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Walleye Challenge 2023 Updates!
Dear Fishing Enthusiast: Thank you for your interest in the Walleye Challenge! It is a welcomed tradition in Fulton County NY, and we are glad you are a part of it. The Fulton Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce will be hosting the 14th Annual Walleye Challenge on the Great Sacandaga Lake on Saturday, February 18th, […]
2023 Walleye Challenge- Rules
2023 Walleye Challenge Rules Entry fee is $50 with pre-registration required. Payment and registration is due NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 31, 2021 with NO EXCEPTIONS. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. The contest is limited to 2,000 entrants on a first-come, first-served basis with NO EXCEPTIONS. All fishing to take place ONLY on the […]
Walleye Awakening Scheduled for Friday, February 18th!
The Fulton Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Fulton County Board of Supervisors are proud to announce that the “Walleye Awakening” is back and is scheduled for Friday, February 18th from 5pm-8pm. This will be a Free Fun Family-oriented event, starting at 5pm at Lanzi’s on the Lake, 1751 State Highway 30, Mayfield. There […]

Ice Fishing Fun in the 44 Lakes
Even though winter grips our region, the number of outdoor activities to partake in are bountiful to say the least. There is snowshoeing, downhill and cross-country skiing, snowmobiling…the list goes on and on. However, one of the most popular, family-friendly winter activities occurs on our frozen lakes: ice fishing! What more could an eager angler […]
2022 Rules for the Annual Walleye Challenge Fishing Contest
Thank you to our Premiere sponsors Frank’s Gun & Tackle Shop and Saratoga Eagle! Shanty Sponsor: Wiggy Worm Bait and Supply Tip Up Sponsor: First Choice Financial Federal Credit Union Thank you to Frank and Son’s for sponsoring the tags and sweatshirts! 13th Annual WALLEYE CHALLENGE Ice Fishing Derby On the Great Sacandaga Lake – Saturday, […]

Walleye Challenge 2020
Click Rules 2020 Walleye Challenge to read the official rules for the 2020 Walleye Challenge. Please be reminded the 2020 Walleye Ice Fishing Tournament is scheduled for Saturday, February 15, 2020. Due to unseasonably warm winter weather in 2016 and 2017, the tournament was pushed back to February to allow for safe ice conditions. Thank you […]

WALLEYE CHALLENGE GIVES BACK TO GREAT SACANDAGA LAKE
Representatives of the Eleventh Annual Walleye Challenge Ice Fishing Tournament presented a $1,000 check, as well as $518 from a special raffle raised by event co-coordinator Lou Stutzke (Owner of Fuel-N-Food of Mayfield), to the Great Sacandaga Lake Fisheries Federation for fish stocking this fall. The Walleye Challenge this year was held on held on […]