CHETEK, Wis. (WJMC) — A chance to win prizes on and off the ice is coming to Chetek this weekend.
The Chetek Firefighters 31st annual adults and kids ice fishing contest takes place on Saturday from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. There will be prizes for the largest fish by weight in several categories for adults and kids. And you don’t even need to fish to win, says one of the event organizers, Travis Swillo.
“We’re also going to have a big cash raffle prizes so we have a $5,000 cash for the grand prize for the raffle then it goes down to 3,000 and I think it goes down to Fourth price also along with that we also have door prizes that are announced every half hour and we’ve been have categories for kids so every kid that gets finished but there’s also other,” Swillo said.
You don’t need to be present to win the raffles. Funds raised benefit the fire department.
For more info search for “Chetek area volunteer firefighters” on Facebook.