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Upper Red Lake is considered one of Minnesota's premier ice fishing lakes, but the ice remains thin amid higher-than-normal temperatures. The plane slid onto thin ice, and its nose broke through ...
More than 100 people were rescued from an ice floe that apparently broke free from a fishing area along the shore of Upper Red Lake in Minnesota on Friday evening, authorities said.
More than 100 people were rescued from an ice floe that apparently broke free from a fishing area along the shore of Upper Red Lake in Minnesota on Friday evening, authorities said.
Currently, the world's largest contest, the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza, is held on Gull Lake, north of Brainerd, Minnesota, in January of each year. The contest has over 15,000 anglers and drills over 20,000 holes for the contest. $152,232 in charity was raised in the 2016 contest, and donated to 41 local charities.
The lake is a popular destination for ice fishing. In the early 2022 fishing season an incident occurred, involving around 200 people laying on the ice sheet on Upper Red Lake. The ice sheet ruptured isolating them over a floating ice bank which separated by over 90 feet (27 m) from the contiguous ice. They had to be rescued. [2]
"Holes 4 Heroes is a special Ice Fishing Contest designed to honor our military, both at home and abroad." [15] The contest features a "Hole of Honor" which utilizes a live video feed so that families of deployed soldiers can ice fish for free while being video linked to a soldier. [15]
This isn’t the first time emergency responders have rescued people stranded on ice on Upper Red Lake. 35 people stranded when huge chunk of ice breaks off in Minnesota lake, rescuers say Skip to ...
A quick-thinking rescue mission by local agencies in Minnesota resulted in the saving of approximately 200 individuals who became stranded on an ice block Monday, Nov. 28. At Upper Red Lake in ...