Yankee Troller

I tried reaching you on Channel 16 Skipper. I saw you and was curious if you were doing them. We fished every afternoon this weekend, and it was decent. Sunday morning was a slaughter!

We weren't planning on running any trips this weekend, but we made an exception, and boy are we glad we did! We met this nice family from Colorado, and they had been on numerous charters all over the US. Most of those taking place in saltwater. These charters have gone so bad for them that they didn't bother bringing a cooler for any fish to take home! We left the dock around 5:30 and headed out to a lumpy Lake Ontario. We set down in 130’ pointed her North into the waves and set rods. Fish were coming fast, but given the rough waters holding onto them was a challenge. A nice mix of King Salmon and Coho Salmon. Our big guy of the day hit a 400 copper pulling a Green Smartfish/A-TOM-MIK Green Crinkle. I believe each person on the trip took two turns bringing that fish to the boat. Other good lures today was the Dreamweaver Sea Sick Waddler down 60’, and the new Dreamweaver DUV Lemon Ice SS on a free slider. We worked the waters right out front from 150-300 on N/S trolls. Lady O picked up as the day went on, but we were fortunate enough to get our limit early and be back for lunch so we didn't get pounded any more. Needless to say, these guys had to go into town and look for a cooler so they could bring their catch back home with them!

Let's hope it's not the case, but it is that time of year where the fishing goes to crap for a few weeks. Usually it starts the week of the Niagara Pro Am. Time will tell. However, you can't catch much from the couch, so anytime on the water is better than listening to the 'ol lady or working.

Thank you from the Yankee Boyz for everything all veterans, and current active military personal, have done for this country!

Mic is a good guy and catches them well. Reports out of the ROC are surface steelies and Lake Trout. A king or two might get thrown in while fishing those two species. Good luck! Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Lake Ontario United mobile app

We are not sponsored by them, and are in the process of purchasing this. They are back-logged until the end of June from what I was told, and working out a few small bugs. I do know a few guys running the first production models, and who have prototyped these, and they are very impressed. Just like a lot of computers/electronics devices there will be bugs. Some improvements have been, and are being, made recently from input that was given to the manufacturer from the initial users. Some issues I've heard of thus far: *Bad Probe *Software related issues I think this unit will give you data that you have never had, and I think it will put a few extra fish in the boat. Time will tell!

Exactly! Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Any thought to expanding the list of ports due to the low water level we are experiencing? We really want to fish this, and have clients who are looking forward to it as well.

Will do! Probably will roll into town around 6ish.

Nick - is Sony Vegas an easy program to learn?

May 16th - Our afternoon trip started around 4pm with reports of a tough bite. Rumor has it the morning was good, but after that the picture and fishing got spotty. We set up a high/low Coho/King program. We had a mix of spoons and flasher/fly combos fished off our Cannon downriggers, a pair of wires pulling flasher.fly combos, a 200’ copper, and 4 surface lines. We worked the water between Wilson and the red barn in 50-100’ of water all night. The picture was there, but the Salmon had lock jaw. The Coho bite was pretty good. Everything in the water took fish. Red Brads Thinfish, Challenger Lady Bug, Dreamweaver Orange Slurpee SS, and a Dreamweaver 6†Orange Spinny with an A-TOM-MIK Coho fly. Sometimes these Coho get picky and want a body bait, and other times they want metal. We try to put a little bit of everything out there and let them tell us what’s tasty for them on any given day. We did take one King bite, but as quick as he was there he was gone. The 200’ copper pulling a Black Dreamweaver Spin Doctor with a new A-TOM-MIK Hijacker fly was the combo that went. We just got our hands on the new Hijacker series, and I think they are going to be a good one! Although we didn’t pound any Chinooks the Coho, and a nice drop back Rainbow, kept us busy. May 17th (Morning) - The first half of the trip was slow, and a few cracked off fish in the morning made it even worse. A phone call from a buddy changed it all, and when we got to that water it was on! The surface bite for Coho was cranking with a Challenger Lady Bug, and an Orange Spin Doctor/A-TOM-MIK Coho Fly taking most of the shots. The king bite was starting to slow, but not before we grabbed a few quick ones. They would fall for a Dreamweaver Mountain Dew Spin Doctor/A-TOM-MIK Big Fin Glow fly down 175’ on our Cannon downrigger, and a Mountain Dew E-Chip/A-TOM-MIK Glow Blue Hijacker fly 325’ out on a wire. May 17th (Afternoon) - We headed right out to the same water we finished in, and quickly took two matures on a Mountain Dew Dreamweaver Spin Doctor/A-TOM-MIK Big Fin Glow fly down 175’ on our Cannon downrigger. After that it was a Coho bonanza the rest of the night with no more Chinook hook-ups. Again, the Challenger Lady Bug was responsible for most of the Coho bites. Our first fish of the night was our 2013 personal best weighing in at 25lbs. Now we are looking for Mr. 30lb’r! May 18th (Morning) - Lady O was good to us on this particular morning. We started in 70’ of water with the intent on heading to the deeper water we worked the day before. We put out a Coho/King Spread in the morning, but less than a few hours in we cleared out the Coho stuff, and had just a King program down. We ran our three Cannons, two wires, and two junk lines. Our Cannon downriggers took most of our fish. The Dreamweaver Sea Sick Waddler was hot first thing down 40 back 40. A Stinger NBK was going well down 30 back 40 as well. We took a few diver shots, and they really liked a Stinger Black Widow fished 100’ back on a 3 setting. With no real temp breaks we also saw and took a few fish down deep on our Cannon downriggers at 150-175’ on a Stinger Hammertime E-Chip/A-TOM-MIK Big Fin Glow fly. A 10 color Stealth Core took a few fish with a Yeck Black/Silver Green Glow. May 18th (Afternoon) - Our second double in as many days, and we knew leaving the dock it was sloppy out there from the NE. We battled 3-5’ waves for the entire length of the trip, and the bite was fairly consistent. Cold clear water was rolling in, but we still had somewhat of a picture. The last hour was on fire right out front, which yielded back to back doubles for these guys who have never ventured out on Lady O for Salmon and Trout. Even though it was rough we were able to get out three surface lines on one of our boards, a 200 copper on the other, three rods down on our Cannon downriggers, and a pair of wires. At times we’d throw a 300 or 400 down the chute depending on where the last rigger shots were coming from. Challengers Lady Bug, and Nuclear Green plugs pulled the Coho and a Steelhead off the surface. The Kings were coming from our riggers mostly pulling Dreamweaver Sea Sick Waddlers, and a Stinger NBK. We had a case of the dropsies BAD, and I had it pinned on the sloppy NE wind making it tough to land fish. May 19th - Same group showed up ready to do some battle, and we were happy to see Mother Nature had calmed down a lot. We left the chute at 6am and shut her down in 60’ of water right out front. A day which many ran West or offshore because of the cold clear water, but we found a great pick right on the inside out the front door. We let out 3 challengers on one planer board, a 200 copper on the other, a 300 copper down the chute, a pair of wire divers, and all three of our Cannon downriggers. The 100-125’ wire on a 3 setting pulling a Stinger Black Widow went a few times as did a Dreamweaver Sea Sick Waddler, and a Stinger NBK on our downriggers with Kings The Coho were also playing with our surface baits. Action was HOT, but the landing was way less than desired. I couldn’t blame Mother Nature on this beautiful morning, so I blamed the clients! Even though we all knew they weren’t doing anything wrong we had to put the blame somewhere other than ourselves….LOL. By the end of the day we ventured offshore, and took a few bites after the inside bite slowed around 10am. We put together a nice mixed bag of fish minus a Brown Trout and an Atlantic. A frustrating trip to say the least because of the lite bites, but very fun with a great group of guys!

Sounds like a bad transducer. There was a bad batch out there from Humminbird, and your troubles sound like the ones a few people were having. You should not have to go to braid because of interference with your FF. Call customer service and see if they can get you a new ducer.