
Ontario’s Ice-Fishing Extremes
Clip: Season 1 Episode 12 | 16m 8sVideo has Closed Captions
This year’s relatively warm winter boosted ice-fishing tourism in parts of the Great Lakes
The unseasonably warm winter this year created different economic impacts from ice fishing in different Canadian communities on the Great Lakes. On Manitoulin Island, nearly 1,000 people competed for $50,000 in prizes during the annual ice fishing tournament. But just a nine-hour drive south to Lake St. Clair, most lodges haven’t been so busy. Episode 1012/Segment 1
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Ontario’s Ice-Fishing Extremes
Clip: Season 1 Episode 12 | 16m 8sVideo has Closed Captions
The unseasonably warm winter this year created different economic impacts from ice fishing in different Canadian communities on the Great Lakes. On Manitoulin Island, nearly 1,000 people competed for $50,000 in prizes during the annual ice fishing tournament. But just a nine-hour drive south to Lake St. Clair, most lodges haven’t been so busy. Episode 1012/Segment 1
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