Anglers win awards at Rudd Ice Fishing Frenzy

By Kelly Terpstra, kterpstra@charlescitypress.com

The second annual Rudd Ice Fishing Frenzy brought out almost 200 anglers to Rudd Lake this past Saturday.

Floyd County Conservation hosted the event and prizes were awarded for the biggest sized fish that was pulled out of the icy water.

Floyd County Naturalist Heidi Reams said 194 people participated and 32 fish were caught during the three-hour event. At last year’s inaugural event, 110 fishermen took to the frozen lake in an attempt to haul in the big one. There were also 32 fish caught at that ice fishing tournament in 2019.

“Even though fishing was a little slow, we heard many positive comments from the participants,” said Reams.

The Rudd Volunteer Fire Department hosted a lunch just down from Rudd Park that raised funds for the firefighters. An awards ceremony took place and prizes were handed out.

Rudd Ice Fishing Frenzy
At Rudd Lake, Saturday, February 1, 2020
Award winners
Adult
Mark Bailey – 1st place Biggest Bluegill at 8 ¾” – Prize Milwaukee
Drill
Torey Foster – 2nd place Biggest Bluegill at 8 ¾” – Prize K-Drill
Jerry Hoch – 3rd place Biggest Bluegill at 8 ¾” – Prize 2 night stay in
the Darling Cabin
*Note (Since they were all the same size it was decided by the time that
the fish was caught)
Zach Schmidt – 1st place Biggest Other species (Bass 13 1/8″) – Prize Vexilar
Fish FInder
Youth
Karter McIntire – 1st place Biggest Bluegill at 7 ½” – Prize Deluxe fishing
package
(No other youth caught bluegill)
Allen Johnson – 1st place Biggest Other species (Bass 12 ½”) – Prize
Deluxe bucket of fishing gear