Yankee Troller

We use these, and they work real nice. Let me see if they are still making them. Here are some pics of them:

I am running the Navionics Platinum Plus, but for fishing I hear the Fishing Chip for Lake Ontario is better and shows contours better. The Platinum Plus is great for navigation and coming into new harbors.

We apologize for the delay. I don't want to go into why it was delayed, but we are working on making this information available immediately following the event in 2013.

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More so on a turn.....if your running 500 coppers to get to fish a 3 setting isn't the most efficient way to get to those fish anyway.

If you live in Avon....try Gander Mtn. If your around the FL's Bass Pro has to have it.

We are kinda opposite everyone else. We find where 60 degree water drops to 59 degree water and keep the probe rigger there, and then put everything else below that. Come mid August you will see a lot of big kings in warm water because that's where the food is. Do we always keep a deep rigger in that 38-45 degree temp? Absolutely, and preferably with a meat rig. You will find those low 40s temps fairly easy on the West end, but on the East end it can be real difficult, but for some reason those big Kings will sit in that bath water, and i think a lot of it has to do with them getting ready to shoot those rivers in a month. You also have to remember to ditch the temp thing and just use that probe for a speed indicator when your seeing marks out of temp.

We would prefer someone who lives near Bluffers Park. You are more than welcome to fish with us on Friday. Need to be available for Saturday and Sunday (if there is a blow we fish Sunday). We will pay $100 for the day. Also looking for an observer for the August 4th event in Bluffers. Please call me at 585-704-7996 or e-mail me at [email protected]

A buddy of mine is selling a Raymarine unit a little bigger than the one your looking at. I love my birds, but whatever fits the budget and gets you out there! You don't need side imaging. So, look for a 750 series....it might be a little cheaper. viewtopic.php?f=10&t=32148

The only thing you gain is the screen size. Same OS from what I understand. Check some of your settings. Here is what we use: Water Type - Salt Deep Surface Clutter - 3 Noise Filter - Med to High 1 Switchfire - On You need to make sure you have the transducer type selected to dual or in the case of the B60 the 50/200 ducer. Take range off Auto, and adjust it to 10' below the actual bottom, or when your deep keep it locked on the top 150 or 200'. All of this helps your picture. Try those settings and see if it helps. I'd be surprised if you couldn't use that ducer with the unit you have now. I do know when you put on a B60 you have to go into the settings and select it. Otherwise it will try to use another type of ducer. That ducer isn't a Humminbird specific ducer. Although it works just fine b/c we've used it, but only on units in the 9 series or higher. I thought I knew someone on here who used it for a 7 series.

Nice job guys!

I have DW painting some up right now for me. If you can get your local tackle shop to order some from him it shouldn't be a problem since he will be painting mine. [ Post made via Android ]

I've been trying to get my hands on some SSW for quite some time. Especially the mags. They aren't painting spoons anymore. Rather they are imaging. The ones I've seen in some of the West end tackle shops aren't what they used to be. Those owners are actually quite disappointed with the look of them, and I was told were sending them back to NK. It's a shame! Those spoons and their paint jobs rocked! They took a lot of fish. Pat was a great guy, and John is too, but unless they start painting again it might be the beginning of the end. BAZOOKAJOE - Those paint jobs look great! I'd be interested for sure! Are those dimple lite mags? The two on the bottom next to the SSW's look fishy too!

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Damn Canadians must of took them too! [ Post made via Android ]

Don't hesitate to stop at Rochester. They had some good reports last weekend. That's an hour or so short of Wilson. They were doing the Kings West of Rochester about 4-6 miles. They were mixed in with suspended Lakers. To top it off I guess you can also find some nice temp breaks out deep and hit up some Steelie action according to King Me's reports.

Sweet report! I hope they stay there for the weekend!

Awesome video!

We are tossing around the idea of opening it up to Pro members. Only downfall is moderating it. What do you guys think about that?

Fixed....thanks for catching that

That's hilarious!

Listing this for a friend. His name is Jeff Bubel and can be reached at 585-813-6364. Please don't PM or e-mail me about any of this. 8' custom downrigger rod - $25 2 Daiwa eliminator great lakes series 10.5' dipsey rods(one with wire line spring tip) - $40 custom 7.5' w/47LC reel - $50 downrigger pole w/47LC reel - $50 great lakes eliminator 8' w/daiwa reel - $50 Daiwa black widow 8.5' med action w/47LC reel - $50 2 Daiwa black widow9.5' heavy action w/daiwa reel - $50 Lowrance HDS 5 graph no transducer or wires just the graph - $400

Thursday 5/17 - We left the dock at 7am, and proceeded to head out to 100’ of water NE of Wilson. We worked the water from the Red Barn to the Microwave in 100-150’ of water for the entire day. Our program consisted of our three Cannon DT10’s with spoons and either a free or fixed cheater, three wire divers pulling Walker Deeper Divers trailed by either flasher/fly combos or spoons, two coppers with flasher/fly combos, and 4 surface lines pulling red body baits. Little did we know that the surface lines were going to be so hot! The Brads Thin Fish and the Challenger Lady Bug just clobbered the Steelies. The first few were throw backs, but the last 6 bites were all nice size Steelies, and boy were they acrobatic! The bite wasn’t as good as it had been the last few weeks, but we had our bites. The fish seemed to be good at getting unbuttoned on this day. Friday 5/18 - We saw a monster box come in from the power plant on Thursday, so we headed there on Friday to see if they were still willing to play. When we dropped in it didn’t take long, and we had our first King in the boat. After that it slowed a little until we get further East. The fishing picked up again, but it would shut down late morning when the NE winds began to blow. Our program was the same as Thursdays, but the surface stuff wasn’t nearly as productive. Our Cannon DT10’s really were the ticket on this day. Later in the day we ran meat down deep, and it pulled a few shots on Kings, but most of the day it was various spoons that did the damage. Again, we got our bites despite a difficult transitional type day. Saturday 5/19 - I was told that we needed to get two Salmon on this trip to make it successful! Easy enough! The guys wanted their wives to battle the famous Lake O Shark! So, when they stopped by the boat on Friday evening I told them to be back and ready to go by 5am. We wanted to see if we could score an early bite on some big guys! 5am rolled around, and we were pushing off from the dock. We strolled out to 50’ of water and the screen was lit up! We were able to get our three Cannon DT10s in and while my back was turned getting the diver rod ready the Sea Sick Waddler on the corner rigger fired, and we were tied into a good one. That fish hit the deck, and we set out both divers and a 10 color. Five minutes later, and the 10 color is zipping! Teenager #2 in the box that took a Moonshine Carbon 14. After that fish the screen really started to fade away. We swung in one more time, but the moss had invaded our area. We pointed the boat North and made our way out to 350’ before we would turn and head back into 175’. WE picked fish the whole way out. Mostly smaller Kings and Cohos. Our program consisted of our three Cannon DT10’s, two Walker Deeper Divers pulling flasher/fly combos, two coppers pulling flasher/fly combos, and three flat-lines pulling red body baits. MVP’s today were the flat-lines, and the lines fished off our Cannons. Sliders did real well too. No one spoon out did another, and we were running the same stuff we have been running the past few weeks. The area from 175’-250’ seemed to hold the best picture right out front of Wilson. Fish were in the top 90’ streaking through our gear constantly. By 10am we were done with our four man limit, and headed back in to the dock to clean some fish.

May 10th - Start of practice for the Wilson Harbor Invitational We woke up to a stiff NW wind blowing 10-20mph, so we took this opportunity to go into town and eat at the little corner diner. Many fisherman were in there fueling up on breakfast awaiting a window of opportunity to go out and see if the insane bite was still happening. When we finished breakfast it was time to do a little work on the boat. We broke one of our Coastal Night Lights spreader lights a few weeks back, so we installed two brand new ones. Boy do these spreader lights illuminate the back deck! If you ever want to see how nice they are stop by the boat at night while we are there. We were also able to network our Humminbird 1198’s though their new Ethernet system. What a simple task that was, and now either unit can use the transducer, the radar, or the GPS. It sorta takes over for the Interlink system Humminbird has had for years, but it is much simpler. About noon we decided enough was enough, and we strolled out the pier heads to find a 2-4’ chop out of the NW. We motored down to the red can figuring we would ride the waves back. It was a grind, and we didn’t get on anything that looked promising. We slid into 60’ on top of the bar and out to 200’ with pretty much a blank screen. We worked our way back to Wilson and ended the trip around 4pm with the biggest Chinook Salmon being about 10lbs. Everything was small! In conclusion, we eliminated waters instead of finding a gem West of Wilson. Anyone who fished Wilson, or to the East, seemed to have taken a few nice bites. May 11th - Continuing practice while running a charter We had Paul and hid girlfriend meet us at 5:30am, and we were one of the first boats out the chute. We slid out to 50’ of water and worked NE. It didn’t take long and we were into fish. Our spread consisted of three lines fished off our Cannon DT10’s in varying depths, three wire divers pulling Walker Deeper Divers trialed by both flasher/Fly combos and spoons, and two 300 coppers fished off our Big John Otter Boats. The fishing was so good by 10am they had caught more than they wanted, but we fished until noon looking for a big LOC Derby fish and/or a big fish for the Friday event my brother put on in the marina. This day was no different than last weekend when a 30+ fish day was easily accomplished by noon. We also found the further East we went the better the bite got. Our screen was insane from the red barn to the microwave. On our riggers we pulled Northern King Sea Sick Waddler mags, Northern King Lazer Spook mags, and a Moonshine Green Shorts (the spoon my brother picked up at Captains Cove). On our 300 coppers we had a Dreamweaver Blue Angle Spin Doctor pulling an A-TOM-MIK UV Dolphin, and a Dreamweaver Mulatto Spin Doctor pulling an A-TOM-MIK shredded white mirage. Those two combos were smoking hot on this morning. The divers had multiple lures go down on them, but one combo that was hot was a green Smart Fish pulling an A-TOM-MIK green crinkle. Our big fish for the day was about 20lbs, but we had a ton of teenage fish that came to play. We knew where we were starting in the morning for the Wilson Harbor Invitational, and had a good feeling that we could put together a good box. Yankee's Wilson Harbor Invitational Report To say we were excited was an understatement! To begin with we had the ol’ man out fishing the event with us. That was enough to make the day great! We were one of the first boats out of the chute to wait for the shotgun start. It seemed like it took forever. When 6am hit we put the hammer down. We had her right to the wall for the short three mile run. We dropped lines in around 80’ of water in front of the Red Barn. We set up our three Cannon DT0’s almost instantly, and put out two wires, and a 300 copper. The bite was slower than the day before, but we were getting our bites. Lots of fish in the 8-13lb range. We struggled to get six nice keeper fish. Lots of lures went in, and lots of lures came out. Our bigger fish seemed to come sporadically. We tried meat down deep, and we pulled the same class fish. At one point we sent the 20lb shark down to 240’ over 250’, and it fired with a teenage fish. There were no real MVPs for the day. Around noon we swung into 65-70’ of water and picked up weeds on everything. The decision was made to pick them up and make a move. We shot back to Wilson, and fished the 175’-200’ area, and just kept taking the same class fish. The fish here seemed to be higher, and our Cannons really took most of the shots. When we hit weigh in we saw many similar boxes. As one by one came through the weigh in line we would sink further and further down the roster. We would end up in the top half, but not by very much. We all had a great time at the event, and if your not fishing this event your definitely missing out! I would like to give a huge thumbs up to Kevin and the Wilson Boat Yard for their efforts, and to my girlfriend Melanie who fished on an all girls team and beat us! May 13th - Mothers Day Evening Charter Paul and Jack met us at 3:30 for an afternoon trip. We heard the morning bite was pretty good, so we were anxious to get back out there after a relaxing morning. We set up right out front and pointed the boat East. We set down our Cannon DT’s, four wires, and two 300 coppers. Spoons on the Cannon DTs and high wires. Flasher Fly combos on everything else. We worked down to the red barn with a slow slow pick. With about an hour to go the bite really turned on. A Northern King Metallic Frog, and a Northern King Sea Sick Waddler were MVP’s for the night fished off our Cannons. We got our limit for Paul and Jack, so we pulled lines and headed in to get some dinner. Many things took a shot, but not many went more than once. May 14th - Charter Paul and Jack came back for some more! We left the dock at 5:30 all jacked up about a great morning bite. We set lines NE of Wilson, and trolled down to the red barn. We had a quick morning bite, but it really turned into a grind bite. We worked the 100-125’ are where we saw our best screen. Our program didn’t change from the previous few trips. Our three Cannon DT10s saw action as did four wires, and a couple of 300 coppers fished off our Big John Otter Boats. The bite was much slower than anticipated. Our MVP for the morning was a meat rig fished on one of our low divers. We toughed it out in there until about 11am when we decided to point it North. Once we did that we got into them. Our Cannons were now the ticket pulling Northern King Sea Sick Waddlers down 45-100’.

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