13-year-old angler wins Brainerd ice fishing tournament

13-year-old angler wins Brainerd ice fishing tournament

Source: cbsnews

1/31/2023

13-year-old angler wins Brainerd ice fishing tournament

Credit: Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza

A 13-year-old Minnesota boy is the winner of the 33rd annual Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza.

On Saturday, the organization announced that Zac Padrnos caught a 9.45-pound walleye in the early afternoon. He was fishing in about 50 feet of water with a tungsten jib and 3-pound test line.

"He felt a hit of what he thought was a tullibee, but in the end with adrenaline running he ended up reeling in a fish of a lifetime, a walleye," the event said in a Facebook post.