Susquhanna NOAA buoy

[mi327]

Any one know when the NOAA is going to put the monitoring buoy back in the water? It is still showing up as offline, I want to start watching the water temps and conditions to start going after some Rockfish.

[jet]

i don't have the details, but read last fall that budget cuts could eliminate the Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System, in addition to idiots hitting them with their vessels and being shot up. yes, dumbasses actually shoot the buoys.

[mi327]

Thanks, here is the article I could find. Looks like the whole buoy program was not put in the 2013 budget and is currently on a 6 month extension.

http://www.bayjournal.com/article/bu...the_chesapeake

Looks like between that and the recent stuff going on with the federal budget cuts across the board it doesn't look too promising. Too bad that was a useful tool.

[jet]

Yeah, i have the chesapeake bay bouy app on my phone, its awesome for live conditions.

[Yak Fish]

Ah man, I love that buoy. I use it all the time.

[reel-em-in]

According to the NOAA website it's supposed to go back in on Monday (March 25th). http://buoybay.noaa.gov/locations/susquehanna.html

[HJS]

All the CBIBS buoys are back on line to include the Susky buoy as of Friday. 3-22-13. Just in the nick-of-time for Flats fishing. Unfortunately, the Suskly buoy is registering a bone chilling 41F.

http://buoybay.noaa.gov/locations/susquehanna.html

[Yak Fish]

I was going to take a trip up Friday, but with water temps not even mid 40's it's likely a waste of time....but time I'd still like to waste