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New lamprey spawning sites develop and weather constantly messes with treatments effectiveness. If you want to help, you might consider making region 7 and Cape Vincent bios & managers aware you are observing above average small lamprey on Mexico Bay-Oswego BT this spring. RE: lazy control teams - in my 15 years I’ve observed Lk Ont DFO lamprey control field teams to be among the hardest working and most dedicated in the Great Lakes. US and CA field teams of all types were ready to work in 2020 but were ordered to ‘stand down’. Administration risk tolerance, not field crew effort-desire, caused the treatment pause.

For added reference the surface buoys to the East of Oswego are out from Alcan or stacks region and the west site is out in front of Ford Shoals.

Heads up to trollers. There are emergence traps on the lake bottom and surface marker buoys approximately 5 miles east and 5 miles west of Oswego in ~100 ft of water. We experimentally released surplus Bloater eggs at these 2 sites a month ago and are now evaluating if any survived and hatched. We used large, flagged, hi-flyer buoys to maximize visibility and tried to keep the floats in as small of an area as possible. Plan is to sample these spots for approximately one mouth. There are NO nets of any kind, the sampling gear is catching 1/2” larval fish. There are lines on the bottom and heavy anchors so probably best to not troll too close and risk snagging. happy to answer any questions or concerns and thank you for steering clear! bw

I use windfinder, best I’ve found so far but I’m always interested in what others use. Started looking this page for waves : https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/emf/waves/WW3/loww3.html the buoy data is nice if and when it finally gets in the water. north winds blow!

A good read thanks for sharing Lucky! It’s interesting to see the forethought in Monroe Co planning.