Libby's Siefke wins Halfway House pike derby
Libby’s Johnny Siefke shows off the big 18-pound, 9-ounce northern pike, he caught Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, on Bull Lake during the Halfway House Bar and Grill Ice Fishing Derby. (Scott Shindledecker/The Western News)
Libby's Drew Munro shows off the 17 pound, four ounce northern pike he caught in Bull Lake last weekend during the Halfway House Bar and Grill's Ice Fishing Derby. (Courtesy photo)
Libby's Vic Crace shows off a 7-pound, 6-ounce northern pike he hauled in Saturday during the Halfway House Bar and Grill Ice Fishing Derby. (Scott Shindledecker/The Western News)
Trout Creek anglers Phil Salvatore, left, and Jessy Hill definitely enjoyed the quiet on Bull Lake, but hoped for the fishing action to pick up Sunday during the Halfway House Bar and Grill Ice Fishing Derby. Hill did land a 5-pound, 9-ounce northern Saturday. (Scott Shindledecker/The Western News)
One local angler indicated his preference for northern pike on his license plate of his rig parked at Bull Lake during the Halfway House Bar and Grill Ice Fishing Derby. (Scott Shindledecker/The Western News)
Ice fishing huts and ATVs dot the icy surface on Bull Lake Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, during the Halfway House Bar and Grill Ice Fishing Derby. (Scott Shindledecker/The Western News)
The quiet out on the ice of Bull Lake was a substantial contrast to the yells of excitement when a large northern pike was weighed last weekend at the Halfway House Bar and Grill.
But the establishment’s owners and area anglers were just happy it was being held.
A lack of cold weather a year ago failed to provide enough ice for safe fishing conditions and it was cancelled for the first time since Halfway House owner Jason Williams began holding the tournament in 2016, a few years after he bought it.
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