Lines are out of the water as Chapleau's 25th annual Pike Ice Fishing Derby is now in the books.
More than 700 anglers hit the ice for the one-day derby - with 28 qualifying fish caught - but the top prize of a 2023 Polaris Ranger 1000 Side-by-Side worth $30,000 went to a local.
The $15,000 second prize went to Willie Desrochers with a 4.96-pound pike brought in at the end of the day, which bumped the 4.85-pounder caught by Guy Paradis to third place, though that still earned him $10,000.