Downtown Buffalo-inner harbor and outer harbor

[turkeyfeathers]

Girls and I went down there today. Checked out Arboria luminarium It's an inflatable maze with light and music inside. Actually pretty neat.

Took the bike ferry from outer harbor to inner harbor Checked out the naval ships , sub and planes. Area was quite active today as war memorials being visited General Mills but we didn't smell Cheerios today as usual. Pretty impressed on how they've built up the area. Someone had some serious kite action going on.

[DirtTime]

Looks like you and the family had a good time TF.

[maytom]

We went there today too!! Beautiful day for sure!!

[Jm510]

Awesome pictures TF!!

[wolc123]

My girls and I cruised thru there on my fishing boat yesterday.  The area is not too friendly for boaters.  They are asking for $9.00 to attach to the docks down there.   Small wonder that on the Memorial day holiday at noon, there was only one or two boats moored there, and at the other docks where the cost was the same out on the outer harbor by the big Labbats Blue grain elevators.  I would have had no issue paying for a few rides, games, drinks or snacks at the carnival, but no way was I going to fork over $9.00 to dock after already shelling out that same amount to launch at small boat harbor (at least that is is cleaned up, well maintained and worth it now that the State has taken over).   I guess with such a short season, they want to squeeze all the cash they can out of those who visit, and they must figure boaters have plenty to spare.   It looks like they figured wrong based on the number of boats tied up there yesterday.  

[The_Real_TCIII]

Did you see that pig of a

Smallmouth on a bed right next

to the ramp at B?

[maytom]

We went to "Food truck" Tuesday yesterday. First time we went there, one word, AWESOME!!!! Cold beer, lot's of choices of food to try. Impressed by the amount of trucks they have there.

From what I hear, they rotate each Tuesday so that others can be there as well. Perfect day too weather wise. Will be doing that again very soon....

[wolc123]

It was a little too choppy out on the lake for the girls, but in a short time we did hook three smallies, landing (2). The first one looked to be about 15". A bad knot let go on that one right next to the boat. The second one would have been a legal keeper at 20", but was a little "rough" looking and that is a bit larger than I like to eat, so she got to go back also. The last one was too short to keep now at 14", but very healthy looking. It was good to see that the bass population looks healthy and stable out there. I prefer to eat bass, since they have more oil in them and are therefore better baked, grilled or broiled than walleye or perch. No one questions their superiority over those other species in the "fight" department and they are usually easier to locate.

I am not into catch-and release fishing, and was hoping to get into some walleye or perch, which are better fried. Also, the boat needed a "shakedown" cruise to make sure everything worked properly. The "real" bass season opens up in a couple weeks and when it does, I will be targeting 12-18" bass to restock the freezer. We finished off the last vacuum-sealed package from last year for dinner on Memorial day, which gives me more incentive to get out there. That vacuum sealer is amazing when it comes to keeping fish tasting fresh. I would like to see the May season minimum length go back to 15", like it was for a few years. 15"-18" bass are far more abundant and usually much healthier looking than those 20 + inchers. To me, "catch and release" fishing is just the senseless maiming of a fine food source.

[Merlot]

My girls and I cruised thru there on my fishing boat yesterday.  The area is not too friendly for boaters.  They are asking for $9.00 to attach to the docks down there.   Small wonder that on the Memorial day holiday at noon, there was only one or two boats moored there, and at the other docks where the cost was the same out on the outer harbor by the big Labbats Blue grain elevators.  I would have had no issue paying for a few rides, games, drinks or snacks at the carnival, but no way was I going to fork over $9.00 to dock after already shelling out that same amount to launch at small boat harbor (at least that is is cleaned up, well maintained and worth it now that the State has taken over).   I guess with such a short season, they want to squeeze all the cash they can out of those who visit, and they must figure boaters have plenty to spare.   It looks like they figured wrong based on the number of boats tied up there yesterday.  

Nice to see that the area was developed from basically nothing, but the price to dock is nor right, nor are the tourist trap restaurant prices. Not too many shade trees around. We went to a wedding on one of those bridges last summer, and it was  not much fun having sun beat down on you. Couldn't wait to leave.

The place certainly gets a lot of free advertising from the "news" channels...always pushing people to come on down. Not for me. Of course, I'm not much for the city life.

[The_Real_TCIII]

There's still a huge expanse of wide open land between there and the small boat harbor. The way it was explained to me was that no developer will agree to be responsible for what is buried there and the state can't be either. It could be a monumental expense to clean up whatever pollution is unearthed

[turkeyfeathers]

There's still a huge expanse of wide open land between there and the small boat harbor. The way it was explained to me was that no developer will agree to be responsible for what is buried there and the state can't be either. It could be a monumental expense to clean up whatever pollution is unearthed

Links style golf course would be awesome there !!!

[The_Real_TCIII]

Golf courses and cemeteries, biggest wastes of prime real estate!

-Al Cervik