Published by admin on Mon, 02/20/2023 - 2:00pm
The 2023 Wisconsin Interscholastic Fishing Association State Tournament was canceled after a survey of the ice on Shawano Lake showed unsafe conditions.
WIFA President Ted Bonde said that due to spots of thin ice, the decision was made to cancel the event to avoid a dangerous situation for the competitors.
“We were walking on the lake, and you can see a spot of 1 inch of ice and it is wide open underneath where a shack had been,” said Bonde. “If we had gotten any snow up here at all, it would have been horrible.”