Governor Dayton To Visit Ice Fishing Extravaganza

Organizers of the Brainerd Jaycees $150,000 Ice Fishing Extravaganza are pleased to announce that Governor Mark Dayton plans to attend the 21st annual event scheduled for next Saturday, January 22 from 12-3pm on Gull Lake’s Hole in the Day Bay. He is accompanying State Representative John Ward, a Brainerd resident and long-time supporter of the Extravaganza. Governor Dayton will be the first governor to attend the Extravaganza hailed as the world’s largest charitable ice fishing contest.

Dayton will fish the contest and talk with attendees about how to grow tourism in the Brainerd-lakes area. “He understands the importance of this event to our local organizations and our tourism industry. The residents of the Brainerd Lakes Area are looking forward to showing the governor what our area has to offer,” said Representative Ward from Brainerd.