Yankee Troller

You guys are too technical! I just call them Steelbows! Problem solved! LOL I guess they could be called Rainheads too....Hmmmm

20-40' bud. We rarely go past 40' back on downriggers.

I received your e-mail Saturday night while I was at a wedding. We tried to find a charter for you all day Sunday (we are booked up so we can't run you), but we had no luck. Go through the two websites above and make some calls. We appreciate that you gave us a shot.

July 5th - We left the dock around 5:30am with Ed and his family from southern New York for a day of fishing. Derby tickets were on board, and we were looking for the one. We started in the water from the previous day only to find things slowed down a little. Fishing was tough today with only a few shots coming from Lake Ontario’s bruiser Salmon, but the Steelies more than made up for it. There are some nice chromers out there and more than willing to play. The highlight of the day was a LOC Derby placing 28lb Chinook Salmon that hit a Dreamweaver Raspberry Dolphin on our port Cannon downrigger. It ripped over and into the starboard diver before it went to the front of the boat. It then proceeded to go under the boat and get caught in our rudders. This lead to our client having to hand line it to the boat. If that isn’t EXCITING then I don’t know what is! July 6th - We left the dock nice and early hoping for a productive day on the water. We had Pete Crawford (Owner of Elite Archery and the Outdoor Group) out with his two sons and a fellow co-worker. The day started off GREAT! However, the bite would turn into a slllooowww pick. We ran our three Cannon downriggers, two wire divers, and three junk lines. Our Cannons pulled mostly spoons with Dreamweaver Sea Sick Waddlers, Raspberry Dolphins, and Silver w/ Green Glow tape being the best producers. On our divers we had both the green glow and blue glow Hijacker A-TOM-MIK flies going. The glow green was going behind a black double glow Dreamweaver Spin Docotor, and a white green dot Dreamweaver Spin Doctor. The glow blue version was good behind a Hammertime flasher. July 7th - These guys were a returning group with high expectations. They fished with us last June, and we filled the cooler with big kings, so the pressure was on us to repeat. We left the dock around 5:30am and headed out for a fun day of fishing. We saw a great picture on the inside while motoring out, so we dropped in around 90’ and gave it a go. It didn’t take long and we were into a screamer! Our 100’ diver was singing pulling a Hammertime flasher/A-TOM-MIK Hammer fly. We would go on to take a few other small kings along with busting off another big guy on a Dreamweaver Green Eyed Ghost. That bite died off, so we ventured North and found that the low 25N line was holding some active fish. We would go on to work that water the rest of the day. Our studs were a Dreamweaver Green Glow Tip fished on our 40’ rigger, and a MAG Dreamweaver Sea Sick Waddler was good down 60’. Other lures that took fish was a MAG Dreamweaver Green Gator on a 10 color, meat was good on our 400’ A-TOM-MIK Copper, a Green dot Dreamweaver Spin Doctor/A-TOM-MIK Ultra Green Glow on the 300’ A-TOM-MIK copper, and Dreamweaver Raspberry Dolphins.

Headed out in the fog knowing the lake had a little flip the past few days. We were going to try pounding the beach for Brown Trout, but the water was really cold with 50 degrees on the surface in 20' of water. Figuring in I didn't have Brown Trout leaders tied up we pointed her NW. We checked 75', 100', 150', and finally at the 25N line (200') we had decent water temps. The plan was to drop lines and troll it out. Our spread consisted of our three Cannon downriggers and two wire divers. On our boards we pulled a 5 color and a ten color. It didn't take long and we were into them. The divers took most of our Salmon ranging between 18-25lbs. One diver pulled a Green E-chip/A-TOM-MIK Glow Blue Hijacker fly, and the other was pulling a Dreamweaver Hammertime Spin Doctor/A-TOM-MIK Hammer fly. They were out 75-125' on a 2 setting. Our riggers were on fire taking all the Steelbows you wanted. They were set at 35', 45', and 55' with Dreamweaver Green Eye Ghost, Glow Froggy, and Raspberry Dolphins. All run with the regular size on the main line and the SS sliding above it. The 5 color core was on fire in the morning with a Dreamweaver Coyote SS, and later in the day our 10 color core started to get hot with a Dreamweaver Gold 42nd. We didn't smoke the Salmon, but ended the day 5/6 on majors, and we also found a few skippys. The Steelbows were a dime a dozen, and they weren't a bad year class. Most ranging in the 6-9lb range. We also managed to find a Laker and a Brown Trout out there. All in all it was a solid day and a lot of fun. Let's wish for some stable weather so the Summer Salmon set up and we can pound on them!