Irondequoit Bay...Buoy?

[Shakemsam]

Wondering if anyone has any knowledge of what appears to be maybe a weather buoy on the East side of the bay, South of the channel markers and north of the 104 bridge.

I noticed it for the first time this year while perch fishing, Sunday. Just curious!

[1lastweekend]

Its a USGS lake level monitoring station.

[1lastweekend]

https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/0423205040/#parameterCode=72214&period=P7D&showMedian=true

[Shakemsam]

Possibly, but it didn't look like above. This was red and more ball shaped and was mostly submerged with about maybe a ft. above the surface. Earlier this morning, I contacted the Rochester Coast Guard for any information. They had only 1 other report of it which seems surprising...Anyway, they looked into it and said it was placed there by the Feds doing some sort of Geological Study and was done in early October while not informing any of the local agencies. Sounds about right...

Anyway, this thing doesn't sit very high in the water, so keep an eye out!

[brucehookedup]

The fisheries have set traps for ciscos and other species as well.