped off an area of the lake as a ...parking area.. for all the vehicles on the ice.. Before the day was over a dozen or more vehicles went through the ice where they were a concentrated group..

 

[Peanut]

How is this possible with all the global warming I keep hearing about?

On a serious note... where's Ann Margaret? She there?

 

[Cabin Fever]

In Minnesota, we move entire buildings across frozen lakes.

 

[Weedygarden]

In Minnesota, we move entire buildings across frozen lakes.

Many years ago I heard about this. Someone had a nice house built and was going to move it to an island. But they never made it to the island. The ice broke and they lost the house.

Where is the ice fishing contest?

 

[Mountain trapper]

I never understood fishing contests, or fishing around crowds. When I go fishing it's for food, and I don't want to see another person around.

 

[Cabin Fever]

Many years ago I heard about this. Someone had a nice house built and was going to move it to an island. But they never made it to the island. The ice broke and they lost the house.

Where is the ice fishing contest?

The icefishing contest is held every year on Gull Lake near Nisswa, MN.

 

[Cabin Fever]

I never understood fishing contests, or fishing around crowds. When I go fishing it's for food, and I don't want to see another person around.

On many lakes, the most fishermen and ice shanties are located above fishing hot spots.