XIII WORLD Championship in ICE Fishing 2016, Ternopil, Ukraine

USAIceTeam's, Myron Gilbert with a zander caught . Myron was out top fisher  at 25th out of 53 fishers.

February 23 at 3:27am ·

All of the ‪#‎USAIceTeam‬ members have arrived safely back in the United States. Safe travels to the guys who still have a few hours to drive after landing in Chicago. We look forward to sharing more from our trip once we get settled in. Thanks, everyone!

The conditions that we faced at world competition this year, were deep water combined with current. This called for a fairly heavy jig size paired with a very small diameter line, in order to reduce current drag on the line. We fished with a smaller diameter line size than we have ever used before, once again building our skill set of Eastern European ice fishing tactics.

Using the proper feeding and timing techniques during world competition may allow an angler to catch bream like the one shown here, a larger species than the common roach. This bream is small to average-sized, but they do get much larger.

The common roach - species of choice in much of Europe

There is always a lot of trading of gear between countries at the Closing Ceremony

Our friends, Team Sweden

Feb. 20 & Feb. 21,  2016.


Congratulations 2016 Team USA ! 9th Place



Our 2016 ‪#‎USAIceTeam‬ loved wearing ‪#‎Zubaz‬ as part of our official warmups this year. A lot of our team members wore them under their ‪#‎StrikerIce‬ suit in the warm temps that we experienced on the ice in Ukraine. That allowed them to be comfortable and they were already nearly dressed for mealtime after fishing! These pants were a hit in Europe, as we knew they would be. ‪#‎WeFishForGold‬ (2016 Team pictured here with FIPSed Representative, Eric Humphreys - middle)

1.  Anthony Rodriguez - participant
2. Chad Schaub - participant
3.  Nick Schertz - participant
4. Myron Gilbert - participant
5. Jeff Kelm - participant
6. Mike Hoffman – participant
7. Mike McNett - trainer
8. Sam Grulke – trainer
9. Sean Warner - chief to delegation
10. Stefan Sissell - accompanying persons
11. Chas Thompson - accompanying persons
12. Chad Kennedy - accompanying persons
13. Rob Greer - accompanying persons
14. Kevin Kowalski - accompanying persons
15. Scott Albrecht - accompanying persons
16. Kelly Gotch - accompanying persons

Congratulations to 2016 World Champion Republic of Belarus

1. Pavel Ihnatovich - participant
2. Aliaksei Yudzenkou - participant
3. Ivan Dzen - participant
4. Vadzim Yakubovich - participant
5. Yury Shcors - participant
6. Aliaksei Androsau - participant
7. Aliaksandr Rozin - trainer
8. Kanstantin Tsikhanau - trainer
9. Romanov Alexandr - chief to delegation
10. Aliaksey Valichenka - accompanying persons
11. Aliaksandr Murayou - accompanying persons
12. Siarhey Pavidaika - accompanying persons
13. Yury Yurchanka - accompanying persons