Cash Prizes for Ice Derby

The 19th Annual Ice Fishing Derby is set to kick off on Saturday, Feb. 11. The Derby will be held at the Fishing Access Site-The Dredge Cuts Trout Pond located on Highway 117. Registration is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. with fishing from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. The entry fee is $50 per hole or three holes for $100. Cash and prizes will be awarded at 3:30 p.m. at the Gateway. There are over 200 holes pre-drilled for the anglers.

First place is guaranteed for $2,000, with the first and largest fish of walleye, northern pike, yellow perch, carp, sucker, burbot, lake trout or bass weighing in winning prizes respectively.

You must have a current Montana fishing license to participate. A YETTI cooler is also being raffled off and will be drawn for at 4 p.m. at the Gateway Bar. Hot cocoa, coffee, hot dogs and bratwursts, onions & kraut will be for sale during the Derby.

Entry forms are available at the Glasgow Chamber office, 406-228-2222, The Fort Peck Marina, or online at http://www.glasgowchamber.net.