Yankee Troller

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!

In talking with some tax professionals the best thing to do was to 1099 my teammates. The whole thing is in my name, but I was able to 1099 3/4's of it.

Good to know! I'm hoping a local shop has one, and not a big box, but if that's where I have to go then so be it.

Anyone see one in Monroe County recently? Haven't looked, but I'd rather not go on a blind goose chase. Just need one.

Yea, no joke....but I tried that with Spring BT and ended up with a broken rod. I was trying to impress the ladies.

Maniac told me you were on them in the morning. Tried to look for you so I could ride your coat tail and catch a few. We started slow! Good job bud! When your out there next time give me a shout to compare notes.

Hahahahahahahaha....I had no clue about any of those articles until people told me about them. One paper even said I was fishing with my Fiance. BONUS to me since I got engaged and didn't have to buy a ring! LMAO

Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuup!

Be patient! They will come. I just haven't released many from the West end yet!

Honestly, if I do catch it I'm prolly going to keep it.....

Looks like my grammar in this post wasn't as good as it usually is, so sorry for that. Mark - He's a farmer. The lost fish weren't his fault. They weren't biting good for some odd reason. Was just one of those days.