Catfish 2023 Recap
By The Richmond Firefighter’s Relief Association
Our 2nd Annual Catfish Fest was a great success, all due to the sponsors and everyone that participated in the event. Thanks to everyone that helped with the event!
The catfish samples served by Channel Marine were excellent! Plus having the educational part of showing how to clean and prep the Catfish was a huge plus! A special thank you to Chain of Lakes Fire Dept for your support on the ice again this year!
We weighed more catfish than last year. This year we weighed 164 catfish, compared to last year we weighed-in 75 catfish. Prizes are awarded to the top 50 fish by weight. This year’s 50th place fish weighed in at 5.86lbs, the previous year’s respective weight was 2.7lbs. The first-place fish this year weighed in at 15.28lbs, last year was 9.56lbs. A lot more fish were brought in this year. Hope everyone had an exciting time fishing!!
We had more people fishing in the event this year. We sold 428 more fishing tickets than last year, for a total of 678 tickets sold this year. We had a tremendous turnout this year with people gathering at the weigh-in to sample fish, participate in the catfish cleaning, and talk with the representatives from the Sauk River Chain of Lakes Association.
These are the sponsors that helped make this such a huge success: Custom Wheel Outlet (CWO), Smart’n Construction, Promotional Resources, Firefest, Schwieters, Brinky’s Liquor, Electrical Installers, Lakes Metal Works, Sauk River Chain of Lakes Association, Main Street General, Premier Real Estate Services, Project One Construction, Toms Windshield Repair, Falcon Bank, SCHEELS, Renegade Truck Equipment INC, Gilk Plumbing and Heating & A/c LLC, Sugar Print, Midsota Painting, Sherwin-Williams, R&D Concrete, Arctic Anchor, North Kingston Repairs and Minnesota Truck Headquarters.
The Richmond Firefighter’s Relief Association wants to send out a huge Thank You to everyone that participated in the event! The proceeds from this year’s event are going towards the purchase of battery-powered auto extrication tools for the Richmond Fire Dept. Please Visit www.catfishfestonthechain.com for more information on the event.
