Victoria Gazette - Hook Line & Sinker Column

We're looking forward to the Victoria Ice Fishing Contest on Super Bowl Sunday February 4th. Fish are always caught, sometimes big, sometimes little, and sometimes I catch a picture of them after they're weighed and before they're dropped back into the lake. I always catch pictures of some of the fishermen, and that's what counts for me.

Last month I hid the fishhook in the Minnesota River Basin on page 27. None of the cattle grazing on that bottom land even noticed it was there. But a stampede of readers found the fishhook and let me know about it. When I reached into the minnow bucket full of entries, I pulled out Faith Ann Tice of Victoria. Congratulations, Faith! Your ten dollar prize will be in the mail to you shortly.

There's another fishhook hiding in this issue of the Gazette. If you spot it and want to be included in the next drawing, email Sue@VictoriaGazette.com or drop a line to me at P.O. Box 387, Victoria, MN 55386 -- telling where you found it -- and then sinker in the mail. Easy weasy.

Maybe I'll see you on Stieger Lake. If you want me to take a picture, let me know. Hope you catch a big one.