It was great, it was my first time to eelpout. The weather cooperated for the party people, the ice was thick for the fisherman, I caught 4 eelpout!
Total eelpout caught-730 total poundage-3650lbs , furthest fisherman traveled ( from Anchorage, Alaska). I have new plans for next year on how to catch a really big one! The date for 2008 is set Feb 15-17th! I will be there pending blizzard of course!, The eelpout festival has its own website
www.poutfest.com with lots of photos of the festival and past ones. The Ice Shanty fisherman should registar as a team next year ..... there is a team competition. I missed the big Pout fish fry it was last weekend at Benson's I was trying to catch a big Gator from shore on Lake Sakakajawea in ND.