Biff America
The 2004 North American Professional Ice Fishing Tour was a multi-state event featuring America’s most successful and popular ice fishermen.
Ice athletes with wives, sponsors and groupies in tow toured the nation in a multi-event, winner take all, pro ice fishing derby.
The tour’s kickoff was held on Maine’s Mattaseunk Lake followed by a twilight double header on Pemigewasset Lake in New Hampshire.
The opening event was won by Frank Fornortner from Dinkytown, Minnesota. He was one of the bachelors on the tour a ladies’ favorite known for his yodeling and risqué polka lyrics. Fornortner attributes his early season success to an off-season fitness program which included four-wheeling and bowling.