Brainerd Ice Fishing Contest
Clip: Season 1 Episode 3 | 1m 3sVideo has Closed Captions
Each year, Gull Lake in Minnesota hosts the largest charity ice-fishing contest on Earth.
Each January, in the northern reaches of the the Mississippi River Basin, over 22,000 holes are drilled into the frozen surface of Gull Lake – through ice up to two feet thick. The following day, over 11,000 people arrive in this corner of Minnesota to take part in the largest charity ice-fishing contest in the world: the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza.
Brainerd Ice Fishing Contest
Clip: Season 1 Episode 3 | 1m 3sVideo has Closed Captions
Each January, in the northern reaches of the the Mississippi River Basin, over 22,000 holes are drilled into the frozen surface of Gull Lake – through ice up to two feet thick. The following day, over 11,000 people arrive in this corner of Minnesota to take part in the largest charity ice-fishing contest in the world: the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza.
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