Distribution of injuries (head/neck, torso, upper extremity, lower extremity, and greater than 50 percent of body) with asterisks indicating statistically significant differences between ice fishing and traditional fishing. Redrawn from Thiels et al. (2016)* with permission of Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research.
December 03, 2025
By Dr. Rob Neumann, Steve Quinn, Dr. Hal Schramm & Ralph Manns
Medical Connections: Bumps, Bruises & the Ice Angler
Data on emergency department visits from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) on all cases of fishing injury from 2009-2014 were analyzed by Mayo Clinic investigators to identify injury patterns sustained by ice anglers compared to traditional (non-ice) fishing in the United States.*
According to the Mayo Clinic News Network, the analyses revealed that 85 (1 percent) of the 8,220 cases were related to ice fishing. These injuries occurred most commonly in males (88 percent) and...
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