Chittenango Lions Club Walleye Derby on Oneida Lake

11/22/2022

November 2022

Annual Lions Walleye Fishing Derby on Oneida Lake

For the past 43 years the Lions clubs of this area have sponsored the annual Walleye Fishing Derby on Oneida Lake. During this time thousands of anglers have enjoyed the challenge of catching “the largest walleye” or perhaps the elusive “tagged Fish”.

In addition, the anglers have won thousands of dollars in prize monies, purchased pins, hats, etc. Many have competed yearly, and we thank them for their support.

Our goal as Lions is to serve the community and through this Derby thousands of dollars have been raised and distributed to local, state, national, and international causes. We are very proud of our accomplishments.

It is with great regret that we will not be sponsoring the Derby in the future.

We hope that another organization will take over. We are very willing to assist with volunteers and equipment. If interested, please contact us at: [email protected]

Sincerely,

Bruce Hall, Chair

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05/10/2022

2022 Walleye Derby Award Presentation
https://chittenangolions.org/Walleye_Derby/2022%20Derby%20Awards.mp4

12/26/2021

Just want everyone to know that we have started working on the May 7-8, 2022 Walleye Derby.

05/02/2021

Congratulations Kyle!!

$2500 tagged fish caught last night.

05/01/2021

Hanging at station 1 at Oneida Shores! Come get your fish measured!! Here all night!

03/07/2021

We have a limited number of Oz character Walleye Derby pins available. The set of 5 is $40 including postage and handling. If interested, contact [email protected]

FYI, due to the uncertainty of the past year we will not have a separate 2021 pin this year. We hope next year to have a join 2021-2022 pin.

10/16/2020

04/01/2020

Two more Walleye Derby 2020 Pin sellers:

Cookies B & T Bridgeport
Mickey's B & T North Syracuse

03/01/2020

How about a short quiz???? How many walleye do you think are in Oneida Lake?

Check this out

DEC announced that anglers have at least one million reasons to fish for walleye in Oneida Lake, according to a study with Cornell University researchers who have been tracking the lake’s walleye population for more than 60 years.

01/31/2020

07/05/2019

The Chittenango Lions Club is proud to present to Bill McCracken a $5000 check for catching a tagged fish during our May Walleye Derby. Lion Bruce Hall, winner Bill McCracken, Lions Jim English and Dee McDermott

05/05/2019

We are very pleased to announced that the $5000 tagged walleye was caught tonight.
Congratulations