Yankee Troller

Don't do it G Daddy... He's gonna steal the custom spoon!!!!! Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Nice pics! Good job on the fish too!

No problem!

They do now! Captains Cove and Fat Nancy's carries them, or you can have your local shop order them. They have a sku in the DW line-up. I had them made with silver and gold cups. Captains cove was supposed to have both, but I think DW mis-understood them and sent glow cups instead of gold. Those might be a good morning spoon!

I had to grab one photo op!

Nice job! Wish we could have chatted. When your up again stop by.

The 32 line is in the 590's. It starts going up after that I think.

Phantom fish......that's no joke! We marked plenty of bait this weekend. Nice hooks just weren't on the screen. However, they still showed up on our hooks!

I agree with Carl.....Sunday morning was a pure struggle. We ground out some fish, but we worked hard for the bites. Direction of troll was more important Sunday morning than the three days I fished this weekend. Great job! Nothing bad about that performance!

It sure was a relaxing day!

You got it all wrong Motoman. The season is going by so fast it still feels like spring. Nice report and good fishing Rick. Aint that the truth!

July 23rd - After handing the rod off to clients all weekend Mel wanted to get in on some of this great King Salmon action Lake Ontario is putting out. We had breakfast at 4C’s Cafe before pulling out of the harbor. The double charter the day before didn’t allow us time to grab dinner, so we were both starving! We left the dock around 7am, and shot right out to the 29.5N line knowing what we left out there was what we wanted to fish. It was Mel and I so all we were allowed were six rods. Down went the three Cannon DT10s, and out went two wires. Once that was all set I figured since we were trying to knock my good friend Vince P off the mountain for the Summer LOC I’d better send down a meat rig in the ice water where the pigs hang out. So, I went and grabbed a 500 Copper, and out went the meat. We picked fish all morning on riggers and wires. The copper stayed quiet, and soaked for 80% of the day. Dreamweaver Sea Sick Waddlers and Gators mupped were going all morning. As were the same flasher fly combos we have been running on our low divers all weekend long. As the morning pushed on the bite went to a steady pick. We worked the 31-32N line and circled an area that had bait and fish pretty consistently in it. At one point throughout the morning I got the bright idea to grab a Lyman plug and send it down on the middle rigger. I sent it back 30’, which was 15-20’ further back than the two out downs, and sent it down 15’ above them. It wasn’t in the water 5 minutes when I see the rod start to throb. In less than 30 minutes it would take two fish, and then it was done for that lure. About noon I was setting a rod on the out down when I see the 500 just lay right over and start singing! I yelled to Mel to grab the rod, and she was into a fight. This fish took multiple runs throughout the fight, and like always we thought this could be the one! However, just like every other time we think we have Orca on a 20lb king find the bottom of our net. Oh well, cross out that trip to Cobo this Winter. We pulled lines at 2pm and headed in for some lunch after Mel told me she just couldn’t fight another Salmon.

July 21st - Dave just couldn’t get enough Lake Ontario Salmon fishing a month ago, so he brought up some more friends to experience this great resource. We left the dock at 5:30am fully knowing that Mother Nature blew apart the inside waters we have targeted for about the last month. We drove out past the fog bank, thanks to the cold water inside, and found the water starting to warm up around the 25N line. We set in and threw down our three Cannon DT10s, and watched the screen for 15 minutes. We saw nothing that made us want to stay, so we picked the lines and pushed it another mile North. We set in around the 26.5N line and out went our program. Since we were in search mode we threw it all at them! We set our Cannons down between 30 and 70’. Temp was still pretty high, but it would gradually go down as we pushed North. We set our low divers on 2’s with flasher/flys, and our high divers on 3.5’s with spoons. We had a 5 color on one board and a 10 color on the other with a 300 copper down the chute. Everything had a mix of spoons and flasher/fly combos. It started really slow for us, but thank god these guys took an 8 hour charter. As the day progressed so did the bite. We ended up going to an all spoon program with the excretion of our low divers. AS we crossed over in the 27N line the screen got better, and so did the action. We worked the 27-28N lines all day, but the annoying part was that you could only get bit on one troll. Our Dreamweaver Green Gator was our best spoon in the morning, but by the afternoon we had to pull it because it had shut down. Our low divers were going consistently back 200’ with Dreamweaver Hammertime Spin Doctor/A-TOM-MIK Hammer fly, and a Dreamweaver Green Dot Spin Doctor/A-TOM-MIK UV Dolphin. On our high diver we had a Moonshine Green Shorts going good out 225-250’. We had a lot of missed opportunities, but we boated some nice fish too! Our two biggies went 26.5 and 23.5 pounds. The cold water made these fish very feisty. They would hit and immediately come up to the surface and shark to the left or right. It was a fun trip and I know these guys had a blast. July 22nd Morning - We left the dock with intentions of fishing the same waters from the previous day. The screen was the same as were the water temps. We dropped in at the 26N line and trolled it out to the 28N line. We worked the 27-28N line all morning long. The bite wasn’t as good as it was the day before, but we managed to get our bites. Our program was very similar to the day before. Low divers pulling flasher/fly combos, and high divers pulling spoons. The two combos that took fish for us on our low divers were the Dreamweaver Hammertime/A-TOM-MIK Hammer fly and a Chrome Green Dot E-Chip/A-TOM-MIK Bobblehead. Our Cannons were parked from 30-80’ down with sliding cheaters. One one Otter boat we pulled a 10 color, and on the other was a 300 copper. The MVP in the morning was our new Dreamweaver Sea Sick Waddlers parked on a downrigger. A nice 12lb Steelie liked it so much he bent our SS slider almost in half. A Dreamweaver Moon Cricket was also taking a few fish on the deeper rigger. As the sun got high I remembered how much Kings like the Dreamweaver Get R Dun’s when they are high in the water column so I put two down on a rigger, and a mag verision on a high diver. Both took shots by the end of the trip. We dropped half of our fish again today, and I am beginning to think it has something to do with the wicked currents. It was another morning where direction of troll really mattered. It was still a fun trip, and these guys had a blast! July 22nd Afternoon - We heard of a good bite at the 31N line, so that was the line we wanted to check out. WE set in at the 27N line and trolled it N/NW out. We dropped two steelies on the way out, and both were pigs. One hit the copper, and another came unbuttoned off a rigger. We kept a similar program to the morning trip. Mostly a spoon program with the exception of the Dreamweaver Hammertime/A-TOM-MIK Hammer, and a Chrome Green Dot E-Chip/A-TOM-MIK Bobblehead on our low divers. When we hit the 31N line with an hour and a half left in the trip the rods went crazy! All big kings too! We had Northern King Copper NBKs, Dreamweaver Sea Sick Waddlers, and Dreamweaver Gators down on our Cannon DT10s. Our high divers had a Moonshine Green Shorts, and a Dreamweaver Get R Dun Mag. Fish were flopping on the floor, doubles were being fought, and everyone was laughing as hard as they could at the may-lay we were putting on these fish! It was a good time had by all!

Now you know why he always does better on day two! You have Screamer who follows the leading boat on day two, and Free Spirit's wife copies down the GPS coordinates while she's entering the scores in the computer! SOB....I got it all now!

Come on Paul.......your starting to act like another grumpy guy I know.

I would like to add my .02$ to this. We RARELY get bit off, and we fish flies a lot. We run a #2 treble and a 5/0 Octopus above it. We use the 8mm beads and put 3 in between the two hooks. If the bottom of your octopus hook is at or right above the eye on the treble this leaves minimal room for the flouro in between the hooks to get jammed anywhere in the bottom of the treble, which leads to the flouro breaking and you coming back with a fly and an octopus hook. So, paying attention to how you tie your harness's really matters. This also helps prevent the fish's teeth getting in between the hooks and chewing up the flouro. Problem #2 - pay attention when unhooking your fish! I always check out peoples gear when I'm standing on their boats shooting the breeze with them at the dock. I see this a lot! Your pliers can nick the flouro giving it a weak spot when your unhooking fish. All it takes is a fish flopping around on the deck while your trying to unhook it and your pliers can do a job on the flouro. A good fish can turn that weak spot into a missed opportunity.

Well, the inside was fun while it lasted......

Nice job!

Is that a word gramps?

I caught them all! Don't bother with the trip.

Nice videos!

Tell me about it Greg! He came up to NY from PA and found the right guy to suck up to!

Wasn't me! I was stuck in this stupid cubicle that pays all my bills until 5pm.....My fortunate brother who works Mon through Thurs may have.

Nope, that's my house. Double Trouble is our Spring/Fall boat....lol