Yankee Troller

Exactly! You aren't going to see 40lb 2 and 3 yr olds! This is called union egg take. Don't pay attention to age or size. Just take the fish and spawn it. They've been breeding these older fish out of the system for years. Look to Canada. They do the exact opposite. Many 30+ fish are pulled out of their waters during the Toronto SUN Derby. Fish pushing 40lbs EVERY year. We don't see those on this side of the pond. There is plenty of bait out there, and their stomachs are chock full when they are feeding! If they can't get to a true maturity they'll never hit Trophy size.

Growing up as a kid (pre Sea Sick Waddler) Norther King's Mullato had a white cup, and that went down every morning! Little clear crushed ice on the top side, or a glow ladderback. It was deadly!

If $$$$ is tight Humminbirds new HELIX series are getting great reviews. If you want something with a bigger screen there are other options they offer. It's all we've run for 6-7 years now. If you have any specific questions about their stuff feel free to ask away.

So, you guys are buying from the DEC it's the best fishing we've ever had? How about when it was a 5 fish limit, and captains were filling 2 150qt coolers? Most guys struggle to fill 1 cooler now with a 3 fish limit. What about the size of the fish? We saw many 40lb adults @ 3 and 4yrs old back in the 80s/90s. Now our fish mature at 2 and 3 yrs old, and a fraction of a fraction make it to 4. You can't feed guys that have been around the game this data, and expect them to believe that it's the best fishing EVER! They are getting better and better at shutting us down at these meetings. From bringing in the pathologist to shut down a second hatchery option to limiting 1 question per person. Their "back up" plans for WHEN a catastrophe will hit is last time it happened fishing got good. Oh....OK.....great plan! I will, however, give them great props for the extra everything (minus the Federally subsidized Lake Trout) that they put into the lake in recent years.

Same concept that works on women also works on Salmon. Just put it in their face.

You guys are all delusional if you think the DEC actually cares. There a a few who do, but the rest are robots to the government. This is NY people. Democratic/Liberal to the bone! It's all about taking care of NYC. Not a multi-million dollar fishery. The "old timers" have given up on them, and trust nothing they present. These guys aren't stupid! They are just sick of not being listened to. Lets see a guy spending 100+ days a year on the water versus a biologist? Hmmmm The lack of Captains and Lake guys at these meetings is speaking volumes also. These new age stream guys are, and will be, taking over. BS about this being a 12 month fishery, and everyone hail the Steelhead. The Salmon brings a ROI better than all of the other species combined. Yet, these "biologist" feel it necessary to almost double LT stockings rather than putting in more Salmon. Take the lake fishing (May-September), and the month and a half of Salmon season in the tribs and that topples any steelhead revenue. You want to start scaring these stream guys? The Finger lakes see a lot of natural reproduction in their streams, and this leads to stream closings to help protect that process. If we are seeing a 50% Natural reproduction (more BS I think we are being fed) then maybe we need to close down the Rivers and Streams on the South shore to protect this.

Can't say I disagree with you.

I've had lots of caps come off. Most times you can see them starting to come off, and can go without losing it. However, they do glue them on, and every one I've taken off had some type of adhesive in that cap.

Just so it's full disclosure, and most people already know this, I have been on Cannon's Prostaff for 5 years. I don't replace them every year. More like every two years. I know of no captains who replace their riggers every year. That happened a lot back in the day, but it doesn't happen anymore. I don't know how you can bash a company after you took their manual rigger and converted it to electric. Not to mention it was with parts most likely from pre-JO's ownership. Our riggers get about 100 trips (charters, tourneys, and pleasure) a year out of them. That is a lot more than 90% of the guys out there. They've been bullet proof with that 1 exception. If you do have an issue with the new line-up there are many success stories where the customer service department is praised. One of those stories being the pullys. Let's be honest.......You bought a used car, replaced the motor and tranny, and when that went bad you blame the car manufacturer!?!?!?!? All of the caps are glued on, so that is a false statement. Name one rod holder company that uses caps that hasn't had this problem? Those same companies also sell replacement caps. Apparently, all these guys have an issue when trying to get rubber/plastic to stick to metal.

This is an STX model? I ask because you say the specs are rating the rigger for a 15lb weight. Ever since the re-design they have been able to handle 20lb weights. If this is indeed the older HS rigger it's got to be 6+ years old. Is that a quote from Cannon, or Tony who repairs them in Buffalo? Let's also not forget Cannon was bought by Johnson Outdoors in late 2005. They inherited some issues from the last company, and in a couple of years they totally redesigned the downrigger lineup. The new line up, which is going on 5 or 6 years now, from the 5STX to the Digi-troll have a less than 1% failure rate. We run 15lb weights 3-4 days a week on ours, and many days in the Spring/Summer a 20lb weight. We have had 1 DT blow a board in 5 seasons.

Only if we're the most sponsored team in the event......

That's why we need to kill as many LT as we can! Rid the Lake of them! Kill Kill Kill!