Yankee Troller

LMAO!

I like it!

Good stuff guys! Thanks for all the comments.

Thx Bri BW - she is an 1985. I think we are ruined for life by the roominess and beaminess of that ride. I'll have to look into the stingers. Thanks!

We have recently had a meat/ MC Rocket fisherman on our boat during practice for tourneys and we give this guy a rod or two to try and get us a kicker fish using meat and/or MC Rockets. Our hook up percentage has been HORRIBLE! They are taking shots but we might land 1 for every 5 shots we take, and it may even be a worse batting average than that. The rigs we have been using have a single treble. I don't think a tandem rig would work and it may hurt the "roll." Anyone have any tips on putting more fish in the boat using this presentation?

Surveys generally run less than 500 bucks. GET ONE if your looking at a Penn Yan! We looked at many in the last 3 or 4 years before we realized 99% of them needed some sort of structural work.

We had one built for us this Winter at Atlantic Towers. If you order one over the Winter they can give you "show pricing." Everyone was amazed at the workmanship of this arch on the welds and measurements. They had measurements for our boat on file, so it was easy to order. We ordered ours with 14 rod holders and the price seemed to be very reasonable! Let me know if you have any questions about the Atlantic Towers. We have received MANY compliments on it this Spring!

Thanks guys!

What a TANK!

Same here!

Get to work Case!

Your gonna be dodging water balloons now punk!

Your gonna see Team YT and their Trojan at the state launch Friday night! LOL We have to bring a genny so we can run our A/C. LOL We can't wait. It sounds like a great time!

Awesome video! Can't say we dont have a good time! [ Post made via Android ]

We have those things going at least 250-300' sometimes

6/9 – We left Wilson bright and early looking to troll down to the Oak and fish the “West†stuff on Thursday. We shot straight out to 100’ of water pointed the boat NE and zigged and zagged from 100-250 the rest of the day. Fish were plentiful, but size was lacking. Our spread consisted of rods on our Cannon DT-10s, two wires pulling Deeper Divers, and three junk lines. We went through a mix of spoons and flasher/fly combos throughout the day, but nothing was a smoker like that Dreamweaver Moon Cricket the previous weekend. The picture wasn’t there either, which had us a little concerned. We finally picked up at 30 mile point around 2pm and headed for the Oak. Some fish please no because there wasn't much after this! 6/10 – Big Fish Friday (Condor Memorial) – We left our slip very early looking to capitalize on an early inside bite with a few big guys. We had heard rumors that a few big ones were lurking around the front door inside the 25N line. We set our gear and it didn’t take long to get into some fish. Mostly a good class of Steelies, but we did manage a few small kings. We had a 20lb King to the back of the boat, but a teammate decided it needed to grow up some more and hit it in the head with the net. That may have cost us a check, but it is what it is at this point. We never really saw the picture we were hoping for as we fished out to the 28N line, so we picked up and ran down to Shadigee. We worked those waters offshore, and eventually slid in late in the afternoon where we found a decent bite with some decent fish. When fishing slows we find a friend and water-balloon them! 6/11 – Day 1 of the Orleans Pro/Am – We knew where we NEEDED to be, and we knew our new ride could get us there safely and comfortably. So, when they released us at 5:30am and we broke the pier heads we pointed her West at about 25mph and took the 1:45 minute ride past Wilson. We set down a mile West of Wilson, and the screen wasn’t there. While we were teetering on the thought of picking and moving a little further West the Corner rigger with the Dreamweaver magnum Moon Cricket fires and we are tied into our first King. A few flips, trips, and slips later and he was back to fight another day. We would also go on to boat a skipper that was legal, but we just weren’t feeling it, so we rolled a few more miles West on plane. We set down at 6 mile creek as we noticed warmer temperatures, and headed over to the same waypoints from the week before. Just as we got to 4 mile, where those waypoints were, we got into them HOT and HEAVY! The only problem is every single fish that hit was coming un-buttoned within the first minute of the battle. We were amazed at how bad our batting average was throughout the day, and it wasn’t long before 12pm came around and we had to get going in order to make it back to the Oak. In the end we would box 4 fish (2 steelies, a coho, and a king), loose 12 Kings, and 6 or 7 other fish in the four hours we had to fish. As sick as it sounds after the 6th or 7th lost fish it just go to be a joke on the boat. There really was nothing we could do about it, and it just kept coming! Our 500 copper pulling a meat rig took 6 or 7 shots alone and we never saw one of them! A real brute took our Walker Deeper Diver pulling a Dreamweaver Magnum Moon Cricket for a ride twice only to shake off so someone could battle him another day. The real knock outs of the day were a Dreamweaver Magnum Dave’s Salmon Slapper, and that same Dreamweaver Moon Cricket Mag. We would end up at the scales with four fish, heads hung low, and informed that the leading box was pulled from the same waters we were in. Could we have been leading after day 1? We will never know! 6/12 – Day 2 of the Orleans Pro/Am – Sometimes too much information will hurt you and in this instance it did. It was blowing East for a few days, and we knew we were fishing water right near the border. We watched the NOAA Coastwatch Saturday night into Sunday morning, and it showed that the 58/59 degree water we had on the surface was clear into Canada. At the last minute before we left the dock our plans went from running to the bar to checking out the Shadigee and power plant hoping there was some fish that wanted to play still there from Friday. When we set down in there the screen was blank and we trolled it from 60’ out to 600’ with a few straggler skippy’s and 4 other keeper fish to show for. No MVP’s on this day, but a Dreamweaver SS Green Eyed Ghost did take 3 of the 4 fish we boxed. No temp breaks (like Coastwatch said there was off the plant), and no fish! We ran in around 11:00 to see if we could pick up some Brown Trout in close and that plan was about as good as our first one to go offshore and work temp breaks for steelies. We would find out that the water was still on the bar to a point, and some of the teams that went down there were able to catch a few kings. In the end we made some bad decisions on day two, and when it comes down to tournament fishing making good decisions are what put you in the top 10 consistently. In the end we all had a blast fishing together, the YT3 ran like a champ, and we ate GOOD! WE are taking a week off from fishing, and then it will be back at it every week through September!

That Atlantic was nice! Good job guys!

6/1 – We headed out of Wilson at 5:30am. It felt good to know we had 3 days of practice for the Niagara Pro-Am. When we left port we knew there were some offshore fish right straight out of port, but we wanted to head a little West to see what else was out there. We took a NW heading and ran out to the 6 mile creek area and set down in 150’ of water. We pointed the boat towards the NW corner hoping to get out there eventually because there looked to be a pocket of warm water in that corner. We didn’t make it very far and we had rods flying. With only 6 rods to play with we ran 2 wires pulling Deeper Divers, three rods on our Cannon DT-10’s, and a junk line down the chute. Everything went back with the exception of a beautiful 24lb Chinook Salmon that committed suicide smashing all over our back deck. It looked like a war zone back there by time we got the hook out. Our top spoon of the day was one we have never taken a single fish on. Dreamweaver’s Bloody Death SS took 75% of the fish, and the big guy took a 10 color pulling a Stinger Stingray Double Crush Orange, which is another spoon we don’t typically run. That Dreamweaver SS was a suggestion by the “new guy†that jumped aboard for the day because it has been his top producer lately. Well, it worked for us! It’s always nice to get other fisherman aboard to see what works for them. I find that sometimes I get stuck in a narrow minded program, and keep down what has worked well for us when sometimes I think you just need to change it up a little. Even when the fishing is good! 6/2 – We woke up nice and early to a stiff NW blow, so back to bed we went until about 8am. Then it was time for breakfast at Lucy Lou’s inside the small town of Wilson. Great people there by the way! Once breakfast was over we figured it would be a good time to install our on-board chargers we bought from Minn Kota to keep the battery powering our downriggers at a full charge all day long. We spent the rest of the day in Olcott between the Hideout and Maverick boats just shootin’ the breeze. Finally at 4pm we figured it had calmed down enough to get a quick evening trip in to see what the big blow had done to the water. We put her on a northerly troll and trolled out to a serious break offshore where the green water and black water met. A significant temp break, and not too many fish. So, back in we trolled where we finished the night off in about 100’ of water picking fish the whole time, but the size was concerning. Nothing bigger than about 10lbs hit our deck, or sniffed our lures, on this evening trip, which included people from 3 different Pro/Am teams. Lots of fun was had, and the Trojan handled the 9 person outing with ease. 6/3 – Big Fish Friday (Don Johanas Memorial Tourney) – We motored right out front of port bright and early and set up in 75’ of water. Our program today was a typical 8 rod program for us. Three rods on our Cannon DT-10 downriggers, 2 wires pulling Walker Deeper Divers, and 3 junk lines (two of which were pulled off our Big John Otter Boats). We got lines set, and trolled NW. When we hit the 130’ area our screen lit up! Sharks, and lots of them, had moved in overnight. We spent the whole day working the area between the Gazebo (West of Wilson) to the Red Barn (East of Wilson) smashing Chinooks all day long. This is the type of day we had been waiting for, and how the Spring King fishery around the Niagara Bar is supposed to be! We would end up working the waters from 130’ to 175’ the whole day with mainly a spoon program. Northern King Sea Sick Waddlers, Dreamweaver Dave’s Salmon Slappers seemed to work the best. Another program we are trying to dial ourselves in on is the MC Rocket program, which are pieces of rubber that are being used as a replacement for meat rigs. These took some good shots on our junk lines, which helped our box creep into the top 10 for a check in the tourney. We have tried to stay away from the numbers thing recently, but when you can say you had 35-40 kings hooked up in a day that’s worth bragging about! 6/4 – Day 1 of the Niagara Pro/Am – We knew right where we needed to be at 6am when they allowed us to drop our lines for the start of the tourney. However, when we got there the picture wasn’t nearly as good as it was on Friday, and we had lost a few degrees in water temperature. There were still some fish in there, so we gave it a shot. We quickly got on the dink bite, and figured out that this wasn’t a good thing. So, we pointed the boat NW and out we trolled. We got back on them a few miles West and out in the 200-225’ range. We also started to dial in the program that gave us a nice jump on day 2. With the skippy’s being an issue we started to pin our cheaters 5-10’ above our main lines on our Cannon DT-10s. We also went to a Magnum Spoon Program. We have been seeing some rather large Alewives in the stomachs of these Chinooks while we are cleaning them for customers. We also thought it would deter the smaller fish from taking shots at them. The Dreamweaver Moon Cricket in a mag size was starting to take over for the top dog in our program. It was set on our 85’ rigger, and our 325’ wire. Others like the Northern King Sea Sick Waddler and the Dreamweaver Glow Frog contributed too. We would be back to the dock by 10:30 with our box of 12 Kings, and we weren’t the only boat back, so we knew others had to have had a knock out day too. When we finally hit the scales we had about a hundred pound box, and noticed there was a lot of those going around. We figured ourselves to be outside the top twenty, and we knew we had some ground to catch up on day 2, but we knew it wasn’t going to be hard as long as we could dial in the big guys like we had late in the morning. Those morning skippy’s really hurt us, and we realized that there were no Dreamweaver mags to be found at any tackle shop in the Niagara region! 6/5 – Day 2 of the Niagara Pro/Am – When we got out to our water and scanned it we saw that it was blank, again. That’s the problem with a big blow and the huge river that dumps into that end of the lake. Nothing stays the same for very long! Temp dropped a bit, and the screen just wasn’t there, so on plane we went heading West towards the bar. As we passed the six mile area we started to watch the surface temps creep up. We shut down at four mile and the screen lit up. We put down our Mag program, and rods just started flying. Fish after fish hit the deck, and our cooler started to pile up with Kings, and they were all pretty good sized too! We tried to run the same program we ran the last few days with riggers, divers, and coppers, but we just couldn’t get it all in. Our riggers were firing at 60-125’ down, our wires were out 275-325’ on 1.5 and a 2, and the coppers from 400-600. Those Dreamweaver Moon Cricket Magnums were on fire so bad that we had to retire one because the tape was shredded and coming off the spoon by the end of the morning. We finished our box at 8:27, and we took a nice ride back to the marina. When our box hit the scales we had the second biggest box of the tourney weighed in at a little over 270, which is a 150lb box of fish. By the end of the tourney we had the third largest box between the two days and jumped from 25th to 5th place out of 50 really good professional boats. I have to give it to my brother for dialing in that magnum program. He started with one of them down on his rigger, and quickly hawged the only 4 we had on the boat by Sunday morning.

One of my favorite lakes in NY to bass fish. It fishes many different ways, so you should find a pattern that suits you. For Largies fish really really shallow structure. Smallies can be found around the shoals and drops.

5/28 – Fun fished with Dad and some friends We left the dock a little late because we had to wait for my father and uncle to drive the hour trip from Rochester to Wilson. We left the dock about 7:30/8am and headed offshore to see if the Salmon were still out there from the week before. We set down in 300’ of water and kept her pointed North with 3 rods fished off our Cannon DT 10’s, 2 Walker Deeper Divers, and a pair of junk lines run off our Otter Boats. It didn’t take long and we were into fish. Just about everything we put down was taking fish. Northern King Sea Sick Waddlers, Stinger Purple Alewife’s, Stinger Gin and Tonic, Dreamweaver SS Glow Froggy, and many many more throughout the course of the day. We started the day with flasher/fly type baits on our wires, but they would only take one shot, which is when we switched over to a 100% spoon program. Riggers were parked in the top 100’ fishing the marks we were seeing on our Humminbird fish finder. All classes of Salmon were out there, but more 1 and 2 yr olds than 3 yr olds. We didn’t attempt to take any Coho, but we did see them rolling on the surface from time to time. Overall it was a great day, and the ol’ man had a blast. Anything has to be better than sitting in the house all day! Everyone tied into a fish, or two, or three, and we all ate like Kings. 5/29 – Charter Today we had John and his family charter us. This has turned into a family tradition the last few years. The first year John brought his daughter and her friends as a graduation present, but ever since then it has been his wife, son and daughter accompanying him. Being Memorial Day weekend the Salmon masses have moved off to other parts of the Lake so a few Kings are common, but it’s generally a Coho deal. Given our extremely cold winter and cold spring the Salmon are just getting started, so they were in for a treat! We ran offshore in some pretty thick fog very early. I don’t think there were more than 1 or 2 boats out there before us. Radar has been a very nice luxury this year! Again, we set out a typical program which consisted of three rods fished off our Cannon DT-10’s, 2 Walker Deeper Divers, and three junk lines (5 color, 10 color, and a 300 copper). Fishing was just as good as the day before for us, and the same lures took fish, but that Northern King Sea Sick Waddler was the hero of the day. Just couldn’t keep it down! We also were able to get a little fly bite on our 300 copper pulling a Wonderdot SmartFish/A-TOM-MIK shredded Glow Hammer. We would go flat around 11;30/12 o’clock, and go on the search with the boat pointed South so we could get through the debris field on a troll instead of on plane. About 1:30 we trolled into about 225, and the action just exploded. First the wire took off for Canada pulling a Dreamweaver Gator Mag. That fish would hit the deck and the 10 color pulling a Stinger Black Widow started to load up. A short battle and that fish hit the deck, and before we could clean the floor off the Northern King Sea Sick Waddler on the corner rigger started throbbing. In the end we would take three low teen kings within 30 minutes to end the day and complete our box on what turned out to be a spectacular day. Highlight of the day would be the 8lb Brown Trout taken over 350’ of water on our 10 color core pulling a Stinger Gin and Tonic. 5/30 – Memorial Day fishing First and foremost I want to say thank you to all who have fought for our freedom, which allows us to do things like fish and enjoy the outdoors. Today was a lazy day spent with the girlfriend. We slept in till 8am. Went and had breakfast at the corner café in Wilson called Lucy Lou’s, and then FINALLY we made it out for some fun fishing. The fishing trip didn’t start off the way I would have liked. When we left the Wilson Boatyard marina I realized I might need a little more gas than what I had, so I busted a ‘U’ turn and headed back in to drop a c-note in the tank. After that embarrassing move we were finally ready to head out to the lake. We were greeted by the thickest fog I have ever been in, and we pushed through monitoring the radar the whole way at about 10mph all the way out to 300’ of water. We set up slowly in the thick fog and watched as fish swam through our spread with very little action. Finally, the Walker Deeper Diver on the starboard side starts singing and Melanie was into her first real Lake Ontario hog. Not to mention it was on her favorite lure the Dreamweaver SS Dirty White Boy. I guess it catches those golden boots in Lake Erie too for her. She quickly found out why I love these Salmon oh so much over here on Lake Ontario as this heavy teen pumped the rod and splashed on the surface in between its drag screaming runs. We would go on to boat that fish as well as a bunch of jacks throughout the day. Given our late start I had no doubt the fishing wouldn’t be fast and furious, but there was enough action to keep us interested. The Northern King Sea Sick Waddler was again the go to lure for us fished off our Cannon DT-10’s. The 10 color also had its fair share of rips pulling a Stinger Black Widow. We would pull lines around 5pm, and it seemed as if the fishing was just starting to pick up, and the fog was finally lifting. However, she had a two hour trek back to Erie, and I had some scrubbing and cleaning to do on the boat. All in all it was a fun relaxing day to end a long weekend. The pro/ams will be here the next few weeks, and we are super pumped to get out there and compete. We will have many days on the water over the next 2 weeks, but the reports will have to wait until after the Orleans event.

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Lots can change in a week! LOL Fishing was good!

Congrats Mike! Way to go!

Thanks guys!