The Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza has been host to several local, regional, national, and international media outlets. We’re always looking to welcome and host new media outlets and give them an outstanding on-ice experience. We’d love to have you! Please fill out our Media Inquiry Form and we’ll be in touch.

• 13-year-old catches pb walleye to win largest ice fishing tournament in the world In-Fisherman
• Largest charitable ice fishing contest on earth begins on Gull Lake Kare 11
• Middle schoolers win big: One gets $10,000, another wins prize he can’t use yet Star Tribune
• The sport of ice fishing is being transformed by technology The Economist
• Hot dogs, Schnapps, and live minnow shots: Grub from the world’s biggest ice fishing tournament Outdoor Life
• Anglers gearing up for 33rd Annual Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza Lakeland Public Television
• Ice Fishing Extravaganza i a go Brainerd Dispatch
• Frigid weather in store for Ice Fishing Extravaganza Brainerd Dispatch

• 9.15 lb northern pike wins 2022 Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza Brainerd Dispatch
• Northwoods Adventure: 2022 Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza Lakeland Public Television

• Ice fishing tournament on Gull Lake pivots during pandemic Kare 11
• COVID-19 takes a toll on Minnesota ice fishing contests Star Tribune 

• Minnesota ice fishing contests adapt amid pandemic MPR News

• Ice fishing event expects enormous crowd Men’s Journal

• This is what the Super Bowl of ice fishing looks like Vice
• Minnesota hosts world’s largest ice fishing tournament with $150K in prizes ABC News
• Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza Sports Illustrated

• The Daytona 500 of Ice Fishing Outside Magazine

• Minnesota’s ice fishing extravaganza CBS News
• Nearly 10,000 people ice fish for charity National Geographic