The picture of the fish hatchery was taken around noon yesterday and later in the day workers placed approximately thirty concrete barricades at the front entrance and rear parking area of the hatchery. You can see in the picture the construction equipment and as we rolled by it looked like…
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“This past week, DEC staff and Environmental Conservation Police Officers responded to events involving people fishing for walleye at DEC’s Oneida Fish Hatchery and nearby Scriba Creek during the walleye spawning run. DEC takes seriously our responsibility to enforce New York’s environmental laws, ensure protection, conservation, and sustainable management of…
We are under a Severe Winter Storm Warning due to the snow. Writing this report at 4:30 am and along the north shore we have about four inches so far and we are expecting at least as much before this has passed. A high of 28F with east winds shifting…
A great day to be out on Oneida Lake for ice fishing. We have a high in the upper 20s today with light winds. We continue to get reports of ice thickness between 10-13 inches with more reported in shove conditions. The consensus seems to be that we lost about…
The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch for all of the Central New York region Thursday into Friday. We are above 50 F overnight working to a high in the lower 50s with a SSW wind from 10-15 mph with higher gusts. Some gusts up to 40 mph…
The Oneida Lake region is currently under a severe winter storm warning until 3 pm on Friday. As of 9 am we have some rain hitting the lake and visibility is low. We are not seeing many folks out fishing right now. The rain will switch over to snow moving…