Woman allegedly used fish to attack two men ice fishing

Police say two Egelston Township men ice fishing in Norton Shores on Saturday were accosted by an angry fish-flinging woman from Fruitport. The incident happened at around 1 p.m. on Black Lake, when a 29-year-old woman allegedly struck both men with a fish, said Norton Shores Police Lt. Jon Gale.

Gale said officers were called to the lake by one of the men who claimed they were assaulted by “a female wielding a fish.” The men, both in their early 20s, said they were ice fishing in a shanty when they were approached by a woman who “wanted to urinate on the ice.”



“The woman said to turn their heads while she urinated. While their backs were turned the woman struck the first complainant in the head with a fish, The female then approached them and struck the other man across the face with a fish. 'Some words were then exchanged' and the woman then “returned to her shanty,” Gale said.

When officers interviewed the woman, she claimed that she was upset “because the other men put their shanty too close to her shanty,” Gale said. “She said she threw the fish at the men, but missed. She denied hitting them,” Gale said. He declined to give the names of those involved because the men do not wish to press criminal charges against the woman.