Last word on Brainerd ice fishing contest

You may have caught John Cross' column in Sunday's print edition of the newspaper or online. If you missed it, he had a chance to talk with Curt Yess of Waseca. 

Yess won this year's top prize (a GMC truck) at the Brainerd Jaycees $150,000 Ice Fishing Extravaganza.

But other area anglers also fared well at the annual contest. I think it is important to note that some of these catches, like the .68 pound rock bass caught by Roxanne Weingartz of Mankato, produced some pretty quality prizes.

Area anglers who placed and the prizes they won:

1. Winners Choice-2010 Ford or GMC truck
Curtis Yess/Waseca
6.26 walleye

8. $250 Mills Fleet Farm Gift Card
Nicholas Borgnann /Arlington
2.37 walleye

19. Strikemaster Auger
Mike Wolf/Mankato
1.86 walleye

26. Clam Fish Trap Kodiak
Lisa, Schultz/St. Peter,
1.30 rock bass

62. Strikemaster Auger
David, Armstrong/New Ulm
0.78 rock bass

68. Humminbird 385ci Portable
Kristi  Johnson/Montgomery
0.77 Perch

83. $250 Mills Fleet Farm Gift Card
Kristi Myers/Owatonna
0.74 walleye

108. $250 Mills Fleet Farm Gift Card
Wyman Forbrook/Lake Crystal
0.69 walleye

113. Humminbird 385ci Portable
Roxanne Weingartz/Mankato
0.68 rock bass

114. Clam Fish Trap Kenai
Dean Rowe/New Richland
0.68 Perch

147. $250 Lindy Shopping Spree
Jeffrey Strand/Mankato
0.64 Perch