This article talks about big winds stirring up Lake Erie and affecting the Western Basin,causing oxygen and phosphorus problems but I wonder about the eastern end and the Niagara River when the big SE winds happen.

Scientists: Climate-whipped winds pose Great Lakes hazards

This article from Boat US talks about concerns that 5G could greatly reduce accuracy of weather forecasts and could also affect GPS accuracy. but it is a worldwide problem. And the military is also concerned that reduced weather forecasting ability affecting strategic operations.…

JoJo just sent me this pic & asked that it be posted. Lake Erie from 30,000 ft.

I’ve admittedly fallen of the wagon when it comes to reporting. Doing the tagging study was initially exciting years ago, but I found I dreaded recording the data after a catch. Just wanted to get right back at it.

I didn’t report a single release this year, and it was one of my best years. 49.5 jigging, 48 jigging, a 48 casting. Would have loved a hat; but it taught me a valuable lesson.

My “new season,” resolution is to contribute to the goldmine of data that is held by Mr.…

A buddy of mine texted me to shore fish for steelhead today at Artpark.  Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get out of work early, but I was leaving the office he texted me again....

Right before sunset, he thought he was snagged but started to feel violent head shakes.  Turns out it was a musky! The crazy thing is he was using a spey rod and a fly.  Since he was by himself, he didn't get a measurement. But it still was a once in a lifetime occurrence.…

Any tourney results?

In this morning's BN

There will be a public meeting on the Amazon Project on Grand Island on: August 13, 2020 at 7:00 PM at the Town Hall on: 2255 Baseline Road, Grand Island, NY

If interested you can try to go in person or connect on a virtual meeting on Zoom. Info below:

 Audio of the public hearing for those waiting outside of the

Town Hall will be broadcast on speakers. Additionally, there will be a virtual component of the public

hearing via…

Posted on the BNW Facebook page:

Wildlife entanglement is a devastating issue of the Great Lakes. Through our…

https://www.bcapparelandgear.com/news/saving-lives-on-land

Anybody else out there find that they're not spending a lot of money these days? I opened my wallet today & saw George Washington reaching for a pair of sunglasses. Been so long since he saw daylight!

You might have seen two material barges near the mouth of the Union Ship Canal that get loaded & unloaded with boulders. Now there's one barge. The other broke away from its mooring during the big blow & got jammed under the pedestrian walking & biking bridge near Rte 5.…

Here's a pic of the ice boom & ice coverage (or lack of it) that Jojo sent me: Off the NYPA site

We're partnering in the mono collection business! If you read the paragraph in the NOAA blog, just above the pic of Broderick Park, you'll see the names of the organizations involved in a marine debris program. …

Jojo asked me to post these pics of the Ogdensburg Flood gates. They are open:…

Saw a boat going out of SBH today. By the time I stopped in this is all that was left behind:

Strip of ice off Woodlawn Beach (12/20/2019). Sharpen the spuds!!