Syracuse.com - Walleye tourney on Oneida Lake Sunday offers minimum of $3,000 and more for first place

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There's still time to sign up. A walleye tournament that had its beginning with a business woman wanting to keep her fishing boyfriend close to home is set for Sunday on Oneida Lake.The newly formed Oneida Lake Team Walleye Trail’s first competition has more than 50, two-person teams registered. The anglers will compete to see which team can get the most total weight of fish caught. Teams can enter five fish and each must be longer than 15 inches.The competition goes from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., with the final weigh-in at Oneida Shores County Park in Brewerton.“Our sponsors have made it possible for us to be able to guarantee a minimum of $3,000, plus prizes and trophy, for the first- place team. In addition there will be a ‘big fish’ pot at no extra charge worth $500 for the biggest fish and $250 for second, plus prizes,” said Alicia Stevens, the tournament’s director.Back in March, I interviewed Stevens, who owns the Genesis II Hair Replacement Studio in North Syracuse, about the tournament. She said she decided to get involved getting tired of hearing her boyfriend, Karl Elsner, talk about how great Oneida Lake is a walleye fishery, and how he had to travel to Pennsylvania, Ohio and beyond to compete in tournaments.Stevens said she’s determined to organize additional walleye tournaments next year on Lake Erie, Lake Ontario and Chautauqua Lake.For more information, or to register today for the tournament, see the event's Web site. The registration fee is $175 per team and late comers can sign up until 6 p.m. Saturday at Gander Mountain in Cicero, Stevens said.

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