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4.36 non-ethanol at the oak. [ Post made via Android ]
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Oak report 4-15
Yankee Troller replied to Captain Carl Bish's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
I laughed at this too on Monday. Our 40' rigger took Lakers and our only King came down 60'. -
We had an incident last weekend off Oklahoma Beach. We were in 20'of water heading East and one of the grumpy captains out of Rochester was inside us going West. We weren't paying attention because we were both setting lines. He runs with no mate. Honest oops! However, when it came to pulling in planer lines I was the only one doing so while he watched. I had to pull in a good 50'.
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Oswego Surprise
Yankee Troller replied to HOOKEM & COOKEM's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
Great report! She wont forget that! -
April 14th - Brown Trout out of the Oak We left the dock at 6:30am and headed East out of the chute. We were on a mission for some big ol Brown Trout. Water was in the upper forties, and we concentrated our efforts in less than 20’ of water. We had a super slow pick early in the morning. We weren’t satisfied with the water we were fishing, so we just kept going. When we pulled up to Eagle Creek we found colored water and 50 degree water. With that came all the action we could handle. We had 6 flat lines out on the boards with both bright and natural colored sticks. We also ran a few spoons off our Cannon DigiTroll 10s down 5-10’ depending on our depth. Our Stinger Sea Sick Waddler was killer down 5’. That’s turning out to be a GREAT Spring Brown Trout spoon. The fish were all good size unlike last week where most were cookie cutter size. We ended the trip with well over twenty bites. Enjoy some fish please no from the day! April 15th - Fishing from the Oak When we got off the water yesterday we heard there were some Kings to be had out in deeper water. Well, that was the game plan for today! We left the dock around 7am, and headed out to 40’ of water where we put out what I’m going to call a water covering spread. We had 6 lines off the boards with shallow sticks in bright colors for Cohos, and deep diving sticks for Kings. We ran our three Cannon Digitroll 10’s with sliders for Kings and Cohos, and two wire divers pulling Walker Deeper Divers with Spin Doctor/A-TOM-MIK combos. Shortly after getting the spread in we had action, but it wasn’t the action we were looking for. We wanted Salmon, but all we could dig up were Lake Trout. It was a lot of fun, and we boated some hogs. Around 11am we had enough of the Lake Trout bite, and with no Kings to show for we headed in to beat up on some Brown Trout. As soon as we settled in around Green Harbor rods started to fly. The structure around there is ridiculous! We found warm water between there and Johnson Creek, and we had a steady pick of Brown Trout. Same program as the last few with natural and colored sticks on the boards, a Stinger Sea Sick Waddler and a Dreamweaver Chicken Wing SS on our Cannons. AS we were picking up we got a pleasant surprise when a 10lb Atlantic hit the floor of our boat. Gorgeous fish! April 16th - Brown Trout fishing from the Oak Jerry and his buddies joined us again this year for some April Brown Trout action. Last year they were the first charter of the season and brought 30mp SW winds with them. We had to cancel last Monday because of heavy winds, and moved them to today. What did they bring with them again? Strong SW winds whipping 25mph+. I don’t know what to think about these guys! Good thing they brought lots of food, and good luck on some hefty Brown Trout. We took a short ride down to Lakeside Beach and set rods. We put out 6 rods on our planer boards, spoons on our three Cannon Downriggers down 5’, and two flat lined spoons off the corners. We had a slow pick until we got to Green Harbor. The 51 degree water off Johnson Creek was gone, and we had 48 degree water most of the day. Those flat lined spoons were Stinger Stingrays in Alewife, and Black Widow. Both of which took some nice shots. There were some nice fish off Green Harbor. We put two Brown Trout in the boat over 10lbs, and lost three others as big or bigger at the back of the boat when they went spin crazy, or bulldogged. The board lines that were hot were all naturals, so we switched all of them over to that. Around 11am the wind was unbearable. It would blow our planer releases right up our tow line, and make fishing the inside board impossible. We decided to move out and fish for Kings during the last few hours. It was blowing hard and there were 2-3’ waves a quarter mile offshore. Out over 60-100’ there were 3-5’ waves out of the Southwest. Once we hit 60’ we started to pop some very nice sized Lake Trout on an Northern King Sea Sick Waddler, and a Dreamweaver Chicken Wing SS. An hour into the change we hit a spunky Spring King Salmon on our 60’ rigger pulling a Northern King Sea Sick Waddler. That fish was all over the place! We ended the day with a very nice mixed bag which included a few Cohos that hit sticks off the planer board while we were seeking the mighty King Salmon. Until the next trip enjoy some fish please no! Lake Ontario baitfish - HHHUUUGGGEEE
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Congrats Mark!
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Tom hit the nail on the head. If it wasn't for customers and Tourneys I would not run Copper. The fish is pretty much dead after a battle on copper. So, if your not eating them or have someone who will it's pretty much a dead fish. Wires divers and riggers will get you good action. If you want to go deep with your riggers you will need no less than 15lb weights.
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leader from Diver to paddle
Yankee Troller replied to mdryer's topic in Questions About Trout & Salmon Trolling?
You never ask me to fish with you! -
leader from Diver to paddle
Yankee Troller replied to mdryer's topic in Questions About Trout & Salmon Trolling?
WOW...we use 25lb test mono on our divers and I can't remember getting cracked off even when running 11" paddles with meat in the late Summer. I guess with 50 you know you wont lose your gear....lol. However, I have been watching MI tourneys on the web and they use really really long leaders that they hand line in. I want to try this to see if it makes a difference, and I would need something larger than 25lb test. -
Yankee @ I-Bay 4/8
Yankee Troller replied to Yankee Troller's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
You come out that way for a weekend, and you are going to get spoiled! Keep in touch Bob. BTW....dad is great. Thanks for asking. -
With no rain to create run off and color on the shoreline be happy we have wind to stir it up. Otherwise, it could be real tough fishing out there. Right now if you catch a decent day you can really put the smack down on them.
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Yankee @ I-Bay 4/8
Yankee Troller replied to Yankee Troller's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
We were supposed to run today Bob, but mother nature had other plans. So, we took off for the Oak after our trip. Keep in touch! -
Happy Easter! We had another charter out of Rochester today, and after yesterdays bite we knew where we were headed. We rolled down to within a quarter mile of I-Bay and set up the spread. Same sticks as yesterday. Bright on one side and Natural on the other. 100' back on one side and 125' back on the other. As soon as we got to Oklahoma Beach rods started to fire. Not as fast and furious as it was yesterday, but we had very steady action. Most of the morning was filled with cookie cutter Brown Trout coming off the boards. Our best stick was a Rapala chartreuse and silver F9. Those same spoons from yesterday fished off our Cannons were quiet for most of the morning. We had a Stinger Sea Sick Waddler, a Dreamweaver Glow Frog SS, and a Dreamweaver Orange Slurpee SS. As the morning progressed we watched the size get better and better. We would slip out to 25' on turns and try to pop a King, but we never did hook into one today. It was still a fun day none the less with more action than you needed. Here were today's brutes:
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Yankee @ I-Bay 4/7
Yankee Troller replied to Yankee Troller's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
@Mort- it sure did! @Rich- unfortunately the kings picked rigger sticks. So they took 30s for a ride. @Tom- no problem buddy! [ Post made via Android ] -
We left the dock around 6am and meandered down to the bay setting up a quarter mile from the mouth. Water temps were in the mid 40's. Things started off great as I dropped the Otter Boat overboard the front of the boat cracked around the front hole. SWEET! Well, brother Craig broke out the drill and put it back together with a fresh hole while I deployed the other side of the boat. We ran 8 flat lines off our Otter Boats. One side pulled bright sticks, and the other side pulled El Natural! We also ran our three downriggers with a spoon program. The bite was just insane! A few times throughout the day we cleared everything with a flurry. Best sticks were Firetiger and Black and Silver. On our Cannon's we pulled a Stinger Sea Sick Waddler, a Dreamweaver Glow Frog SS, and a Dreamweaver Orange Slurpee. Corner riggers back 60' down 5', and the middle rigger back 15' down 5'. We were pleasantly surprised early on in the morning when a Chinook Salmon slammed a Storm Thin Fin in Black and Silver off a flat line and peeled off a hundred feet. That made the day! As fast as we could get the rods in they would go off it seamed. While we were turning around near the cross we swung out to 25' of water. I lowered the rigger with the Sea Sick Waddler down to 15, and a minute later it was screaming! With an hour left we decided enough was enough with the Browns. We wanted Kings! So we slid out to 25' of water and out went two slide divers and down went our Cannons. Twenty minutes into it we started to second guess the decision of pulling off the Brown trout. I started to clear the divers to go back inside and as I was pulling the second diver the corner rigger fires with the Dreamweaver Glow Frog. King number three for the day! All Browns were released to fight another day, however there are three less Kings in the ROC! A nice Brown Trout! Another great Brown Trout! The three Chinooks!