 Well Saturday marked the 28th annual Brainer J.C.'s Ice Fishing Extravaganza, which saw over 10,000 anglers aiming for the top big fish. This week's Northwood's Adventure Clayton Castle shows us that for many people it's not about winning, it's about tradition. For the 28th consecutive year, the Brainer J.C.'s held its annual Ice Fishing Extravaganza at Hole in the Day Bay on Gall Lake. People from all over the country come to the Brainer Lakes area to partake in the fun, and in many cases it's an opportunity to spend time with family. We're just out here having fun and having some bonding time and it's about it and then watching all the other people run up there to take their fish in. Traditions have started at the Extravaganza and whether they catch anything or not, people come back year after year to spend the afternoon with 10,000 of their closest friends. It's fun, it's a challenge with this many people trying to catch something. The challenge is what keeps bringing Brian Pallaci back every year. Born anything, it's just, it's kind of nostalgic and we come here every year and we're still trying to catch a winner, something to get a prize or whatever. The Ice Fishing Extravaganza is extra special for Brian because he met a lifelong friend at the tournament, eventually resulting with both moving up to the area and thus a tradition was born. This tournament is where it all kind of started so we make it a tradition to come up every year, you know, participate and have fun. Then for some out on the ice on Saturday, it was the beginning of their ice fishing Extravaganza journey. First year out here, we came out here, we prefished the tourney hard, tried to get on some good spots, but you know when you really come out here and catch a ton of fish, just more about the camaraderie of the experience. And like many who come once, Cody expects to make this an annual tradition for him and his buddies. I think we'll probably come up here, you know, every year from now on, we're having a good time. It's a lot of fun. For those wanting to start their own traditions, the date of the 29th annual Brainer J.C.'s Ice Fishing Extravaganza is set for January 26, 2019, reporting in Niswa for this week's Northwoods Adventure Clayton Castle, Lakeland News. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.