Downtown Port Clinton | 3 p.m.-midnight

Food & Fun for Everyone
• Kids Party
• Food & Craft Vendors
• Games & Prizes
• Countdown to Midnight
• Fireworks

Grand Prize Raffle and Wall-EYES Giant Dice Game.

Schedule at wyliewalleyefoundation.com.

An event created by a local resident in Port Clinton, Wylie, the Walleye, was born in 1997 and made of simply paper mache.
Now, 20-plus years later, there are still thousands that brave the cold and gathered for hours awaiting Wylie, the Walleye, to drop as a new year begins. Port Clinton is the “Walleye Capital of the World,” so what else would we do on New Year’s Eve but drop our brand new LED-lit, 20-foot, 600-pound walleye, named Wylie Jr., from the sky at the stroke of Midnight with a spectacular FIREWORKS show to follow! Wylie Sr. is on display, for PHOTO ops, at the Lake Erie Shores & Island office on Route 53 in Catawba.

In 2019, we introduced the 1st Annual “Bar Swim,” a bar loop around the peninsula on HEATED Luxury Buses beginning at 7 p.m.  A Don’t Drink and Drive Campaign.
• Buses have heat, bathrooms, wi-fi and power outlets.
• All buses will end their night downtown Port Clinton at 11:30 p.m. Arriving at each destination approximately every 30 minutes.
• “Taxi Alley” will be located on Jefferson Street. All Taxis, Buses, Uber and group transportation may use the area as a turnaround.