Oswego Marina has several yachts at dock this week

Mini-Tall Ship in Oswego Harbor

New Pumpout Installed at Oswego Marina

Port of Oswego, Oswego Marina, is installing the Oswego Harbors newest boat pumpout system. The funds were recived throught the CVAP program.

New York State's CVAP was established to protect and improve water quality in New York's navigable waterways. The CVAP is a federally funded program that provides grants to marinas for the installation, renovation and replacement of pumpout stations for the removal and disposal of recreational boater septic waste.

Oswego Marina is a CBP Videophone Inspection Station

The Oswego Marina hosts a CBP Videophone Inspection Station for small boat arrivals in the Oswego Harbor and New York State Canal System.












Great Lakes

Oswego Fireworks as seen from the Oswego Marina

Oswego Harbors only fuel station

As the only fuel station in Oswego Harbor the Oswego Marina is usually busy with supplying the boating community with fuel.

The Oswego Marina is the exclusive ValvTect Marine Fuel Dealer in the area, which prevents fuel related problems, such as those caused by ethanol fuel.

The marina maintains three fuel stations on an over 110 foot fuel dock system that also supports a pump out and water station.

Oswego Light House

US Coast Guard NEAH BAY visits Port of Oswego

US Coast Guard NEAH BAY visits Port of Oswego today.

Have a Slip for the July 4th Weekend?

Have a Slip for the July 4th Weekend?

Oswego Marina or the International may have
some openings. Call Lori at 342-043.

Tall Ship Baltimore Entering the Port of Oswego West Pier

Fishing Report #8

Hello all my fish'n frenz:

Yet another tale from the little o, as in Oneida. Definitely time to drop all other endeavors and head out to Oneida Lake for some quality time walleye and bass fishing. This Sat., June 19, bass season officially opens in NY waters. You will find mostly post spawn fish inshore and even out to twenty feet. Last week I had the pleasure to fish with Blaine Mengel and Capt. Chris Gorsuch of Backwoods Angler TV out of PA. These boys love their bass. I thought I knew how to handle soft plastics until Blaine and Chris started tossing the Sinking Salty Shad (fluke) a Case Plastics jerk bait. They spent two days with me dedicated to three shoots which will be aired next season (2011). I will keep you all informed of the viewing availability on their web site http://www.backwooodsanglertv.com , which by the way has great 1 to 2 min. video clips on rigging for different presentations. Check their site and click the link for Case Plastics.

You know the bite is on when the racks are full of walleyes. Here are Tom Bundle, Tim Andreczyk, Andy Hammond, Ian Renfrew, Joe Lazzaro and Pat Mahardy all from central NY. They boated 18 "eyes" to keep 15, all on jigs with crawlers south of buoy 123.

Earlier in the week I fished with Frank Doll and Pat Donnelly of http://www.teamemedia.com a cutting edge outdoor sportsman show with it's focus on New York State. Our main target on this outing was walleye with an interest in a by-catch of bass and pan-fish. This show will air in October of 2010. Guests of this outing were Mark Kratz and Bob Ryan , department managers at Bass Pro Shops in Auburn, NY. Here is Frank, Mark, and Bob with their catch. These fish wanted the XPS Lazer Blade 1/2 oz. gold/black blade or 1/2 oz. purple jig/crawler.

On Tuesday, June 15, Gregg Smith, Felton, PA, and John Burke, Redline PA fished with me and were able to box a boat limit of 9 eyes for all three of us. This time the walleyes wanted the blade and not the jig/worm. Perch fry and yearling perch are showing up in walleye bellies and I suspect that makes the blade desirable to foraging eyes.

Don't forget on Sat., June 26. The A-TOM-MIK Challenge at Oswego is shaping up to be the biggest in prizes since its inception in 2008. We have already collected $3000.00 just in gift certificates. If you are a member of ELOSTA and catch the biggest fish of the tournament that will get you an extra $250.00. Thanks ELOSTA!!!! Entry fee is $60/boat, $10 for big fish competition and $15.00/person for dinner. Tournament tickets must be purchased at St. Peter Outfitters at Oswego Marina. Captain's meeting is Friday, June 25, 6:00 P.M. at Oswego Marina. Weigh in your biggest six trout and or salmon. Special thanks to Tom Allen (mr. a-tom-mik) for being the tournament's major sponsor. He is also sponsoring the challenges at Mexico and Fairhaven later in the season.

"COD" Bless America,

cap'n tony

Tony Buffa

9037 Lucas Rd.

Bridgeport, NY 13030

cell: (315) 427-2278

http://www.captaintonybuffafishingcharters.com

Fishing Report #7

More Pulp Fish'n!

The Oneida, on again off again syndrome continues to perplex the most seasoned of anglers. Solution (fish every day) and you won't miss the on times. At any rate, our recent successes have been in shallow (under twenty feet). Both the jig/nightcrawler and the blades are taking fish.

Last Friday, John Fitch Jr. and his bride, Barbara from Baltimore, Maryland picked away at good ole "marble eyes". Hogsback Mound on the outer bar at Lakeport provided the venue and we provided the Bass Pro Shops Lazer Blades (Gold/Black) 1/2 oz. East wind at 10-15 knots scattered the "eyes" across the bar. We boated 10 to keep 9 and I even got to share in the action.

Today, Wednesday, June 2, the "eyes" have it again. This time, Brad and Laurie Clark from Cato, NY put on a jigging clinic with the black/purple 3/8 oz. jig dressed with a nightcrawler. Once again we were shallow (under 20 feet) at Shackleton Shoals. The weeds are beginning to decorate the bottom and are currently holding enough forage to attract feeding eyes. We had quite a potpourri, which included 17 walleyes with 9 keepers, 5 smallmouth, 10 huge pumpkinseeds, 2 yellow perch and 3 pickerel. Again, I shared in the action.

Bo Walsack from NJ took a short 3 hr. outing to experience Oneida bass fishing in anticipation of his club outing come this August. Here he is with a catch and release largemouth. Chartreuse Gulp worm (wacky style) in very stained water proved irresistible.

The big pond (lake Ontario) seems to be in transition mode with good laker action, slow brown trout fishing and little to no kings. Too much good temperature everywhere. Once the thermocline sets up by mid-month there should be dramatic improvement. Last Sat., May 29, Phil Roe, legendary deer processor from Hamilton, NY, Capt. Paul Nagle, Marcellus, NY and Dale Tabot also from Hamilton got in on the laker action.

Mark your calendars for Sat., June 26. The A-TOM-MIK Challenge at Oswego is shaping up to be the biggest in prizes since its inception in 2008. We have already collected $3000.00 just in gift certificates. If you are a member of ELOSTA and catch the biggest fish of the tournament that will get you an extra $250.00. Thanks ELOSTA!!!! Entry fee is $60/boat, $10 for big fish competition and $15.00/person for dinner. Tournament tickets must be purchased at St. Peter Outfitters at Oswego Marina. Captain's meeting is Friday, June 25, 6:00 P.M. at Oswego Marina. Weigh in your biggest six trout and or salmon. Special thanks to Tom Allen (mr. a-tom-mik) for being the tournament's major sponsor. He is also sponsoring the challenges at Mexico and Fairhaven later in the season.

Enough for now, "cod" ago,

Cap'n tony

Tony Buffa

9037 Lucas Rd.

Bridgeport, NY 13030

cell: (315) 427-2278

http://www.captaintonybuffafishingcharters.com

McKeil with Barge 550-552 as it approaches the Port of Oswego

Fishing Report # 6

Hello again, time for some "Pulp Fish'n":

Since I last communicated with all of you, Oneida has definitely shown improvement. Walleyes are being taken in the deep water (30 to 38) on the east end at buoys 109 and 111 by the trollers with leadcore and stickbaits. The Rapala Hot Steel floater seems to be a favorite among the fraternity of trollers. North of Messenger Reef, jigging with black/purple 1/2 to 5/8 oz. jigs tipped with a crawler is also taking a fair share of "eyes".

Recently I have had a few good outings with the blade baits; particularly the Lazer Blade (gold/black) 1/2 oz. by Bass Pro Shops. The midge hatch is in full force now so walleyes are concentrating over the soft bottom to get a mouth full of these insects while they are floating to the surface to shed their casings. Ralph Moore, Matt and Tom Dolansky all from the New Hartford, NY region, jigged 11 "eyes" to keep these seven. The majority were on the Lazer Blade (gold/black) 1/2 oz. seen in the foreground.

On Tuesday morning, May 25 Tim McKernan, Baldwinsville, NY, Bill Garrett, N. Syracuse, NY and I jigged our way to a limit of "eyes". All but one was caught on the Lazer Blade. We had to move around quite a bit to get this catch in virtually a no wind situation. The preferred depths were 32 and 33 feet wherever it transitioned into 38.

Oneida Lake is now in its 15th. year of the lake sturgeon program and has already far surpassed any statistics on record for any other lakes in the U.S. Earlier this week the researchers at the Shackleton Point Cornell Biological Field Station on Oneida lake netted this 85 lb. big boy. So far this is the biggest sturgeon netted to date. So if per chance you hook into one of these water giants while jigging the depths and wonder why you got spooled, now you know.

Have a safe Memorial Day weekend and if you get a chance to fish, have a special prayer of thanks for all those soldiers who fought so that you can enjoy freedom.

Have "porpoise" in life,

cap'n tony

Tony Buffa

http://www.captaintonybuffafishingcharters.com

Oswego Marina

Perfect fueling stop within 500 yards of Oswego Lock 8

Pictured here is a 100+ foot boat fueling at the Oswego Marina. The fully protected deep water marina is a perfect fueling stop within 500 yards of Oswego Lock 8 of the New York State Barge Canal prior to entering Lake Ontario.

Lake Ontario Fishing Report 5/23/10

Brown trout fishing has been slow but conditions have been less then perfect. Flat clear water, bright sun and a lot of south wind has made it tough sledding near shore.

Lake trout have been saving our trips lately and it is good to see them returning to the eastern basin. Fish from Oswego east to nine mile point in 110 to 140 FOW.

Oswego walleye fishing has been pretty good as well. I did struggle last night but we can't kill them every night.

From Lake Ontario Outdoors

Late May at the Oswego Marina

Kaho Refueling at the Port of Oswego

Fishing Report #5 from Capt. Tony Buffa

Hello all my fishtoids, toidettes, toidelescences. et. al.

Long overdue for a report! A combination of fierce winds and a fierce bout with the flu have kept me off the water and now, hopefully on the mend. Both Ontario and Oneida have picked up a tempo, (that's chess parlance for gaining time). Conditions on both ponds are now amenable to consistent fishing on a daily basis. The big pond offers brown trout inshore from 8 to 20 feet of water, while the offshore (120 to 150) is home to cooperating lakers and steelhead. On a couple recent outings we picked away at both environments.

John Silvaggio, retired Syracuse firefighter, Don Churchill, Cicero, NY, retired AD Corcoran HS and Billy Denham retired Carrier employee and owner of the B&B Lounge, Syracuse, NY spent a cool morning trolling the shallows for browns. They boated these four browns and two put back rainbows. As you can see by the photo, this year's browns have spent some time at the table. Stickbaits off planer boards along with a black and silver Evil Eye on the downriggers generated the strikes.

Brooke Milot and Todd Seybold, Conshohocken, PA along with Wayne and Michelle Seybold, Marcellus, NY made it a family affair in the depths, chasing lakers and steelies. They boxed out on the lakers and Todd landed a nice eight pound steelhead. Luhr Jensen Fireplugs, affectionately nicknamed the "buddies" handled the lakers and the steelie grabbed a black/silver Smithwick off the boards.

Oneida walleyes are beginning to school in the usual deep holes off Lewis Point, Messenger Reef, Wilson Point and Hogsback. Jigs with nightcrawlers or blade baits are working equally as well. Kudos to Justin Pokines, Director of Department of Parks and Rec. Town of Sullivan for his dogged determination to start and complete the funding for a handicap accessible fishing pier at Chapman Park. It's a beauty! This is going to provide quality open water fishing from April through November. There is 6.5 feet of water at the pier head.

I am now available on a daily basis for either Oneida or Ontario. Remember don't start anything you can't fish!

Let's keep the "pier" pressure,

cap'n tony

Tony Buffa

Antique Boat Museum

This vintage 1924 wooden boat passed through the Port of Oswego Marina East on the way to the Clayton to the Boat Museum.

Rebecca Lynn makes a visit at West Pier of Port

Fish Being Released

The volunteers who raise the fish at the East Marina are shown here releasing them into the lake. The boat is towing the flowing pens that they have been raised in for over a month.

First sections of the new Wave Attenuator arrive at International Marina West

Readying Sail Boat for the Season

Bernie Bacon – Supervisor of Marina Operations is seen here using the East Marinas gin pole stepping a mast for a client.