Yankee Troller

Nice report!

Tom @ East Fork marine in Sandy Creek did ours last year. He came highly recommended.

We can't tell tackle shops to stay open, but we are targeting the same shops that help out with the LOC derby, so most of them are open until 8. We don't have an issue with you weighing it in both events. Typically, the LOC allows tourney fish to be weighed, so I'm guessing they wont mind either.

We start at 20'. Very rarely do we shorten that up, but many times we will go longer. There is no set distance. Find out what works best on your rig.

Look at the second to last sentence - "This tournament is for everyone and is lake wide." The Group that runs the Wilson Harbor Invitational, and the ones that started the 1 K A Day derby this Spring, thought it went well. Some others have copied the format during their tourney weeks, so we thought we would put it on a larger scale during the Fall LOC when everyone is out there chasing that derby winning King.

We thought that this years were much more durable than last years.

Proud to announce (and sorry for the short notice) our first annual Summer 1 K a Day! Running Saturday August 16th through Sunday August 31st we will award the largest King Salmon (over 20 pounds) $1000. Full Payouts will be based on a full field of 100 boats. Please register online at http://www.wilsonharborinvitational.com/1k-a-day-registration/ or by calling 716-863-1001. Cost is $150 plus a $15 processing fee for 16 chances to win! This tournament is for everyone and is lake wide. Weigh stations are being added daily so be sure to check back often for updates. Weigh stations thus far, and remember they will grow as more come on board: Wilson - Wilson Gas Shack Olcott - Slippery Sinker Oak Orchard - Narbys Rochester - Mitchel's Bait Fairhaven - Screwey Louies

That's pretty serious right there. I've never heard of that. Thanks for sharing that.

Left the dock around 5:45 and headed NW to the same area we fished the last few weeks. It started slow for us. Great screen, but the bites weren't coming. We started around 25N/14W, but found the sweet spot around 27N/18W. Dreamweavers Raspberry Dolphin was good on our 70' Cannon out and down. Regular size back 25' and a SS slider above it both took Salmon. Our 500 was our only A-TOM-MIK copper we could get to go, and that was pulling some Familiar bite strips. Our divers out 150-175 took a few shots with a Gator colored Dreamweaver Spin Doctor pulling an A-TOM-MIK Green Crinkle fly.

We picked up an friend from the launch dock around 5:30am and headed out. We ran down to Watoma shoal in about 120' of water and sent out our spread. On the set-up the middle rigger fires with what would be our only mature Salmon of the day on a Dreamweaver Sea Sick Waddler mag spoon down 60' in 65 degree water. The rest of the day we would haul in 3-5lb Salmon, and as many Lake Trout as you wanted (we never officially fished for them). Out hot rigs were a 300 A-TOM-MIK copper pulling a moonshine Carbon 14, and our deep Cannon out and down anywhere from 140-180'. The Lake Trout we were catching were studs in that deeper water, but we knew if we took one nice King it would be game over! That bite never came even though we saw the fish on the graph most of the day. Congrats to the Jakey baby guys, and a huge thank you goes out to the committee that put on this great event. It seems to grow every year, and that's rare on the tourney scene.

Video it and put in on Facebook!

We put about that much on. You guys are getting way too technical! We run the swivel through the levelwind and give the reel a couple cranks.

Friday 7/18 – Returning for their 3rd consecutive year were the Miller boys. They were spoiled last year with a heck of a catch, but this year’s fishing has been slower than other years. The #1 excuse seems to be the harsh winter, and I have to buy in on that. Regardless, there is always something to catch! Fishing started off slow. But by the end of the day the guys narrowly missed a four man limit. At one point on this trip they would hook into a QUADRUPLE with 2 fish coming on one pole! Can’t say that has ever happened before! Our Cannon downriggers were parked from 35-80’ most of the day. Our wires were out 150-200, and we ran coppers out to 500’. Saturday 7/19 Morning – It was the third leg of the King of the Oak event, and the Miller boys were in tourney mode! We headed out around 5;30 am and went NW. We dropped in around the 26N line and worked the 27-30N lines 16-18W for most of the day. Bite was slow, but we managed to pick away at the jumbo Steelhead , and a few Salmon. Our Salmon came on a 500 Copper, and a wire diver out 175’. Both presentations were pulling Familiar Bite herring strips. We were able to land 2 of the 3 with the biggest being 18lbs. The rest of the day the Steelhead kept us busy. Dreamweaver Sea Sick Waddlers on a 55’ Cannon out and down, and a 200’ copper pulling a Lyman plug seemed to be the best for us. For the event we finished 4th out of 20 boats. We weighed two Salmon and a really nice Steelhead. Saturday 7/19 Afternoon – We had a nice couple from central Florida with us, and they wanted Salmon! The trip started off slow, and we took 2 or 3 shots in the first 3 hours. The last hour was magical! We put two nice Salmon in the box along with a nice Steelhead. We also dropped three other fish. Our hot rig of the night was the 200 copper pulling the Lyman plug. It took both big Salmon! Sunday 7/20 – This group from Pittsburgh fished with us in April chasing Brown Trout, and they were out the night before with a boat that is running a few trips for us. They experienced that last hour of mass confusion when the Salmon lit up! We headed NW out to the waypoints we’ve been working for a few days. The fish were there and they were on the feed! The catch consisted of mostly jumbo Steel, but there were a few Kings mixed in. The 200 copper was good for three fish pulling the Lyman plug. The Kings all came on our 55’ Cannon out and down pulling a gold gator with a gold 42 slider. The Frost bite was good on our 30-35’ Cannon as well. For an hour our divers got hot out 125’ on a 2 setting pulling a Salmon Viagra Stingray. 26/27N and 16/18W seemed to be best with a NW/SE troll.