Yankee Troller

Nice report!

I thought it was a good read. We can all learn something from this! http://www.glangler.com/_blog/Great_Lak ... an_Cooler/

Sean - who was the charter? Would you recommend him? LOL

In my opinion we have the best Salmon and Trout fishing of all the Great Lakes. Although we pound on our DEC every year at the state of the lake, they are doing a good job. No need to add a variable into the equation and possibly ruin the great resource we have!

They wouldn't let us dock there last year, and with your bridge you prolly wont make it under the parkway bridge. We were gonna tie up to the dock at the launch until we found someone with a dock just North of the bridge. I'm hoping there is enough water in the creek for me to get back there again this year.

A-TOM-MIK 15lb torpedoes are the way to go. They are priced right, and you will have the least amount blowback.

So true!

Solid fish! Nice job guys!

Sweet! See ya there!

I have used both, and both are great reels. You can't go wrong with either. However, once you get used to the high speed retrieve on the Saltist you will miss it when you don't have it. Trust me! I have also heard that a lot of guys are putting aftermarket drags in the Tekota's. No need for that on the Saltist. The two things on a Saltist I would **** about are the clickers not sounding solid, but I have only heard of one breaking. The other issue some people have is the placement of the line counter.

Go with the 30's. They hold about the same line capacity as the 47 Sealines. If you go 40's you will need to put backer on to achieve that fast gear ratio since most of the spool wont be filled up. We have used the 30s for a few seasons now and they are rock solid.

Thanks guys! The fishing this season is unreal! It came up since last weekend. I was surprised when I got out there on Friday. That kids aunt told me he LOVES bacon. He even asked for a bacon birthday cake!

Nice fish!

No doubt about that!

July 6th - We heard of big Salmon being taken West of port the day before so when we left the chute around 5:30am that’s the way we headed. Our clients were derby fishing, so we tried our darnedest to get at least one of their names on the LOC derby leaderboard. We would end up fishing in front of Johnson’s Creek for most of the day. We were able to set about five lines in the water before it got really really stupid out there. We put down big and small paddles trailed by A-TOM-MIKs in various colors. We saw the temp had come up since the weekend before, and it dropped into the fifties around the 60’ mark. So we set our Cannon DT10’s at 50’, 70’, and 90’. All of which took their fair amount of shots. On the 50’ rigger we pulled a White/Green Dot Legendary Smartfish trailed by an A-TOM-MIK Ultra Green Glow fly, the 70’ rigger had a Dreamweaver Hammertime Spin Doctor trailed by an A-TOM-MIK Hammer fly, and the 90’ rigger pulled an 11†E-Chip trailed by an A-TOM-MIK Glow Blue Hammer. Those three riggers took an insane amount of fish! On our divers we pulled a Legendary SmartFish in Wonder Dot trailed by an A-TOM-MIK shredded Glow Blue Hammer, and on the other side it was a Green E-Chip pulling an A-TOM-MIK Green Crinkle. Our divers were out anywhere from 150’ to 250’ throughout the day. When we were able to get our junk lines in we ran a Stinger Hawg Wild on a 10 color core fished off our Big John Otter Boats, and on the 300 copper we pulled a Dreamweaver Sea Sick Waddler Mag. If we weren’t derby fishing our clients would have been done by 7:30am with 10 King Salmon all in the teens, two nice Steelhead, and one Coho. The fishing was INSANE! It continued until about 9am when the bite finally started to come to a slow pick. As the sun came up we pulled out the chrome/green Dreamweaver Spin Doctors and put A-TOM-MIK flies like Bobblehead, Green Hammer, and Ace flies behind them. No derby fish were weighed, but I’m sure these guys got spoiled! July 7th - We left the dock a little earlier today looking for more large King Salmon! We heard of some nice big ones taken East down by Sand Creek on Friday, so we headed down to the water we had been fishing the previous few weeks. We set up the same spread from the day before, and it worked just as good! On the 50’ rigger we pulled a White/Green Dot Legendary Smartfish trailed by an A-TOM-MIK Ultra Green Glow fly, the 70’ rigger had a Dreamweaver Hammertime Spin Doctor trailed by an A-TOM-MIK Hammer fly, and the 90’ rigger pulled an 11†E-Chip trailed by an A-TOM-MIK Glow Blue Hammer. On our divers we pulled a Legendary SmartFish in Wonder Dot trailed by an A-TOM-MIK shredded Glow Blue Hammer, and on the other side it was a Green E-Chip pulling an A-TOM-MIK Green Crinkle. Our divers were out anywhere from 150’ to 250’ throughout the day. We were chased off the Lake mid morning by some nasty storms that merged from West and North. Lots of lightning, some crazy wind gusts, and a ton of rain. We sat it out at the dock for an hour before venturing back out. The last half of the day wasn’t as productive as the first half. However, we trolled further East than we did on the morning outing and it paid off! We found “the screen†and rods started to fire with an hour left to go. We’d end up with a couple more nice Kings, a few more Lake Trout than we’d like, and to top it off we ended with a triple as we were pulling rods to head in. As the day wore on, and the sun blasted us, we changed out the white/green paddles for chrome/green like the day before. A Dreamweaver Livewire pulling an A-TOM-MIK Green Hammer took top honors after the storms rolled through. Our 300 copper and our 10 color were also good rods after the storms. A Stinger Hawg Wild was a good one on the 10 color, and on the 300 copper a Dreamweaver Captain Valium pulling a Bobblehead took a few fish. July 8th - We had a four hour trip with some clients we’ve had for many years. I can remember having to help these two kids reel in fish when they first started with us. Now, they are growing up and needed little, if any, assistance from the adults. We heard some reports of some big fish taken West on Saturday, and since it was half the distance to travel then going to our East fish we figured we’d give it a try. We left the dock about 5:45am and headed West to Johnson’s Creek. We set up over 100’ of water and worked that 100-150’ of water we have been working for the past month. Like the previous two days the morning bite was INSANE! We went down with the same combos on our Cannon DT10’s that we’d been running the last two days. Not to sound like a broken record, but on the 50’ rigger we pulled a White/Green Dot Legendary Smartfish trailed by an A-TOM-MIK Ultra Green Glow fly, the 70’ rigger had a Dreamweaver Hammertime Spin Doctor trailed by an A-TOM-MIK Hammer fly, and the 90’ rigger pulled an 11†E-Chip trailed by an A-TOM-MIK Glow Blue Hammer. On our divers we pulled a Legendary SmartFish in Wonder Dot trailed by an A-TOM-MIK shredded Glow Blue Hammer, and on the other side it was a Green E-Chip pulling an A-TOM-MIK Green Crinkle. Our divers were out anywhere from 150’ to 250’ throughout the day. The MVP’s of the morning were our 10 color and our 300 copper. Both pulled a Stinger Hawg Wild. As fast as we could get them out on the boards they would fire. We started off the morning with a lot of nice teenage King Salmon, and throughout the morning the big chromers came to play. In less than four hours we would get our box of fish, drop at least a half a dozen fish, and toss back about a half dozen fish. You couldn’t ask for better fishing! The last three days the Salmon wreaked havoc on our gear, but we loved every minute of it! It will be tough to sit at this desk for the next five days with how great the fishing continues to be.

There have been some monster browns in there for a while. Awesome fish! Right before the Pro Am they were pushed in 20-30' with the cold water, and it was a slaughterfest on big ol Browns. They are the best looking fish in the Lake! Congrats!

LOL.....you don't want to see the fuel bill......

He's seen the power first hand!

6/30 Charter - We left the dock around 6am, and headed for the Ladders just East of port. We set up under 100’ and trolled it E/NE. The bite between the Flats and Devils Nose has been pretty good the last few weeks, so why not start there? We deployed our three Cannon DT10s, three wires, and two coppers (300/400). We put down flasher/fly combos on everything except for the center downrigger and the 300 copper, which took spoons for some higher fish. The bite wasn’t fast and furious for us, and we dumped our first few fish. an hour into the day a high diver starts singing, and we were into our first big boy of the trip. It took multiple runs after smashing a Green E-Chip/A-TOM-MIK Green Crinkle. Twenty minutes later we slid the net under a 22lb Chinook Salmon. That would end up being be the big dog of the day. The rest of the trip we would struggle to get a consistent Salmon bite going. Late morning we decided to slide into 70’ of water and found some Brown Trout hanging in a layer of cold water within 10†of the bottom. It didn’t take long and we began to drill on them. In a little under an hour we took a dozen shots from these Brown Trout. The Stinger Stingray UV Yellow Tuxedo was hot on a diver, a Stinger Stingray Hawg Wild took a few off a 300 copper as did a Stinger Stingray UV Gator. We also got the new Dreamweaver SS Sea Sick Waddler in a gold cup to take a few BTs. That got to be boring after hearing the drag scream from that 22lb specimen earlier that morning, so we slid out to the 100-150’ range to see if we could grab one or two more. We ended up picking away at a mix of fish the rest of the day, but nothing topped the brute in the cooler. 7/1 Charter - We were able to hit the water about a half an hour earlier than the day before, and it really paid off! When we set down the screen was INSANE! We started to deploy rods, and as we did bites happened. There was a 10 degree break the last two days around 70’ and that’s where the bait and fish were. Our divers would be the hot presentation today. Low divers set on a 1 and high divers set on a 2.5. One side was out 200 and 250 while the other side of the boat was out 225 and 275. Wonder Dot SmartFish/A-TOM-MIK Glow Blue Hammer, Green E-Chip/A-TOM-MIK Green Crinkle, Green Green Dot E-Chip/A-TOM-MIK Green Hammer, and a Dreamweaver Spin Doctor Captain Valium/A-TOM-MIK Bobblehead were the players on those divers. Our 400 and 500 coppers were hot too! We had a 10†Dreamweaver Captain Valium/A-TOM-MIK Bobblehead on one, and a Dreamweaver Spin Doctor Seneca Special/A-TOM-MIK Ace fly on the other. Our riggers took shots as well. Northern King Copper NBK’s were good, and so was the new Dreamweaver Sea Sick Waddler gold cup. Both of which took a mix of Brown Trout and Steelies. We finished early with a five man limit. We had a nice mixed box of fish. Half of which were Salmon, and the other half was a mix of Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, and lake Trout.

You idiot.....I would have taken them! Ya should of asked!

How many boats do they have?

Nice job boys!

Honeoye - Amazing fishery! Tons of Bass in the 8-15" range. If you want to catch numbers this is the lake for you. You can catch them from the docks to 15' of water. Hot spots are the major point on each side of the Lake as well as the north and south ends. Honestly, you can catch them all around the Lake all day long. Conesus - Trophy Lake! Puts out some really big LM's and there are some great SM in there is you can catch them. They are much easier to target in late Fall through the Winter though. The LM can be caught all over the Lake as well, but the north end is a huge weed bed that puts out many tourney winning bags. There are also nice weed edges you can fish along the sides, but they vary year to year.

Nice job! Give it time and you will see a few big boys come over the side of your boat. There has been some good fish in 100-150' of water close to the bottom.

The nose is about 9 miles from the Oak. Much closer for you Sandy boys.