A fish retrieval assembly for retrieving a fish during ice fishing includes a rod that is extendable downwardly into an ice fishing hole. A pivot unit is provided and the rod is rotatably coupled to the pivot unit. The pivot unit engages the ice to retain the rod in the ice fishing hole and the pivot unit biases the rod upwardly. A foraminous plate is coupled to the rod. The rod lifts the foraminous plate against a lower surface of the ice to keep the ice fishing hole unobstructed. The rod lifts the foraminous plate upwardly in the ice fishing hole thereby lifting a fish upwardly in the ice fishing hole for retrieval.
