Grand Rapids, MI Chosen To Host 2025 World Ice Fishing Championship

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., August 26, 2024 – On February 11-16, 2025 USAngling will host the World Ice Fishing Championship (WIFC) in the Grand Rapids area on Lake Tamarack. The city is expecting to host teams from 12 different countries including Kazakhstan, Latvia, and Finland to name a few.

In 2024 the WIFC was held in Mongolia where Team USA won the silver medal with a Day Two comeback win for the first time on foreign ice. Captain Myron Gilbert who previously won a gold medal in 2010 and a bronze in 2013 stated, “Iʼm excited to be fishing close to home for the first time since 2013. Several of our team anglers are from Michigan, so itʼll be nice to compete on home ice against the best in the world. We are very excited to bring catch and release angling to the ice fishing World Championships. Conservation is important to all sportfisherman.”