They battled with snow drifts and waded through knee-deep slush to get to their competition ground on a frozen lake in Bulgaria’s southern Rhodope mountains, reports AFP.
The world’s ice angling pros converged this weekend on the Shiroka Polyana lake, 1,500 metres above sea level, to face off at the 16th annual Ice Fishing World Championship.
Fifteen countries are represented this year — reigning champions Ukraine, along with challengers Belarus, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sweden and the United States.
After a week of training sessions at nearby dams and lakes, the 150 …read more
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