Kate's Baits Annual Ice Fishing Derby

Name: Kate's Baits Annual Ice Fishing Derby
Start: 2025-01-18T06:00:00-06:00
Location: 3916 State Road 23, Dodgeville, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53533

Schedule

Sat, 18 Jan, 2025 at 06:00 am

UTC-06:00

Location

3916 State Road 23, Dodgeville, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53533 | Dodgeville, WI

It's that time of year again!! We are gearing up for this year’s Ice Fishing Derby and we couldn't be more excited to see everyone. In this derby, you can fish any body of water, within the designated fishing times and "weighed in" by the close of the tournament. The registration fee will be $15 per adult and $5 per kid age 15 and under. All entry fees will be paid back in tournament prizes....so this derby is 100% payout AND the more people that enter.... the bigger the prizes. For both adults and kids, participants will be able to run in 1-2 person teams and we will compete in the following categories-
"Most" Panfish
(Best stringer of 10- Crappie, Bluegill, Perch measured by weight) 1st-3rd place awarded,
Largest Crappie, Largest Bluegill, Largest Perch, Largest Bass, Largest Northern and Largest Walleye
All measured by length- One prize each.

The tournament will start at 6am and run until 1pm.
The "Most" Panfish will be weighed in at Kate's Bait by 1:30PM.
The Largest of each species will be entered by taking a picture of the fish, against a ruler with the team’s tournament number in the picture clearly visible and texted to 608-574-0311 or Facebook Messenger. Pictures MUST be received by 1PM, Saturday January 18th. Contestant can bring in their largest catch to Kate’s Bait for official measuring rather than texting/messenger. The weigh in station will close at 1:30pm, Saturday January 18th. Texting or messaging the entries for the Largest species allows contestants that opportunity to submit everything they catch and not obligate them to keep something they will not eat, mount or may not be a legal length.
The weigh in station will be at Kate's Bait & Sporting Goods and will close at 1:30pm sharp! Those not weighed in by 1:30pm will not qualify for fish prizes.

Teams may pre-register for the event, but in-person registration will also open at 5am Saturday January 18th at Kate's Bait. Each Team will receive a tournament number the morning of the event.

Pre-Registered Teams will receive an email just before the start of the event containing their team number and instructions. If a team does not have access to their email, please call the shop for your number anytime Saturday January 18th AFTER 5AM 608-935-0131. Team Numbers will need to be written on an index card or paper and clearly visible in each picture submitted.

We will do a LIVE Facebook feed to announce the derby results and winners around 1:45pm January 18th on the Kate’s Bait Facebook Page. We will also post the results at Kate’s Bait. Prizes will be available for pick up during business hours any day.
Fish prizes will be trophies and cash for both the kids and adult categories.
GRAND PRIZE!! Every paid adult participant in the derby is going to be entered in a drawing for a Grand Prize....an Ion Power Auger! Every paid kid participant in the derby is going to be entered in a drawing for a Summer of FREE Ice Cream at the Kate's Bait Summer Ice Cream Parlor sponsored by (To be announced soon). No matter if you had a successful day of fishing or not, one lucky derby participant will be drawn for a "Grand" Prize. Stay tuned for more details. Or better yet, get signed up for the tournament so you don't miss out!

Every Ice Fishing season we run a HUGE Ice Raffle. We don't mess around with this one. Winner takes a complete ice fishing package- tent, auger, electronic, sled, chair, other accessories! Tickets for the raffle are separate from the derby registration and will be on sale from Mid-December until the end of the derby. Drawing will take place during our Live Derby Winner Announcements. You do not need to participate in the derby to take part in the raffle. The raffle is HUGE and is a winner takes all- A Value of Over $1500! We look forward to seeing you this year! Good Luck Angers on the Hard Water!