Ice boom removal

[JFK]

I would say it has been removed. 

[Sean Youngblood]

Ice on Lake Erie delays American Mariner’s transit, boom removal | News 4 Buffalo

[Sean Youngblood]

  On 3/31/2025 at 4:46 PM, GAMBLER said:

I wonder how much the ice boom affects spawning walleye, bass, steelhead, musky and sturgeon?  Has a study ever been done?  

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     I like the boom being in place for fishing Erie. It delays the Perch spawn for more favorable conditions (less wind and warmer) . It also delays the Walleye spawn so that it is still going on when the season opens back up in May.

[orangediablo]

Minefield....

[Cbonaffinejr]

Stopped by the boat launch on River Rd.before work this morning.Upper has a lot of ice flows 

[orangediablo]

Negative.  Still very much in place.

[wet the net]

how does the ice boom being in place at this time impact the salmon fishing in Lake Ontario? Curious.

[GAMBLER]

  On 4/15/2025 at 2:03 PM, wet the net said:

how does the ice boom being in place at this time impact the salmon fishing in Lake Ontario? Curious.

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The longer the boom is in place, the longer the wall of cold water coming down the Niagara keeps the kings bottled up West of the Niagara River.  

[orangediablo]

Just grabbed this.   Can see open water beyond the ice.  Not that much left

[Gill-T]

Guys are perching off the Catt so the lake is open for business 

[wet the net]

do you guys think that the kings will show up on the US side by the end of this month?

[GAMBLER]

  On 4/15/2025 at 7:03 PM, orangediablo said:

Just grabbed this.   Can see open water beyond the ice.  Not that much left

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Its gotta look a lot different this morning.  Lots of wind and ice flowing by the camera last night.  Camera also looks a lot cleaner this morning.  

[salmoseine]

Significantly less in the boom area and in the river flow...

[orangediablo]

I'll grab an update pic tomorrow morning

[Yankee Troller]

Last weekend in April 2019. We fished the King of the Lake and won it so we stayed back to collect our winnings while all the other US teams headed back. I got a call from Paul Czarnicki (damn I miss that guy) about the ice pack coming out of the river. We left St. Catherines marina and got within a few miles of the river and had to go North to get around the ice pack. We found ourselves 7-8mi offshore in over 300+' of water and the ice field went West to about 4 mile state park. Boy was that eerie!

 

[GAMBLER]

  On 4/16/2025 at 1:00 PM, Yankee Troller said:

Last weekend in April 2019. We fished the King of the Lake and won it so we stayed back to collect our winnings while all the other US teams headed back. I got a call from Paul Czarnicki (damn I miss that guy) about the ice pack coming out of the river. We left St. Catherines marina and got within a few miles of the river and had to go North to get around the ice pack. We found ourselves 7-8mi offshore in over 300+' of water and the ice field went West to about 4 mile state park. Boy was that eerie!

 

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Reminds me of a couple episodes of Deadliest Catch where they fish the edge of the Arctic ice pack!

[lineman49]

Was by the lake yesterday the ice is from the boom as far back as the Hamburg beach area across to Pt. Abino.  Then open to Ohio.

[salmoseine]

Boom and Peace Bridge areas are ~clear...

[GAMBLER]

Less than 250 square miles for days yet they didn't pull the boom.  Complete BS.........

[orangediablo]

Yup. Still in place,  and no ice. 

[Silver Fox]

The power companies own us on both ends of the lake….

[Yankee Troller]

  On 4/21/2025 at 12:52 PM, GAMBLER said:

Less than 250 square miles for days yet they didn't pull the boom.  Complete BS.........

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  On 4/21/2025 at 1:17 PM, orangediablo said:

Yup. Still in place,  and no ice. 

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I'm not making any excuses, but maybe their workforce isn't up to where it needs to be. I know many companies are struggling to find quality employees in todays market. It's easy to get on here and ****, but without knowing the whole story it's kind of pointless.

 

  On 4/21/2025 at 1:31 PM, Silver Fox said:

The power companies own us on both ends of the lake….

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That's why you should take advantage of solar and wind at your house. Get off the grid bro. 

[Silver Fox]

  On 4/21/2025 at 2:19 PM, Yankee Troller said:

 

 

I'm not making any excuses, but maybe their workforce isn't up to where it needs to be. I know many companies are struggling to find quality employees in todays market. It's easy to get on here and ****, but without knowing the whole story it's kind of pointless.

 

 

That's why you should take advantage of solar and wind at your house. Get off the grid bro. 

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Plenty of “breaking wind” here on my part….

[Gator]

  On 4/21/2025 at 2:19 PM, Yankee Troller said:

 

 

I'm not making any excuses, but maybe their workforce isn't up to where it needs to be. I know many companies are struggling to find quality employees in todays market. It's easy to get on here and ****, but without knowing the whole story it's kind of pointless.

 

 

That's why you should take advantage of solar and wind at your house. Get off the grid bro. 

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Scotty powers his house with "natural gas" lol. In his case, it's a renewable resource.

[GAMBLER]

  On 4/21/2025 at 4:12 PM, Gator said:

Scotty powers his house with "natural gas" lol. In his case, it's a renewable resource.

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I heard he even produces liquid methane on ice fishing trips?  Any truth to that rumor Keith?