Syracuse.com - It's finally walleye fishing time on Oneida Lake

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The season opens at 12:01 a.m. Saturday and Oneida Lake is the place to be, thanks to the 34th Annual Cicero-Mattydale Lions Club Walleye Fishing Derby.

Let the walleye fishing begin.

The season opens at 12:01 a.m. Saturday and Oneida Lake is the place to be, thanks to the 34th Annual Cicero-Mattydale Lions Club Walleye Fishing Derby.

The derby begins at 12:01 and lasts until Sunday afternoon. Anglers can register right up until midnight today at the Gander Mountain store’s customer service desk in Cicero. The store’s bait shop will be open until then, said Rick Teschler, the store’s fishing supervisor. Anglers can also register throughout the day at a number of other businesses and bait shops around the lake.

Cost is enter is $10, which includes eligibility for a variety of raffles, Teschler said.

The biggest fish this year will get $1,000 and there are also three tagged fish out, Teschler said. One is tagged for $1,000, the other two for $500 and $250, respectively.

There will also be a lot of other prizes awarded , including ones for the biggest fish weighed daily at each of the lake’s eight, weigh-in stations.

The tournament lasts until 3 p.m. Sunday, with the final weigh-in at the Gander Mountain store parking lot.

In addition, the 40-foot-long, outdoors Berkeley Fish Tank, which will feature a good sampling of walleye and bass, will be up today in the store’s parking lot. Two local walleye pros, Brian Hammond, of Cicero, and Bob Green, of Minnesota, will be on hand at 6 p.m. tonight, 2 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday to give seminars on walleye fishing.

Last year, nearly 2,000 anglers competed in this derby. For further information, call Teschler at the store at 698-1100.

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