Luverne’s fifth annual Get Hooked Ice Fishing Derby will be Saturday, Feb. 8, at The Lake in Luverne, and Chamber Director Jane Wildung Lanphere said plans are shaping up for another successful outing.
“I’m not real good at working with ice fishing people, and I’m not an ice fishing person, but I tell you, there are a lot of enthusiastic people and there are such generous businesses in this community,” she told Luverne City Council members at their Jan. 28 meeting.
She said organizers have over $5,000 worth of prizes to give away and $1,000 worth of cash to be awarded.
“You can be 4 years old and catch a 1-pound fish and you might get $500. It’s amazing,” Lanphere said. “We have 100 free rods and reels we’re going to give away to the kids, so it’s going to be a fun day.”
Volunteers sold out of raffle tickets for the Ice Castle icehouse, the drawing for which will be at noon. “There’s a lot of excitement about that,” Lanphere said.
Registration opens at 11:30 a.m. for the tournament from 1 to 4 p.m. Adults fish for $25 and youth for $15, with free rod, reel and tackle given to the first 100 youth.
Beaver Creek Sportsmen’s Club will again serve as official judges and the Luverne High School Trap Team will offer concessions, starting at 11 a.m.
Permanent and temporary houses are allowed, depending on conditions. See the Chamber website, www.luvernechamber.com, for details, or call 507-283-4061.