Anybody with eyes on Erie?

[Tony G]

Modis cloudy but late yesterday seemed to be mostly slush, we have got to be getting down there in ice coverage.

[Sean Youngblood]

http://www.lakevision.com/camera_2.htm    Sturgeon point looks to be making some progress.

[jimski2]

Some open water along the south shore but plenty of scattered ice all the way to Ohio. It should be gone earlier this year though as it is not packed deep and solid now.

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[Iceman]

Tony:

 

Try this

 

 

http://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/modis/region_map.html

 

looks like Erie is opening up really fast.

 

John

[Storm Warning II]

There is still loose pack ice at least as far West as Erie, PA

[mostlymuskies]

Yes we are fishing on Presque Isle Bay right now, still Ice out in Lake Erie past the last bouy's!

[Storm Warning II]

Maybe the Kenton Bee knows more than we do..."Boom Days" starts this Saturday, the 18th

Boom Days — Kick-off WNY’s spring cultural season with a day of showcasing the best and brightest at the 15th annual event, commencing with the lifting of the Lake Erie-Niagara River ice boom. Featuring food trucks, live music, cultural showcase, fireboat and fireworks display, 1:30-11 p.m. Saturday, April 18, at Silo City, 92 Childs St

[peas247]

buffalo news has it in an article coming out the 29th....

[bigturk_80]

_{I live on the shore of Erie, near Buffalo, and I can tell you there's lots of ice left at least at this end.  I think 1900 sq miles is what I heard yesterday.  Needs to get to 250 before they pull the boom.} 

[RD9]

I see the lake daily. Came over center road between Dunkirk and silver creek yesterday afternoon and its all ice as far as I could see. It is going to be a while. It looked better several days ago. Ice is packed up tight from Dunkirk east with minimal open water.

[MCF]

I live in Dunkirk, still a lot of ice out there, Buffalo News report yesterday says that there is way more than the 250 required to start boom removal.

[mostlymuskies]

Outside Presque Isle Bay in front of Erie,Pa today out in Lake Erie is still lots of Ice.Water temp by the departure bouy's was 35.1 degree and inside the bay it was 45 degrees.

[Tony G]

You guys are depressing me, looking at Modis looks like the ice is broken up and losing ground fast, we are having warm temps everyday but they seem to not be doing as much damage to the ice as myself and many others had hoped.

 

Looking at the camera there in Buffalo it shows not much ice there, and yesterday there was much more. I never paid much attention to this Erie thing before. I am anxious for a good trip to Wilson for the LOC.

Edited April 16, 2015 by Tony G

[Sweet Caroline]

Tony,

You sound like me last year. You just never know what the new season will bring. I remember years ago fish the edge of the ice flow during the LOC and nailing laker after laker. Guys that went just a mile or two west in to Canada got in to some kings. Last year because of the late boom release I thought I’d be smart and bought a Canadian license. We fished down in front of Welland a couple days and got in to a few kings in the morning but it shut down by 9am. Had one good evening where we did 15 or so kings but they were all small. Didn’t go any further west than Welland but from what I heard nobody was nailing them down there either. Reports where that you had to be at least to Oak Orchard and east to get in to a decent number of kings. Not sure why the two years were different. I have a different game plan this year and with my luck they will stack up in Canada again this year. Why don’t we put tracking devices on a 100 or so teenagers in the fall so we know where they will all be in the Spring. LOL

DR

[MCF]

Buffalo News reports 850 square miles of ice today, need to get down to 250 for boom removal to start.