Ice Fish NB

And just like that, the hardwater chapter closes...

What a season it’s been — from the excitement of the inaugural New Brunswick Ice Fishing Open to the incredible catches shared across the community. It’s been one for the books.

Now, we turn the page and set our sights on open water season!

Pictured here is an absolute beauty from our guy Jeff Rathburn - a stunning East Grand Lake burbot pulled through the ice to cap things off in style.

Bring on open water.

Angler: Jeff Rathburn
Location: East Grand Lake, NB
Rod: Custom Ice Spoon Hopper
Reel: SeVIIn GS750
Line: Yo-Zuri Superbraid 6lb

Presenting your 2026 BIG PICKLE POWER HOUR winners! Some amazing catches throughout the day. Winners took home a limited edition cap and $100 CASH!!

Big Pickle Power Hour Winners:

8-9 - Justus Van de Riet (60)
9-10 - Joas Van Oord (64)
10-11 - Dan Taylor (55)
11-12 - Jeff Rathburn (66)
12-1 - Cody Pleshka (54)
1-2 - Jean Muzzerall (61)
2-3 - Jamey Johnston (61)

Winners of the individual species categories - Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch and Fallfish.

Unfortunately we experienced some technical connectivity issues during the Awards Ceremony this past weekend but here it is...Congrats to all the winners once again...Enjoy!

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Big thanks to our sponsor Pelican Sport for providing 3x sleds as draw prizes!!! Here are the lucky winners of the Pelican Trek 52 sleds!

Still processing the hundreds of photos captured but we thought we’d start off with some of our Youth Division winners! Too cute to deny!



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As our volunteer team take today for some much needed rest (and maybe a little fishing), we wanted to send out a quick congratulations to all of our category and overall winners.

We have a ton of content coming your way over the next few weeks, photos, videos and so much more, but for today, a simple congratulations and thank you once again to everyone who participated in our first annual NB Ice Fishing Open.

Adult Division

1st Overall - Will Redmond (137)
2nd Overall - Michael Cox (126)
3rd Overall - Justus Van de Riet (121)

Longest Fall Fish - Will Redmond (39)
Longest Yellow Perch - Colton Palmer (30) (tie break was submitted first)
Longest Sunfish - Colten Taylor (21)
Longest Pickerel - Jeff Rathburn (66)

Big Pickle Power Hour Winners

8-9 - Justus Van de Riet (60)
9-10 - Joas Van Oord (64)
10-11 - Dan Taylor (55)
11-12 - Jeff Rathburn (66)
12-1 - Cody Pleshka (54)
1-2 - Jean Muzzerall (61)
2-3 - Jamey Johnston (61)

Youth Division

Longest Chain - Chloe Philippe (63)
Longest Sunfish - Jessy Everett (18) (tied w/Lucas Cox)
Longest Yellow Perch - Lucas Cox (26)
Longest Fall Fish - Austin Kang (24)

Congratulations to Will Redmond! 1st Place Champion of the 2026 Ice Fish NB Open! Will caught 4 species for a total of 137cm for the win! More details of winners to come…