Lookout: New Research Buoys NE Oswego

[schreckstoff]

There are 3 new buoys in front of the power plant just northeast of Oswego NY.  They are yellow 'spar' buoys like the image below and are in depths of 50, 150, and 300 feet.  They have gone through the Coast Guard permitting processes but we wanted to make local anglers aware of them.  They are part of a Dreissena mussel growth experiment, lead by the NOAA Great Lakes Office and assisted by the local USGS office.  Growth 'pods' on the lake bottom contain measured mussels of different sizes.  We'll check the mussel sizes in the fall, then set them without surface buoys and check them again next spring to understand how mussels grow over a season.   

 

The vertical lines have been kept as tight as possible but please stay clear of them.  There is a short (15 foot) surface line to help us hoist them out of the water.

 

 After finally setting up my first wire dipsy rods, I know first hand how expensive it could be to snag and lose a rig. 

 

If you would like more info pm or email me.

 

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[Gill-T]

Thanks for the heads up ........ and glad they are not In Niagara County!