Niagara River fishermen- Ice boom updates

[Gill-T]

The boom is coming out early again this year.  Any updates please post here

Edited March 22, 2022 by Gill-T

[Gill-T]

Okay I stepped in it again. Turns out there is a piece of old broken boom below bridal falls that they are going to remove ahead of the real boom removal upstream. I can’t find any guidance on when the ice boom will be removed. There is very little ice remaining so I have to believe it is getting pulled soon. 

[Mike M]

You got me all excited. Went looking for news release couldn’t find it. O well won’t be long. I check satellite shot of Erie every day . Still some out there put it looks real loose. It’s Gotta to get to 250 sq. miles to yank boom. I think April 1 - 5 is average when they start pulling it. Coming soon.

[Sean Youngblood]

  Looks to me they are starting to remove it. There is a barge with a crane on it. https://iceboom.nypa.gov/

[salmoseine]

 DISREGARD.... WRONG DATE... ooops   New York Power Authority boat Breaker II brings sections of the ice boom into the inner harbor, as crews began to remove it from Lake Erie, March 22, 2021.

 

https://buffalonews.com/multimedia/photos-new-york-power-authority-crews-remove-ice-boom-from-lake-erie/collection_4b7dafa0-8b37-11eb-a9af-efe0aa754e40.html#1  

Edited March 22, 2022 by salmoseine

[Gill-T]

I drove by it today. Just that one barge crane.  No movement yet. 

[schreckstoff]

Maybe everybody knows about this, but I just found this site this year and it is super helpful

https://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/nrcs/nrcs.php

no issues with clouds

[Gill-T]

https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/preparations-underway-to-remove-niagara-river-ice-boom?_amp=true

[jimski2]

Icy cold Lake Erie waters will end shortly as as the ice is gone and prevailing SW winds bring warmer water from Ohio to the Eastern end of Lake Erie.  Fishing on the Niagara Bar and the southern shoreline will be warmed by the warmer Niagara River flume that flows along the southern Lake Ontario shoreline. Be ready to start fishing the shoreline and the Niagara Bar now. Also consider the Welland Canal will be flowing warmer Lake Erie waters now.

[yank my line]

They have pulled the booms!

[GAMBLER]

1 hour ago, yank my line said:

They have pulled the booms!

Look at the Fort Niagara webcam.  Its ugly!  The river is solid ice flow!

[Jojo wilczewski]

Goodday 

F Y I 

iceboom.nypa.gov

has a webcam  with current pics

been up for years

jojoout

[whaler1]

Going Wednesday, hope it’s good timing. 

[salmoseine]

[salmoseine]

[jimski2]

Forget about boating in the lower river now.

[battlehammer]

Ice off Wilson this AM

[Gill-T]

The ice does not extend past Wilson. Definitely colored water but fishable 

[battlehammer]

Wind blowing east now

just ice tight to shore 

great looking mudline