The Historic Side
In 1927, the Schroon lake Fish & Game Club was founded by 18 men. They were excited and eager to start up a club that could focus on the conservation of our wildlife, marine life, and nature itself. Meetings were held in the Community House, and their main source of revenue came from poker games they held on the second Tuesday of every month. Conservation was the foundation of the club. However, they have participated in many other activities and events throughout their 75 years of history. The Club eventually purchased land for their club building. The land was once owned by Brown Swan and was loaned to the school as a ball field. After the Club purchased the land, they built the main club house, the same one that is there to accommodate the rapid growth of the Club. In the earlier years, the Club only accepted men into their club, but in the late 1970's, women gradually moved in and were accepted. Their contributions to the Club since then have been valuable and essential to the growth and prosperity of the Schroon Lake Fish & Game Club.
Philanthropy
Helping Kids: The club believes philanthrophy is important in the commmunity. Accordingly, they provide children with holiday activities as well as other projects and programs that bebefit the whole town.
Baseball: The Club provides a field for little league and allows Schroon Lake Central School to use the field for the spring season.
Scholarships: Camp Colby has helped kids to learn and understand mature and conservation. The club has sponsored many children to attend this wonderful camp for numerous years. Every year they sponsor two boys and two girls. The club also provides a scholarship every year to a Schroon Lake Central School graduate who is planning a career in conservation or a related course of study.
Boy Scouts: The Club has been involved with the scouts for many years. they sponsor scouts to attend camp and also Eagle scouts, Club Scouts, Silver Beaver Awards for the scout masters, and workshops for scout training.
The Club contributes to many local projects such as the River and Lake studies done by students at the SLCS and the SL Library reading programs. The Club sponsors workshops for teachers to attend camp and receive wilderness instructions. Becoming an Outdoor Women is a program for women to attend a wilderness camp and learn how to fish and participate in other outdoor activities.
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SL Fish & Game Club Annual Ice Fishing Derby
29th Annual Ice Fishing Derby 2021
2021 Dates: March 6th & 7th 2021
All information is on the F&G Ice Fishing Derby Newsletter (click here). You can also get information by joining our F&G Club facebook group (click here). All fish weighed in throughout the weekend of the derby, will be posted and kept up to date on our facebook group page. All final winners will be updated on here to our website page, on Sunday when the derby has ended.
Annual Ice Fishing Derby Facebook Event (click here)
Derby Newsletter: The club no longer mails out the fishing derby newsletter as of 2021. We are now sending them by email every year. If you would like to receive the newsletter for the derby, please click here and you will be directed to fill out a form to receive the newsletter.
DERBY ENTRANTS: Pre-registering:
No tickets will be available at Flanagans on Friday March 5th like we typically do every year. They will be available at Crossroads, Schroon Lake Bait & Tackle, and Timberwolf starting next week, Jan 18th. Tickets can be purchased at the club house (address below) on Friday, March 5th from 4-7pm or Saturday March 6th from 6-10am. No registrations will be accepted after 10am on Saturday March 6th. To pre-register by mail, you just need to mail in the check to the club house with the names of each participant purchasing a ticket and the money for each participant. $15 per person. Mail in entries must be received by February 27th.
Make check payable to:
SL Fish and Game
Mail to:
PO Box 725 Schroon Lake, NY 12870
Club house address for tickets:
25 Game Club Road
Schroon Lake, NY 12870
Derby Raffles:
We are also asking that all raffles be purchased in advance. click here for the derby raffles form. Please print it, fill it out and mail it in to enter for our annual raffles.
Make check payable to:
SL Fish and Game
Mail to:
PO Box 725 Schroon Lake, NY 12870
There will be a fish fry dinner starting at 5-7 PM on Saturday the 6th for $15 each at the club house. This will be take out ONLY. You may call the club house (518-532-7953) on Saturday the 6th, any time after 6am to preorder your dinner. If you're picking up dinner, you may also purchase raffle tickets at this time.
Derby Fish Fry Dinner: Saturday March 6th
There will be a fish fry dinner starting at 5-7 PM on Saturday the 6th for $15 each at the club house. This will be take out ONLY. You may call the club house (518-532-7953) on Saturday the 6th, any time after 6am to preorder your dinner. If you're picking up dinner, you may also purchase raffle tickets at this time.
Club house address for dinner pick-up:
25 Game Club Road
Schroon Lake, NY 12870
28th Annual Ice Fishing Derby Winners 2020
Northern Pike:
1st - Nick Santiago 27.38 lbs
2nd - Stan Kaster 16.07 lbs
3rd - Darrel Clark 13.30 lbs
Lake Trout:
1st - Richard Graves 6.33 lbs
2nd - Darrel Clark 5.84 lbs
3rd - Dawson DeZalia 5.63 lbs
Salmon:
1st - Conner Cleveland 2.47 lbs
2nd - Paul Hansen 2.08 lbs
3rd - Colt Russell 1.99 lbs
Perch: Aaron Strom 1.75 lbs
Pickerel: Mike Graver 3.83 lbs
RAFFLE WINNERS:
- Pack Basket: Ethan Trombley
- Jet Sled: Stephan Sheffield
- Portable Shanty: Emmer
- Vexilar: Ethan Farris
- 50/50: Stan Kosten
Thank you to everyone that came out and fished. Congratulations to our winners!
Also a thank you to our volunteers for all their help over the weekend.
Whether you fished or volunteered you all make the derby a huge success.
We thank you again! See you all next year!
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The Ice Fishing Derby is always the first full weekend of March!
THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO EVERYONE!
You can fish from daylight Saturday to 4pm on Sunday for Lake Trout, Perch, Pickerel, Salmon and Pike.
Registration is $15.00 per person.
Tickets are on sale at the following locations from 1/13-2/28
-The Fish & Game Club House (open fri & sat @5pm)
-Sticks & Stones Restaurant
-Flanagan's Pub
-Timberwolf Pub
-Crossroads Bait Shop
-Schroon Lake Bait & Tackle
The weekend of the derby (fri-sun) tickets will ONLY be available for purchase at the Club house, ALL weekend long. Except on Friday night, they will also be available for purchase at the Flanagans Pub in Schroon lake between 5-8pm.
Cash prizes for 1st, 2nd & 3rd will be awarded based on weight for Lake Trout, N. Pike and Salmon. Also for heaviest Perch & Pickerel.
NEW**Saturday at the club house will be a Fish Fry Dinner - $15.00 a person. What time? This will be posted the weekend of the derby.
Club bar is also open all weekend!
Door Prizes Awarded!!
For tickets or more info please call 518-532-7953 or join the club FB group page listed below.
The fishing derby is NOT a sponsored event
Club group FB page: Club Facebook Group HERE
The club page will have frequent fish updates!! So make sure to join!
NEWSLETTER UPDATE:
After this year we will no longer be sending out letters in the mail for the yearly derby newsletter. Instead we will be doing so by email! If you’d like to receive the newsletter please fill the form out that is linked below.
If you attend the derby this year, there is a line when you fill out your derby ticket for you to provide your email address. Again this is for the derby newsletter. If you’d like to receive the newsletter by email or continue to receive it, please fill it out.
Thank you!
Do you want to receive the newsletter by email? CLICK HERE
