Syracuse.com - Cicero-Mattydale Lions Club Walleye Tournament underway on Oneida Lake

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The derby started at 12:01 a.m. this morning. . Final awards ceremony is 3 p.m. Sunday at the Gander Mountain Store in Cicero. There's more than $7,000 in cash and prizes being offered.

The 35th annual Cicero-Mattydale Lions Club Walleye Derby on Oneida Lake kicked off early this morning, coinciding with the opening of the walleye fishing season.

Nearly 2,000 anglers are expected to compete.

The derby started at 12:01 a.m. this morning. . Final awards ceremony is 3 p.m. Sunday at the Gander Mountain store in Cicero.

More than $7,000 in cash and prizes. First place gets $1,000, with cash prizes all the way down to the top 25 places.

There's also three specially tagged fish in the lake. The lucky anglers who manage to hook them could earn $1,000, $500 and $250, respectively, depending on the fish.

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