A little crowded

[OutlawBiz]

I stumbled onto these pictures of the Jaycees Ice Fishing tourney in Brainerd, MN. Supposedly 20,000 holes pre-drilled! More than 10,000 anglers participate.

My uncle is the guy with the black coat, camo bibs & orange hat in the middle.

[Lip_Ripper Guy]

Must be last year. I spy my fish house in the top left corner. Wasn't there this year.

[trapperdirk]

Yup I can see the resemblance to you . LOL

TD

[mrklean]

I went one year that was enough, seems every time its held the weather is horrible

[sptitz]

That was not this year, not enough snow in those pictures. Here's a link to some pictures of this year.

http://picasaweb.google.com/105296563596452124607/2014Pictures

[Savage Brewer]

20,000 holes drilled?

Wow.

You would think with that many holes and that much weight on top you would have water pushing up through the holes.

[rockman]

I went one year that was enough, seems every time its held the weather is horrible

This. The last time I was at this event, the high temp. that day was -13 F. Never again.

[Sherman]

So where's WALDO? Seem to have a little trouble finding him. Usually I can find him easily but not this one. . I wonder how many ice augers were used and how much gasoline they went thru?

[DLD24]

Outdoor weekly said 9500 people attended this year

[sptitz]

About 100 augers provided by StrikeMaster, 2 people to an auger. They told us we drilled 17,000 holes that day.

[Chad Holst]

...this is what happens when you go online and tell everyone where the hot bite is. Happens everytime!

yah, i heard it was brutal that day. Wind, and cold...Yikers.

Last year our guys did about 200 holes each, for our TAKO event. I dont think they could lift an ice rod for about 3 hours.

[LindellProStaf]

That is a great pic. It is amazing that they get this accomplished every year. Man that is one big undertaking... Kudos to all who take part in it and those that make it happen.