Yankee Troller

Yea, your a day late and a dollar short. That bite doesn't last long, and I heard they were on them good two weekends ago.

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Someone has to take your spot while your on the sidelines! Two more weekends to beat on Ra-cha-cha fish and we are headed for Canada my friend.

Exactly! LOL Some of these guys are just plain D**ks. Don't let them push you around. My rule of thumb is if I give you the inside when we pass the first time I expect you to give me the inside when we pass the next time, and so on and so forth. Sometimes, your not paying attention, and you put yourself in a ****ty situation. If you take the 10 seconds to wave and apologize to the other boat it goes a long way.

I agree Brian, but all the Lakers I cleaned this weekend were just about empty. The Brown Trout on the other hand were loaded with them. Tons of 3" gobies and a few 6-7" gobies in every ones stomach. The Lakers were loaded just East of I-Bay yesterday so thick we went through and did a quad, Sure Strike did a triple, and Goater did two on our first pass. All one after another in parade mode.

April 6th - We left the dock a little past 6am with a new crew. Breaking the pier heads we choose right, so down to Oklahoma Beach we went. We set out a typical Spring Brown Trout set-up. Three lines off each planer board with sticks, our Cannon out downs had spoons, and over the top of them we ran a split shot spoon. When we got to Irondequoit we knew it was gonna be a tough day if we didn’t find better water. It was chocolate milk! So, out went the bright colored lures. Things started slow! We decided to put a rod down the chute because of the slow bite, and we picked up a Brad’s ThinFish and sent it out. We’ve had good luck on these in the past for BT. It wasn’t out there two minutes and FISH ON! We loaded one board up with these baits and the fish started to come. We found a few pockets with water that wasn’t complete mud, and I think the rattles in those baits helped draw the fish in. Brads ThinFish in Green Speck, Blue Green Yellow Lazer, and Red Black Squiggles all took their fair share of hits. We would go on to work those pockets and pick away at fish. One of the guys had the lucky rotation and too three fish at the double digit mark. His buddies fish were much smaller, but surprisingly there wasn’t a lot of smack talking about it. I know I would have been running my mouth if I was him! April 7th - Back at it again with a crew that did a Salmon trip with us in 2012. They were looking for a wall mounter Brown Trout, and we almost made that happen! Again, we made the decision to go right when we broke the piers about 6;30am. Down to the waters from the previous day, and we notice right away the mud is gone, and we can see down 10-12’. Oh Boy….change out the spread! It’s amazing what a few hours of South wind will do! Out went the naturals in a typical Spring program. Three flat lines off each planer board, a spoon run on our Cannon out and downs, and a split shot spoon run right over the top of those. We hit the area just East of that tragic Christmas Eve shooting, and I think we moved 6 rods in a matter of 10 minutes. After only landing two of those fish we decided it was time for a lesson on light line Brown Trout fishing. After that these guys had it down! Those two fish happened to be Lake Trout, which we’ve been seeing a lot of on the beach this Spring. The few boats after us also hit that spot and pulled LT’s, so we decided to push on East. Water was very clear, and we only took two shots from there to Hedges. One being the beast of the trip. A nicely colored up 12lb Brown Trout. We finally went back to the area we pounced on them in the morning and would go on to take 2-3 fish per pass until mother nature decided to blow 40. Hot baits today were Smithwicks and Rapalas in natural colors.

You are fine to eat fish from Ontario. Any Mercury is located in the stomach lining from what we are told, and that doesn't get eaten. Trust me, if it wasn't healthy for you we'd have a lot of dead Pennsylvanians! When they did some testing on contaminants in the fish they ground up the whole fish and tested it. You don't eat the whole fish!

Doug - 1st week in May is hit or miss usually. If they aren't on the bar you can find them from the Welland to Jordan, which in your ride isn't a long trip. Prior to that weekend you will need to be in Canada to find Kings, usually. Most marinas in the River aren't even open yet that time of year. You can tie up to the launch docks in Youngstown though.

10lbs tops. No length on it.

Nice! Did we run by you?

March 30th - “The Shakedown†Talk about being excited! First trip of the season, and we couldn’t ask for better conditions. There was a slight 2’ chop from the West. We rolled out of Sodus Point and headed for the waters off Hughes marina. We trolled it down past Pultneyville finding 40-41 degree water in 8-12’. Bites came in spurts, but we had no real fire drill. We picked up and ran to Bear Creek and trolled between there and Ginna for the rest of the day. The water there was a bit warmer, and the fire drills began. Natural colored sticks 100-150’ behind planer boards were our top producers. A Stinger Sea Sick Waddler, and a Stingray UV Blue Tuxedo had our Cannons firing as well. Some Shakedown shots: March 31 - “Easter Sunday†Our last day to “play†so we grabbed the ol’ man and went out for an Easter Sunday troll. We fished out of Rochester, and found 40-41 degree water, but nothing warmer. Some spots had green water, but there wasn’t much of it. We set out our six board lines, two lines on our Cannon out and downs, and two split shot Stinger spoons off the corners. The naturals sticks took most of the shots off the boards. Rapala Black/Silver, Black/Gold, and Perch were the MVPs. The split shot spoons held their own too in Yellow Tail and UV Black Tuxedo. We had an eventful morning, but there was a troll direction and a small stretch of water holding the fish. Not many small Browns like we are used to seeing in the Spring. Everything has been of quality as you can see above in the pictures. One of the Fattest BT I've seen: