NISSWA — It Might be A the placeas earlier than the grand prize truck from this yr’s Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza sees many miles.
That’s as a Outcome of its winner is simply 13 yrs previous.
Hutchinson teen Zac Padrnos took house The very biggest prize On the Thirty third annual ice fishing event Saturday, Jan. 28, reeling in a 9.45-pound walleye on Gull Lake’s Hole-in-the-Day Bay. Padrnos’ fish was shut toly 4 kilos hugeger than the second place 5.67-pound walleye, caught by John Kennedy, who Might be seen working to the weigh-in tent Collectively with his catch simply after 2:30 p.m.
John Kennedy runs to the weigh-in tent On the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, Collectively with his 5.67-pound walleye. Kennedy’s walleye acquired here in second place Saturday.
Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
The one phrase Padrnos Desipurple to Clarify his win was “superior.”
“I used to be fishing in about 55 ft of water, And that i had a Tungsten Jig on, so I used to be considering it was like a tullibee or one factor as a Outcome of I had a wax worm on with 2 pound look at line,” Padrnos said, recounting his worthwhile catch after the event. “So I simply pulled As a lot Because it, And that i started jigging it in entrance of it, and it bit it and as quickly as I set the hook it simply started pulling the drag, so I knew it was pretty huge.”
This yr’s event wSince the second for Padrnos However The primary time he caught a fish. With The selection between a Chevrolet and a Ford pickup truck as his grand prize, Padrnos proudly proclaimed he would take the Ford.
However What Goes to happen to the truck over The subsequent three yrs till The teenager can get his driver’s license is anyone’s guess.
“I’ve no clue,” Padrnos said. “… We’ll Want to decide that out later.”
1/63: John Kennedy hpreviouss up his 5.67-pound walleye On the weigh-in tent duringthe Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake. Kennedy’s walleye acquired here in second place.
2/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
3/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
4/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
5/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
6/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
7/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
8/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
9/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
10/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
11/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
12/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
13/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
14/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
15/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
16/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
17/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
18/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
19/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
20/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
21/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
22/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
23/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
24/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
25/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
26/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
27/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
28/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
29/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
30/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
31/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
32/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
33/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
34/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
35/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
36/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
37/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
38/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
39/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
40/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
41/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
42/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
43/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
44/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
45/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
46/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
47/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
48/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
49/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
50/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
51/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
52/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
53/63: Tammy Lundstrom, left, dances with fellow anglers Lily Voss, Morgan Voss and Larry Swiers, To primarytain warmth By way of the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake. Temperatures have been Inside The solely digits Saturday afternoon.
54/63: Anglers Tammy Lundstrom, Lily Voss, Morgan Voss and Larry Swiers, dance To primarytain warmth By way of the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake. Temperatures have been Inside The solely digits Saturday afternoon.
55/63: People Take A look at the chief board By way of the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
56/63: John Kennedy runs to the weigh-in tent On the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, Collectively with his 5.67-pound walleye. Kennedy’s walleye acquired here in second place Saturday.
57/63: Volunteers weighing fish Take A look at a 5.67-pound walleye On the weigh-in tent By way of the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake. The fish, caught by John Kennedy, acquired here in second place.
58/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
59/63: Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
60/63: Zac Padrnos talks with reporters about worthwhile the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza with a 9.45-pound walleye Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
61/63: Zac Padrnos walks As a lot Since the stage after being introduced the winner of the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza with a 9.45-pound walleye Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
62/63: Zac Padrnos, left, will get on stage To Converse about worthwhile the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza with a 9.45-pound walleye Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
63/63: Zac Padrnos talks about worthwhile the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza with a 9.45-pound walleye Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
Temperatures hovepurple Inside The solely digits as shut toly 12,000 anglers from All through the place Inside the world — together with Ny, California, Arizona, Tennessee and even France and Australia — took to the ice for the charitable fishing conlook at, which advantages numerous nonprofit organizations.
There’s so Many individuals. It’s nice — having A great time, making an try To primarytain warmth.
Blair McKibbon
That facet is why Larry Swiers trekked from Wabun for his first event. As a member of the Detroit Lakes Elks Membership, he was Thinking about supporting Camp Confidence, which Is Amongst The numerous organizations receiving donations from The rivals. The vanity Studying Center is An outdoors instructional facility for Individuals with cognitive and developmental disabilities.
While Swiers was having fun with his semi-frozen drink that had Turned a slushie, fellow angler Tammy Lundstrom said all she had caught that afternoon was A chilly. However The two have been nonetheless having fun with their first expertise On the event, taking A quick break shut to The prime to warmth up with an impromptu dance session with these On The subsequent hole.
Tammy Lundstrom, left, dances with fellow anglers Lily Voss, Morgan Voss and Larry Swiers, To primarytain warmth By way of the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake. Temperatures have been Inside The solely digits Saturday afternoon.
Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
Twin sisters Lily and Morgan Voss have been jiving to “Fishing In the lifeless of Evening time” over the loudspeakers, taking in All of the event Desipurple to current For his or her first Outing as properly. The two drove from Watertown, South Dakota, with their dad, who acquired here to the event earlier than and decided to convey his daughters this time round.
Throughout the ice stood a tall flagpole with not solely American flags waving, However in addition An monumental pink Care Bear. Down under, father/son duo Keith and Blair McKibbon, Sporting matching purple snowsuits, performed a recreation of beanbags. Keith McKibbon donned bull horns on his hat, making him a “purple bull.”
Blair McKibbon, left, And pop Keith McKibbon stand beneath their pole On the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, on Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake. The two said the Care Bear was meant to Set off them to their hole In the event that they acquired misplaced.
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Blair McKibbon wSince there for his third event after shifting to the Brainerd space from Duluth A pair of yrs in the past, the placeas his dad drove down from Esko.
“Why not?” Blair McKibbon said of The Choice to return to the event. “There’s so Many individuals. It’s nice — having A great time, making an try To primarytain warmth.”
The Care Bear on their flag pole was designed To assist them discover The biggest Method to their hole if ever they acquired misplaced, However it was additionally useful as a dialog starter with completely different anglers.
Anglers compete Inside the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake.
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Not Distant was Travis Dickson, experiencing the event for The primary time with A gaggle of pals. Dickson moved to Merrifield three yrs in the past from Kentucky and said he was nonetheless “learning the Minnesota methods” as he acclimated himself to the chilly, snowy winters. While he hadn’t had any luck catching fish about midway through The rivals, he was utterly having fun with The Fantastic factor Regarding the frozen lake.
Close by have been Brainerd residents Dan and Jen Petrie, standing out from The gang in matching purple, white and blue American flag snowsuits. On the ice for the Twelfth time, The two said spending time Inside The outdoors with their househprevious stored them coming again Yearly, as did The good And cozy climate, they joked.
Dan and Jen Petrie pose for a shot Inside their matching snowsuits By way of the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, on Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake. The two Brainerd residents are have been going to the rivals for about 12 yrs.
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While A lot of the state Might have been frigid Saturday, Jerry Johannsen said it was “A particular chilly” than in Mankato, the place he traveled from for the event. He and good friend Jack McGregor said they have been in it for the “lovely” climate and the rivals, although nboth had caught somefactor besides maybe a runny nostril.
Native brcompletely differents Jim and Greg Harpreviousson have beenn’t having a lot luck on The subsequent hole over both, but nonetheless they stored coming again yr after yr to get together with Family and pals. And regardless of Saturday’s chill temperatures, they said the climate has been a lot worse in yrs previous.
Elsethe place Amongst The numerous 14,300 holes on the ice, conlook at veteran Larry Kidd — who boasted attendance In any respect 33 events — stood with a boisterous group together with son Jeremy Kidd and pals Scottie Nin the pastrski, Tyler Meyer and Dane Carlson. Nin the pastrski, hailing from Truman, was at his Seventeenth conlook at, bummed that his 0.35-pound perch had simply fallen off the chiefboard.
Volunteers weighing fish Take A look at a 5.67-pound walleye On the weigh-in tent By way of the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake. The fish, caught by John Kennedy, acquired here in second place.
Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
The group recounted reminiscences of events previous, as Meyer recalled falling on the ice with a bucket of minnows final yr, spilling minnows everythe place, and Nin the pastrski launched up the time he virtually misplaced his boot after stepping in a hole.
Almost 25,000 volunteer hours went into the 2023 event, and the Jaycees are already planning for No. 34, which Is A few week later than ordinary on Feb. 3, 2024.
Since the event’s inception in 1991, the Brainerd Jaycees have raised over $4.3 million for Greater than 75 charities. Camp Confidence is The Most very important beneficiary.
For An inventory of 2023 event winners, go to
icefishing.org/chiefboard/
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