Yankee Troller

The original thread had asked about an A-TOM-MIK fly, why do you feel the need to hijack the thread? [ Post made via Mobile Device ]

LOL....Niiiiiiiiiiice!

The one from Cape Vincent?

That's good to hear!

Nice job!

How many do you want?

LOL...get off the computer and give your ol lady some lovin' at 3:30am!

And lets not forget what this picture is all about! So Bob.....how does it feel to get your first limit catch of the season sometime in September?

Jeeeeeez....I get brought into something I had nothing to do with! Thanks Ray! And for the record if it wasn't for a Nick Tahoes garbage plate I'd look like that too!

Happy birthday buddy!

Check out Vince's Tweets.....Olcott isn't on fire today, but if you put your time in you can get some fish.

Nice job! You put a beating on them pretty good with them dodgers. That water was changing so fast on the inside all weekend. It was actually quit annoying, but you found a way to stay successful bud.

I did get them, but I thought my phone was going screwy. They looked like the ones you sent before. [ Post made via Mobile Device ]

Funny....I ordered some size 3 in Coho and Steelhead colors for the Spring when 2-5 color cores are HOT. They see too many orange dodgers and blue flies!

Boy, do they have some great action! I was impressed when fished side by side with a J-Plug. Not that the J-Plug wont work, but they are definitely worth a try. Some great colors too!

If my weeknights weren't so busy this week I'd ask for a ride Mark!! LOL

9/11 – The Lake blew all week long, so we didn’t know what to expect when we got down to the boat on Friday night. A few chats with some of the local guys revealed some decent off-shore fishing, but to be honest with my followers……we had enough of that! We wanted some big fat dark Kings! My buddy Scott Clemens and his gang joined us for a half day trip. Half days make it tough because there is that half the amount of time to put fish in the boat, so your decisions better be solid. We left the dock a tad after 6am and set lines right across from the count y launch. Still waiting to hook up in the mouth of Oak Orchard creek! We spent about an hour, or maybe an hour and a half, working the plume out front without even a drive by. The nice things about combat trolling is that you use a minimum amount of lines, so when it’s time to move it doesn’t take 30 minutes to clear rods. We shot out to the 26.6N line straight out front and down went a spoon program. I didn’t get the wires in the water when I hear my brother yell out fish down 100 on the Hummingbird. I look over to the opposite corner rigger and there it goes. A NK Sea Sick Waddler parked down 100 on our Scotty Downriggers. That fish would be it for a while. With a little over an hour to go we pointed the boat back South on the 29N line and started our troll of shame back to port. Well, we also found out that this was the magical troll direction for us. We did 5 more fish in the next hour. Every fish was a cookie cutter Chinook Salmon in the 5-8lb range. Riggers down 100 and wires out to 300 took our fish. The only spoon to go more than once was the NK Sea Sick Waddler. Others that took fish were the Moonshine Bad Toad off a high wire, and a Dreamweaver Midnight Special SS. We ended the day with a half dozen fish and batted 1000! All fish were released to fight another day, and the guys on the boat had a great time. Evening – We went out to make a few passes at the wall just for fun with about an hour of light left. We again, set lines in the creek and trolled out the East side of the wall. Right at eh public Launch our Lyman #136 takes a shot. It didn’t feel like a Salmon, and when we got it to the boat it wasn’t a Salmon. It was a 24†Northern Pike. We set the Lyman back out and on our first pass at the wall the same plug takes a shot. Again, it didn’t fight like a Salmon. Once we got it close to the boat we discovered it was a nice healthy 8lb Brown Trout. That would finish our trip at the wall, and we would head back to the dock wondering if the morning would bring some Salmon in for a little combat trolling the following day. 9/12 – We had another short trip this morning, and we found out real fast that Mother Nature did us a favor for once. The East wind that blew late in the day and early Saturday night pushed some ice water into the region. That pushed a good group of fish right into the Oak Orchard river plume for the morning bite. We set lines in the Creek again, and made a left out of the break walls. We made a pass down West and turned to hit the wall up. On our way back through the Lyman #136 takes a shot. This was another one of those fish that didn’t act like a King. We get the fish to the net and it’s an immature Salmon all colored up, and ready to run the river. We set lines again, and within minutes the same Lyman takes a shot. Off to the races it goes! Now that’s what we were looking for! This fish didn’t want to come in. We finally boated that fish and we had our first mature Chinook in the box. We set lines again, and I made an attempt to get a few more lines in the water. I had 3 Lymans flat lining 100 and 125ft back on the sides and 75’ back down the middle. I took 2 Moonshine mags, Carbon 14 and a Bad Toad, and set them back 50’ and down 3-5’ on our riggers. The Carbon 14 didn’t last long and I look up to see a Salmon rocketing out of the water. I got to the rod before it came loose from the release and it was game on again! Another mature in the box and we have only been fishing for an hour. Without fail we set lines and quickly hook up with another Mature. This one would be the largest of the day, and it would take that same Lyman #136 that has been so hot for us! We put this beast in the net and it was a beautiful copper colored 25lb male. With about 2 hours into the trip we had 4 fish in the box and it was looking like we may finish early. Well, that’s when it shut down for us. We made a half dozen more passes, and it accounted for nothing. The water dropped 5 degrees from the beginning of our trip and the fish shut down to a slow pick for everyone. With a few hours left to fish we trolled out to the 60-80’ range and made our way down to the flats. Screen was pretty much blank and the water was 39 degrees down 30’. Ice water! We pulled our deep lines and set up for 40’ of water and that’s when our 5 color core took a shot pulling a #158 Lyman plug. That fish was a little immature Chinook that went back to fight another day, but we quickly noticed that the cold water had pushed a ton of bait and fish into the skinny water. However, our trip was done and we had to get back to take some pictures and clean some fish.

If your going to buy Scotty's I would wait until the Spring. I happen to see at the recent Scotty event, in Oswego, that they have a new rigger coming out for 2011. Some of the things I noticed about it was: Faster retrieve rate Digital depth readout Adjustable rod holders Smaller overall design of the main rigger We have ran Scottys for 5 years now. Very solid rigger!

May I ask why you would discourage clients from getting in? With the battles we are fighting currently on the Lake any promotion of the Lake and its resources is good! You dont have to make it required on your boat, but letting them know whats going on and giving them the option is the right thing to do. You talk about being a charter captain, and all the time you put in, but there are a bunch of us on here who don't know who you are (me included). Do you mind coming clean, and not hiding behind a computer? I hope you don't take that in a harsh way, but I fish up and down the lake all year long. I love meeting and talking with other fisherman.

Funny you say that! Our first fish took a Glow Blue Lymann, and then we had a shredded hammer go and a UV Dolphin fly. ALL had blue in them. I am not a blue fan for the most part, but on a tough labor day blue took the honors.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

Great job!

We were finally able to get out on the water after watching the wind blow for 2 days straight. I knew there were some fish on the wall at the Oak especially since the rain on Saturday night was COLD. I told my brother to have the customers on the boat by 5:30. Well, they show up close to 6am and off we went. I doubted a few passes at the wall because I watched a ton of boats give it a shot, but we were there, and we were rigged for it, so we said what the heck. We ran a simple 3 rod spread. Loaded up with a #136 back 100’, a #158 back 125’, and a #149 down the chute back 75’. All size 4’s by the way. We trolled out of the river with lines set and took a turn left out of the West side of the mouth. We trolled a ¼ mile West and turned to shoot down the front wall. As we were ending our first pass of the wall heading East I went over to the #158 and slid it back to 125’ from 100’. As I was closing the clicker I hear the splash of a fish and the zing from our Daiwa Salist on the opposite side of the boat. I look over to see a fish splashing and our rod doubled over. I run over and grab it and we are into our first fish of the day. I quickly cleared the other lines and we put the boat into neutral. This fish didn’t take much line, but he just wouldn’t come in. Finally we got him close to the back of the boat, and I saw the size of it. I jacked the guys up about it, and we spent the next minute trying to position him into the net. Finally the fish hit the deck of the boat and we all jumped and hollered as this beast lay there flopping around. Both hooks in our #136 Lyman were torn to shreds. The boney mouths on these Fall stagers are brutal to hooks! I go to put it on the scale, and it’s broke! At the end of the day we would weigh the fish at the dock to be a tad less than 29lbs. We made a few more passes and then decided that fish might have been a gift, so we picked rods and headed for the staging grounds. We set down in 100’ and the fish finder loaded up with fish just lying in the mud. Out came the 20lb weights and some paddle/fly combos. We were surprised to see 65 degree water all the way down to 130’. Our first rip would come over 130’ on a wire set on a 1 out 350’. That fish took a few good runs, but eventually found its way back to the mud. When our metallic purple Deeper Diver pulling a White Smart Fish/A-TOM-MIK UV Dolphin got back to the boat I could see where the fish turned the two hooks against each other to get back to freedom. At this point we were 1 for 2, and in talking with many boats that was GOOD! It was just a tough day out there for EVERYONE! We trolled around for a little bit and finally slid into 100’ of water for the last few hours of the trip. AS I adjusted everything for this depth the screen just kept showing us the Salmon stuck in the mud. Not long into our 100’ track the wire on the other side of the boat starts to throb. This fish was hooked for the same amount of time as the previous one, and we were back to wondering just how big it could have been. This one took a Froggy glow Deep Diver pulling a Wonderbread Smart Fish/A-TOM-MIK Shredded Hammer fly back 300’ on a 1 setting. That would be the last fish of the day for us. We pulled rods at 2pm, and headed back to the wall for a couple of passes. We didn’t hook up with anything, but we saw a few splashes around. The fish are there, but Mother Nature really messed the water up this weekend. If we can get any stable weather the fishing should get real good in the next few weeks.

I fished Dalhousie last April when Gail force came through. We were fishing 40-50' of water and we had 2-4' waves. I am currently thinking about sneaking over to the Roc for Sat and Sunday given the reports from this morning, but I just dont know how safe it will be. I'm with ya brotha! I want to fish too!

The Stinger version of the Sea Sick Waddler and the Stinger Penguin have been good for us. Chicken Wings work very good also.