The 17th annual Bite the Ice On the Hook fishing tournament was held Feb. 11, 2023, in perfect weather conditions of no wind and around 40 degrees.  593 people fished, with 71 of them kids 12 and under.  Some fishing prizes were drawn for, as there were not fish caught to fill all places.   2023 fishing photos

The 16th annual Bite the Ice On the Hook fishing tournament was held Feb. 5, 2022.  There were over 550 people fishing in good winter weather.  Of those fishing, nearly 60 were kids.

The 15th annual Bite the Ice On the Hook fishing tournament was canceled due to unsafe ice conditions.  On Feb. 13, 2021, the fishing prizes and raffle prizes were drawn for at the Van Hook boat ramp.  

The 14th annual Bite the Ice On the Hook fishing tournament was held on Feb. 1, 2020.  With a temperature over 45 degrees, a record number of people (727) fished.  There were 83 kids 12 and under.

	Bite the Ice 2020
	Fishing Prize Winners
	Walleye	Inches
1st	Bill Hale Jr.	26.00
2nd	Jason Sessing	23.00
3rd	Patrick Dockter	23.00
4th	Kevin Ellvanger	22.50
5th	Lucas Bruns	20.75
	Perch
1st	Parker Baker	10.75
2nd	Stetson Myers	10.50
3rd	Aaron Neubauer	10.25
4th	Justin Baker	10.25
5th	Mike Julson	10.00
6th	Dyllan Nygaard	10.00
7th	Rich Langham	10.00
8th	Steve Hendershot	10.00
9th	Rachel Borgschatz	9.75
10th	Gordon Martin	9.75
	Northern
1st	Jim Lee	37.75
2nd	Russell Atagi	36.25
3rd	Matt Meyer	35.50
4th	Coy Smith	32.50
5th	Eric Thuner	29.75
	Fishing Kids' Raffle Winners
	$100 Scheels gift cards
	Mitchell Mathern
	Jerzi Hvinden

 The 13th annual Bite the Ice On the Hook fishing tournament was held on Feb. 2, 2019.  There were over 580 people fishing, with 48 of them younger than 12 years old.

     




The 12th annual Bite the Ice On the Hook fishing tournament was held Feb. 3, 2018.  The temperature was around 0 degrees, and there was light snow part of the time.  This did not deter people from coming out to fish, as there were 662 people fishing, with 72 of them being kids 12 and younger.

2017 Bite the Ice on the Hook Ice Fishing Tournament

      The 11th annual tournament was held Saturday, February 4.

                              Fishing winners

Walleye
1st     Craig Hensworth      23.25"
2nd    Carrie Sessing         20.50"
3rd     Jessica Pruitt           19.25"
4th     Deryk Ramsdel         16.25"
5th     Zach Mehl                  15.75"

Perch
1st      Shannon Sessing     10.25"
2nd     Caleb Fowler               9.25"
3rd      Kaleb Gray                  9.25"
4th      Pete Hale                     9.00"
5th      Dustin Stammen         9.00"
6th      Zach Renaud               8.75"
7th      Cole Hysjulien             8.75"
8th      Lyall Krueger               8.75"
9th      David Seaman             8.75"
10th    Kelly Rodgers             8.75"

Northern
1st      Todd Gullickson           34.25"
2nd     Stephen Kolobakken   30.00"
3rd      Kevin Cales                  29.75"
4th      Trina Howell                 29.75"
5th      Reba Alkire                   28.25"

Kids' Fishing $50.00 winners
Wyatt Peach
Kaylee Gray
Bridger Kasowski
Logan Christianson

Junk bucket winners
Andrew Keller
Lucas Bruins
Mike Deserly
David Seaman




            2016 Bite the Ice on the Hook Ice Fishing Tournament 

    The 10th annual tournament was held Saturday, February 6.   644 people fished.  75 of them were kids 12 and under.  For more photos, click here.

2016 Raffle Winners

Arctic Cat UTV—Kenny Bergan

Alumalite Fish House—Michael Woessner

Honda Generator—Randy Froshaug

Honda Generator—Marcos Zendejas

ION Ice Auger—Matthew Gilbertson

Jiffy 10” Ice Auger—Kyle McIntyre

Jason Mitchell Ice House—Lori Johnson                         

Vexilar FL-28—Landon Miller

Strikemaster CL-285 Auger—Chris Barone

Strikemaster CL-285 Auger—Jess McIntyre

Sportsman Case—Danny Littlefield

Sportsman Case—Mark Campbell

Lowrance 5 Graph—Hollis Blake

Aquavue 715C—Tara Clayton

Vexilar FL8—Jose Zendejas

Hummingbird Helix 5—Mike Zinke

Minnkota Onboard Charger—Jason Barstad

Vexilar FL8—Tanner Johnson

Garmin Nuvi 55—Colleen Reese

Quantum EX25 Reel—Justina Marsh

Rapala Fillet Knife—Josh Gladback

Stradic 1000 Reel—Sammi Cleland

Marcum Depth Finder—Kennedi Fladeland

Garmin eTrex—Brad Qvale

Garmin Nuvi 55—Lori Sayler

Rapala Fillet Knife—Dave Diffely

Garmin Nuvi 55—Darin Johnson

Stradic 1000 Reel—Ted Kaler

Garmin eTrex—Karen Huber

Scheel’s Inflatable Vest—Luke Schwan

Yeti Soft Cooler—Alayna Geiger

XL Ice Armor Bibs—Matt Gillis

XL Ice Armor Bibs-Kerri Wilson

Vexilar Fish Phone—Rick Folden

Scheel’s Inflatable Vest—KK Simoneau

Vexilar Fish Scout 800—Heather Braaflat

Yeti 35 Cooler—Clint Johnson

Smoke Hollow Smoker—James Vaagen

Vexilar FL-20—Daniel Melaas

Double Fish Fryer—Kooper Snyder

Double Fish Fryer—Dylan Stammen

Double Fish Fryer—Richard Bolkan

Scheel’s Owen Fishing Pole—Bella Johnson

Scheel’s Owen Fishing Pole—Candice Asmundson

Gear Wrenches—Brittney Johnson

Frabill Rod Saver & Bucket—Wayne Schatz

$250 United Prairie Co-op Gift Cards—Becky Johnson

$250 United Prairie Co-op Gift Cards—Levi Hendershot

$250 Scheel’s Bismarck Gift Cards—Edward Matthews

1 Night Stay & Meal Voucher-Teddy’s Residential Inn, Little Missouri Inn—Lon Willer

1 Night Stay & Meal Voucher-Teddy’s Residential Inn, Little Missouri Inn—Mike Ness

1 Night Stay & Meal Voucher-Teddy’s Residential Inn, Little Missouri Inn—Mike Tveter

$100 Gift Card-Teddy’s Residential Inn, Little Missouri Inn—Richard Omar

$100 Gift Card-Teddy’s Residential Inn, Little Missouri Inn—Kathy Northrop

1 Night Stay Van Hook Territorial Inn—Ryan Holter

1 Night Stay Van Hook Territorial Inn—Jordan Braaflat

2016 Fishing Winners

Walleye

1^st—Dane Horricks

2^nd—Zach Melaas

3^rd—James Hennessy

4^th—Dustin Stammen

5^th—Jason Hovda

Perch

1^st—Ken Hough

2^nd—Shawn Johnston

3^rd—Lynn Harris

4^th—Troy Zablotney

5^th—Zach Renaud

6^th—John Burgett

7^th—David Baluski

8^th—Kari Short

9^th—Tim Gray

10^th—Randy Abrahamson

Northern

1^st—Lonny Mathern

2^nd—Dalton Walsh

3^rd—Darwin Van Dyke

4^th—Tristan Walsh

5^th—Dean Bear

2015

The 9th annual tournament was held February 7, 2015.  In beautiful winter weather, there were 649 people fishing, including 84 kids 12 and under.  The number of fish caught was: 8 walleyes, 19 Northerns, and 46 measurable perch.  Also caught were 83 junk fish and many perch too small to measure. 

2015 Bite the Ice Raffle Winners

Arctic Cat UTV—Dale Estvold

Enclosed Trailer—Gary Petersen

Honda Generator—Scott Larson

Honda Generator—Ricky Marino

Otter Portable Ice Cottage—Zac Bryn

Eskimo Pop Up Portable Ice House—Jason Sessing

Propane Ice Auger, extra blades—Ben Hynek

Propane Ice Auger—Jonny Nichols

Propane Ice Auger—Ken Roark

Propane Ice Auger—Darryl Sayler                                 

Vexilar FL-18—Dave Johnson

Vexilar FL-18—Jess McIntyre

Vexilar FL-18—Krista Littlefield

Monarch Binoculars—Chad Hysjulien

$250 United Prairie Co-op Gift Cards—Quentin Schumacher

$250 United Prairie Co-op Gift Cards—Jayden Harstad

$200 Scheel’s Gift Cards—Chase Latendresse

Vexilar Fish Phone—Tobin Jaeger

Vexilar Fish Phone—Linda Miller

Fox Pro Wildfire Call—Dave Fransen                                

Fox Pro Wildfire Call—Josh Johnson

Electric Knife Sharpener—Eric Aubol

Rod / Reel Combo—Mike Wills

Rod / Reel Combo—Rick Reisenauer

Rod / Reel Combo—Derek Johnson

Otter Sportsman Case—Sara Hawkinson

Otter Sportsman Case—James Koenig

Otter Sportsman Case—Dani Sandstrom

Gear Wrenches (NAPA)—Lucas Hawkinson

1 Night Stay-Little Missouri Inn—Easton Locken

1 Night Stay-Teddy’s Residential Suites—Charles Brierly

1 Night Stay-Little Missouri Inn—Jeff Bangen

1 Night Stay-Teddy’s Residential Suites—Jim Enge

$100 Cash—Dexter Two Crow

2015 Bite the Ice Fishing Winners

Walleye

1^st—Kelly Wittmayer  20.25”

2^nd—Caden O’Brien  19.5”

3^rd—Ted Kaylor  18.75”

4^th—Tim Johnson  18.75”

5^th—Julie Kurtz  18”

Perch

1^st—Rachel Fisher  10.75”

2^nd—Kevin Overlie  9.75”

3^rd—Jeremy Puhr  9.75”

4^th—Tallon Mehlhoff   9.75”

5^th—Bill Heines   9.75”

6^th—Darrell Salter  9.5”

7^th—Aaron Salter  9.5”

8^th—Eric Aubol  9.25”

9^th—Dave Diffely  9.25”

10^th—Derrick Erie  9.25”

Northern

1^st—Lucas Ryan  38”

2^nd—Joseph Davis  33.5”

3^rd—Dalton Walsh  33”

4^th—John Zaff  30.5”

5^th—Jason Ackerman  30”

Junk bucket—83 fish

$100 Parshall Bucks—Laura Lang

$100 New Town Bucks—Jake Heilman

For more photos, courtesy of Jerry Kram, click the link below.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jerryk/sets/72157648447510344/

                                                       2014

The 8th annual tournament was held February 1, 2014.  There were 520 people fishing, including 55 kids 12 and under.  There were 62 fish caught: 21 Northerns, 10 walleyes, 30 perch and 1 catfish.

2014 Bite the Ice Raffle Winners

Arctic Cat UTV—Hope Froshaug

Utility trailer—Ryan Holt

Honda generator—Troy Pank

Honda generator—Jace Haddeland

TV—Jim Huus

Ice auger—Red Schlosser

Myers’ Meat packages—Rene Johnson

                                         Pat Beechie

                                         Nathan Leier

Kwik Start boosters—Kyle Jessen

                                    Missy Scheresky

                                    Enslee Campbell

Booster pack—Ernie Boser

Dewalt drill—Dave Brown

Mr. Buddy heater—Doug Nelson

Gear wrenches and fishing scale—Rod Buri

Myers Meat $100 gift certificate—Dave Parizek

$50 United Prairie Cooperative cards—Luke Fosburgh

                                                                L Des Roches

                                                                Toni Smith

                                                                 Dan Johnson

                                                                 Dustin Hoff

                                                                 Richard Whitetail

                                                                 Troy Johnson

                                                                  Gwen Schumacher

                                                                  Penny Estvold

                                                                  Garrett Bailey

$50 New Town Bucks—Gary Lindley

                                         Chuck Anderson

                                         Kevin Fjeldahl

                                         Jerome Dancing Bull

                                         Mike Wills

                                         Jud Anderson

$60 Parshall Bucks—Kelly Johnson

$50 Parshall Bucks—Brady Baker

                                   John Sundeen

                                   Ben Nordloef

                                   Nelson Dorval

                                   Greg Simonson

Pioneer Drilling jacket—Justin Potter

Pioneer Drilling sweatshirts—Tyler Hawkinson

                                                 Cory Vorderbruggen

Fishing raffle  $100 cash—Jaxon Zimmerman

2014 Bite the Ice Fishing Winners

Walleye

1^st—Jason Gildea  23.75”

2^nd—Jess Parizek

3^rd—Jordan Vance

4^th—Nick Baker

5^th—Aaron Salter

Perch

1^st—Liz Baird  9”

2^nd—Steve Hendershot

3^rd—Matt Gillis

4^th—Shaylynn Bush

5^th—Scott Mortenson

6^th—Josh Johnson

7^th—Ernie Boser

8^th—Mike Woessner

9^th—Rachel Fisher

10^th—Alex Engstrom

Northern

1^st—Dalton Walsh   36.5”

2^nd—Ed Zuck

3^rd—Dean Pennington

4^th—Rick Spletstoser

5^th—Mike Deserly

Junk bucket—1 catfish

Joe Schwan

                                       2013
The 2013 Tournament was held February 2, 2013. 496 people fished, including 60 kids.  Due to blizzard conditions, the raffle prizes were drawn for at Parshall City Hall at 7:00 pm on Friday, February 8, 2013.  All of the fishing prizes were filled by fish caught.  
 
                     2013 Bite the Ice Raffle Winners

HDX Arctic Cat UTV--Heather Atwood
8 1/2' X 14' trailer--Mason Nelson
Honda generator--Tim Walters
Honda generator--John Sundeen
46" Toshiba TV--Randy Hansen
Propane ice auger--Michelle Liebelt
$50 Myers Meat package--Boyd Anderson
$50 Myers Meat package--Randy Froshaug
$50 Myers Meat package--Brenda Kok
$100 Myers Meat certificate-Tammy Janz
Food saver--Kyle Christianson
$100 United Prairie Co-op card--Lindsay Roggenbuck
$100 United Prairie Co-op card--Shawn McLaughlin
$100 United Prairie Co-op card--Perry Ackerman
$100 United Prairie Co-op card--Curt Broe
$100 United Prairie Co-op card--Cal Sorenson
$50 Cenex gift card--Guy Stevens
$50 Cenex gift card--Torinna Sessing
$50 Cenex gift card--Becky Wold
$50 Cenex gift card--Greg Stilson
$50 Visa gift card (Lakeside Insurance)--Farrah Hystad
$50 Visa gift card (Lakeside Insurance)--Scott Torgerson
$100 New Town Bucks (NT Chamber)--Joani Tucker
$100 Parshall Bucks (Parshall Promoters)--Jess McIntyre
$100 New Town Bucks--Terry Dutchak
$100 New Town Bucks--Greg Stilson
$100 New Town Bucks--Richard Danks
$50 New Town Bucks--Tobin Jaeger
$50 New Town Bucks--Raymond Hansen
$50 New Town Bucks--Brady Baker
$50 New Town Bucks--Mike Budeau
$100 Parshall Bucks--Bill Klug
$100 Parshall Bucks--Mark Lee
$100 Parshall Bucks--Patrick Dubois
$50 Parshall Bucks--Tom Podolski
$50 Parshall Bucks--Bonnie Sjol
$50 Parshall Bucks--Brooke Meyer
$50 Parshall Bucks--Nathan Lahtinen
Gear wrenches--Wyatt Janz
Vice grips (NAPA)--Hunter Johnson
Booster pack--Dennis Steen
Cenex booster pack--Leonard Keller
Power inverter--Shantell Brekhus
Dewalt drill-Terry Reese
Styrofoam fishing bucket--Monte Brekhus
Plastic fishing bucket--Levi Jacobson
Plastic fishing bucket--Debby Rasmusson

                                         2013 Fishing Prizes

Walleye
1st--Kevin Overlie  26.75"
2nd--Dave Franzen  23"
3rd--Ron Engeberg  22.25"
4th--Johann Trana  18.5"
5th--Pete Johnston  18.25"

Perch
1st--Terry Englehard  11.25"
2nd--Tanner Johnson  10.5"
3rd--Logan Geiger  10.25"
4th--Blair Hynek  10.25"
5th--Ron Bonsall 10"
6th--Tom Giffey  9.5"
7th--Ty Mahoney  9.25"
8th--Paul Simonson  9"
9th--Steve Bonsall  9"
10th--Dean Geiger  9"

Northern
1st--Braydon Fosberg 32.5"
2nd--Glenn Olson  31"
3rd--Karen Wangerud  30.75"
4th--Jacob Van Hook  30.5"
5th--Pete Johnson 30.25"

 New Town Chamber and the Parshall Promoters are proud to sponsor the annual Bite the Ice on the Hook Ice Fishing Tournament and Raffle. The 6th annual tournament was held on the Van Hook Arm just east of New Town on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012.  It was our most successful tournament to date, with over 60 fish caught.  There were 468 people fishing, including 47 kids.
 

2012 Bite the Ice Raffle Winners

Arctic Cat 4 wheeler—Payton Two Crow

Utility trailer—Brady Huus

Honda generator—Dave Diffely

TV—Jerry Lyon

Ice auger—Gary Delorme

Big Buddy heater—Audrey Staples

Myers’ Meat package—Jeff Burgett

$100 New Town Bucks—Brandon Steele

$100 United Prairie Cooperative card—Pat Staples Jr

$100 United Prairie Cooperative card—Ingeri Leuthold

$100 United Prairie Cooperative card—Shanna Zaste

$100 United Prairie Cooperative card—Jimmy Jeske

$100 United Prairie Cooperative card—Dustin Aman

Coleman fuel stove—Brax Johnson

Portable Buddy heater—Josh Uran

$50 Myers’ Meat —Roger Heinrich

$100 Parshall Bucks—Bob Lervik

Dewalt drill—Jordan Mickleson

$75 Scenic gift certificate—Mike Budeau

Booster Pac—Bryan Wald

Portable Buddy heater—William George

$100 Myers’ Meat —Mike Budeau

$50 New Town Bucks—Todd Trangsrud

$50 Parshall Bucks—Jimmy Jeske

Myers’ Meat package—Brad Reese

$75 Scenic gift certificate—Jess McIntyre

$50 Parshall Bucks—Jerry Melby

$50 New Town Bucks—DuWayne Fox

Myers Meat package—Johann Trana

$50 New Town Bucks—Mark Zaun

$50 Parshall Bucks—Nicholas Baker

Myers Meat package—Pete Johnson

Tow rope—Vern Boser

Camping cot-Val Eide

$50 Van Hook gift certificate—Lori Johnson

Van Hook mug, fishing stuff—Leslie Nelson

Van Hook pullover—Elmer Miller

Van Hook pullover—Nick Boehm

Bait bucket, fishing stuff—Brent Anderson

$50 Van Hook gift certificate-Sara Hawkinson

Van Hook pullover—Lynn Moe

Loaded tackle box—Coltin Horob

Gear wrenches—Jason Gildea

Van Hook pullover—Don Heinze

Gear wrenches—Jamie Reese

2012 Bite the Ice Fishing Winners

Walleye

1^st—Brad Nesheim

2^nd—Dan Sluke

3^rd—Mike Ryan

4^th—Mike Trudeau  (drawn for)

5^th—Ken Miller  (drawn for)

Perch

1^st—Dave Johnson

2^nd—Bryce Lynne

3^rd—Zach Bryn

4^th—Billy Campbell

5^th—Derek Johnson

6^th—Dustin Stammen

7^th—Craig Fricke

8^th—Reid Ryan

9^th—Sayid Omar

10^th—Zoe Fox

Northern

1^st—Brandon Lindley

2^nd—Cookie Zuck

3^rd—Marv Kranz

Junk bucket (winners drawn for)

Corey Nordquist

Jerimiah Trana

Jaymlin Gustafson

Michael Woessner

2011 Fishing Winners 

1st place walleye-drawn for--Lindsey Hillman  $500

2nd place walleye-drawn for--Rick Folden  $300

3rd place walleye-drawn for--Kevin Janz  $200
4th place walleye-drawn for--DuWayne Fox  $150
5th place walleye-drawn for--Andrew Ronningen  $100