Canadohta Lake Ice Tourney

2021 Results:
Thank you to all who participated in our 14th annual ice fishing tournament on Canadohta Lake. It was a huge success with 226 entries. We thank everyone for participating and the friendships forged over the years. Winners and pictures, below. 

The tourney was held on Saturday, February 13, 2020. There was no tournament last year (2020) due to poor ice. Weather as partly cloudy with highs in the 20s throughout the day. Tourney ran from 7am to 5pm. Registration was $25 per person, was open to all, and was available at the bait shop Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Prizes  were awarded at 5pm for largest, legal (PA fishing rules) fish in categories of Muskie, Walleye, Northern Pike, Crappie, and Perch. See below for results. 

• Muskie 43 3/4" Prize $1000
  Jeremy Swisshelm - Hershey, PA
• Northern Pike 27 1/2" Prize $600
  Bernie Hartman - Townville, PA
• Walleye 21 1/2" Prize $400
  Pat Burgess - Union City, PA
• Crappie 10 3/4" Prize $300
  Nick Baysek - Union City, PA
• Perch 10 1/4" Prize $200
  Curtis Jackson - Corry, PA

Fishing Times: 7am-5pm

Prizes: 5pm at the boat launch

Registration Fee: $25 (included lunch on Saturday)

Lunch: Lunch was served piping hot around noon at the boat launch. Instead of the usual self-serve as in prior years, this year lunch was served to you from behind plexiglas. Guests were asked to please wear masks and physically distance at and around the lunch line and lunch area, and did a great job! Thanks for everyone doing their part.

Registration: ~226 registered at the bait shop between Thursday and Saturday at 36320 Dutch Hill Rd. Union City, PA 16438.  Customers were welcome to call Jerry 814-694-3474 with questions or to check times. Some customers registered on Saturday, and that was fine, at the bait shop. Tickets were not sold at the lake itself, nor the boat launch, but some folks couldn't make it until Saturday. They were still able to register any time Saturday (i.e., you didn't have to be registered by 7am...if you showed up at 11:45am or 1pm or 3:59pm on Saturday and wanted to register, you could--at the bait shop).

Optional 50/50 Drawing: 50/50 entry was included with the price of each ticket.  One ticket only per person, one entry only per person.  You included your name and phone number on the ticket.  Drawing was held at 5pm Prize ceremony at boat launch on Saturday.  Winner did not need to be present. 

Fishing: Absolutely no dead fish were measured or qualified for the prizes.  No fishing prior to 7am on Saturday.  Jerry was riding around checking.  Pennsylvania state law limits you to 5 fishing lines per person, and you must attend to your fishing lines at all times.  Said differently, fisherman couldn't leave their lines in Friday night (overnight) to get a head start on Saturday's tourney.  Pennsylvania Fish Commission was patrolling.  Prizes awarded for largest, legal (according to PA State fishing regulations) fish in various categories Musky, Walleye, Northern Pike, Crappie & Perch. Fishing was at your own risk.  Timberland Bait encourages catch and release fishing.  Fishing concluded at 5pm Saturday.

Bait: A large variety of live bait, tackle and other gear was available Thursday, Friday between 8am and 9pm or as of 5am Saturday morning.

Protocol: Many customers were fishing for large game fish prizes, and the instruction was to put your fish on a stringer (sold at the bait shop) and call Jerry's cell or use a walkie-talkie so he can drive over and check out / measure each fish.  

Walkie-talkie: channel 4, or call Jerry (814)-882-8369