Yankee Troller

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:

We have used the Dawia Accudepth ADDR802ML rods. Decent stick for the money. Fit and finish sin't the greatest. Currently we are using 9' ML Shimano Clarus rods. They are pretty nice, and fit and finish is great. However, being a Dawia guy I am looking at the new line of rods out called the DXS Salmon and Steelhead series. Specifically the model number DXS902MLFB. Landshark just bought these, and I am waiting to hear his review on them.

Jeff what blanks are you tying those up on?

$50 pick up in Rochester. Less than a season on this battery.

So these people saw these 700? Or were they told while walking by that an Atlantic was landed and put back? I could care less if it stayed or went bye bye. It's cool catching one, and no one will argue that. I'm not trying to get into this pissing match over "if they are worth the investment?" I just find it hard to believe 700 were taken in that river system during the time frame I specified.

Run your Lowrance on 50, and your Eagle on 200, and there shouldn't be any issues. However, to alleviate dash clutter get rid of the Eagle and run your Lowrance in dual mode. No need for two units on the dash doing the same thing unless one doubles as a GPS.

Only if they are on the same frequency.

With all due respect Dave, and I know you've spent countless hours on that river, but have you seen the goons that fish it during Salmon season? Do you really think they can identify an Atlantic from a Brown Trout or King Salmon? I fish that river a lot with buddies in their boats, and a few of my really good friends guide daily on that river from September through April. No way 700 were caught in that system unless it was outside of the month range I mentioned. The numbers the DEC is getting is from angler surveys. Not checking a cooler full of dead fish on a charter boat where an Atlantic can be identified. Just my $.02

Airmar transducers are top notch! If you can buy the unit without a ducer then do it and buy an Airmar. However, I'm sure the 'Bird ducers will work just fine.

I was a HUGE Lowrance fan back in my Bass days. At the end I had numerous units fail on me within a year of my purchase. Customer service, when you got a hold of them, was the worst I've ever experienced. I vowed to never buy a Lowrance product ever again because of this. I hear they have improved, and they have a lot of new products out there. However, as long as our 'Birds keep functioning as they have for the past four seasons, and their customer service remains top notch we most likely wont be switching to anything else.

Check out the Humminbird 858 or 958. You wont be disappointed. The only difference between the two is the screen size. Neither of them come with down imaging or side imaging, which you probably wont use anyway. We had a 958 with an Airmar SS60 transducer, and it was was a great unit. If you shop around the Internet you can probably find the 958 around $1,000. Otherwise, the 858 is under your price point, and would work just fine.