Yankee Troller

I have run these rod holders for 12 seasons. I have had pins get loose and work their way out. Some have gotten sloppy over time from use. I have never had that happen to one. I have a double set that holds an extra large fillet table and they haven't had that happen to them. The black piece on the grip to ratchet the rod holder is a break away piece to help avoid the issue you had. I have had those break multiple times. My recommendation would be walk, instead of run, over to the rod and be a little more gentle with things. Those are really cool!

August 20th: Our guys today drove in from Maryland. Some of them are new, and others have fished with us in the past. We left the dock around 5:15am and headed offshore to the 31N line a little East of Port. The bite seemed to get better as the day wore on, and our catch was 2:1 Salmon vs. Steelhead. A-TOM-MIK meat behind poka dot pattern flashers were good on 175' divers and 80' Cannon Downriggers. Our best spoon was a UV Apple Seed on a 65-75' Cannon Downrigger. Other lure mentions for today are an A-TOM-MIK Stud fly behind a 10" White DW Spin Doctor, A-TOM-MIK UV 190 behind a chrome Mountain Dew flasher, and early in the morning a DW Gold Sea Sick Waddler. August 21st: The Maryland group was back out with us this morning. Mother nature kept us on the inside scrounging around for a lucky bite until 7am because of passing thunderstorms. Once the radar cleared we picked up our gear and ran offshore to the 30N line. We were met with 2-4' waves which offered great lure action. The lake would eventually calm down throughout the day and the sun made its appearance. On the set up the 300' A-TOM-MIK copper pulling a Wonderbread spoon would take our biggest Salmon of the day around 23lbs. That spoon and presentation would go on to take a couple more shots. The other 300' A-TOM-MIK copper was loaded with a DW Lucky Charms cut plug. That was good for four nibbles throughout the day. A-TOM-MIK meat, a BAM fly behind a Hammertime flasher, and UV NBK were other lures that took fish for us. The 30-32N line dried up late morning so we pushed it North. We ended up finding good screens on our Humminbird's, and cooperative fish on the 34.5-35N line.

I've ran them for three weekends with three charters each weekend. So far, they are great. No complaints at this time. If you're grabbing them at FishUSA click the link above if you don't mind.

August 6th: This morning we had a group from Rochester out with us. The plan was to head offshore, so we left right before the sun came up. Good thing we did, because the first hour treated us well with 7 bites. After that it became a slow grind. We worked from 28-33N and 0-7W. Our target depth was 55-75' down. Our best presentations were Cannon Downriggers and A-TOM-MIK copper (300'). The best spoon in the morning was a DW Gold Spook. The best spoon for the day was a UV Bad Toad. Other spoons that took fish for us were UV Shelly Snack, DWs Gold Sea Sick Waddler, DWs Glow Roy Boy, DWs Moon Cricket, and Carbon 14. August 7th: We welcomed another group from the Williamsport, PA area onto our boat this weekend. I think we're up to three over the last two weekends. Not gonna BS everyone, but the chew at the Oak this weekend was a grind for us, and most of the boats we talked with! Yesterday's morning bite had us leaving the dock today at 5am. That head start didn't help us. Anyway, there is loads of bait in that 26-29N range, and fish scattered from the inside to the border. The hot spoon today was a UV Apple Seed on a Cannon Downrigger at 80' mupped. The fish pictured ate an 8" Christmas tree flasher/A-TOM-MIK Ultra Green Glow fly 200' out on a DW Deeper Diver. They left with 10 fish, and we're already looking forward to next weekend!

I have them headed my way. Probably wont get a change to run them this weekend, but plan to next weekend.

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My cheaters are a wing span and a half.

It depends on time of day and wave conditions. There is no rule.

Regular spoon on main line and mag pinned 10' above it in the same pattern.

We've run the Daiwa Great Lakes Dipsey Diver rods for quite a few years now. They come in a 9' and 9'6" model. You can check them out at FishUSA by clicking the hyperlink.

July 30th (morning): It was not the day to take pictures after each catch nor was it a day to clean the catch on the water. Y'all get one pic from our morning charter . Rock, his son, and their buddies joined us from PA today. It was sporty! The bite was all we could handle. Mostly a spoon bite for us on our Cannon Downriggers. Carbon 14, DW Gold Sea Sick, and UV Green Jeans all took multiple fish. On our DW Deeper Divers we pulled green flashers. Meat rig on one side and an A-TOM-MIK Bam fly on the other. 200-225' out on a 1.5 setting. We started with a 300' A-TOM-MIK copper and by the end of the day switched out to a 400'. Everything took fish, and they left with a nice box of meat. July 30th (afternoon): On yesterday's afternoon trip we had a group from upstate New York fish with us. The lake settled down nicely while we fished. We ended the evening with a couple tickets in the box, but it could have been much better! We dropped as many as we landed, and tossed back a few small ones. We found 28N to be our best looking zone. The program and lure colors were almost identical to the morning trip, but we did deploy a few more A-TOM-MIK coppers. July 31st: Another great day on the big pond. Max, and his crew from PA, joined us for their annual Salmon charter. Our starting spot this morning was 27N/7W. We ended up working 28-30N all day. Slow start and missed fish was this morning's story, but we finished strong. Our Cannon Downriggers were the main attraction today. In the morning DW Gold Sea Sick Waddler and Carbon 14 were good. However, the stud of the day was a pair of DW Moon Crickets. All our downriggers were mupped with spoons and fished from 65-80' down. We had a couple diver shots at 200' out with Green flashers and meat rigs. The 300' A-TOM-MIK copper took a couple fish as well including our big guy at the end.

"Mupped" is a term started at the Oak. It's when you run a regular size spoon on the main line, and pin a cheater with a mag spoon 10' above it.

Oak Orchard or Point Breeze. Half way between Rochester and the Niagara River.

July 23rd: What an absolute bloodbath it was offshore at the Oak today! We had our long time clients from Maryland out with us, and since we didn't have an afternoon trip we decided to enter the Sandy Creek Shootout with them. From 6am to 9am we couldn't get 8 rods in the water! Kings, big Coho, and large Steelhead all wanted to harass our spread, and we figured we had North of 45 chews. Our Cannon Downriggers were firing from 60-80' down. All had spoons mupped on them. Those flavors were Carbon 14, DW Sea Sick Waddler, and FishUSA 's custom DW Glow Roy Boy. At times we slipped in FishUSA's custom DW Martell's and UV Lemon Ice. Our DW Deeper Divers were pulling green flashers with meat rigs on a 1.5 setting out 175-225'. The A-TOM-MIK coppers we ran were 300-400' with Green flashers pulling A-TOM-MIK Green Crinkle and BAM flies. July 24th: You just can't beat the July offshore chew at the Oak! Our friends from Maryland were at it again today. We ran offshore to the 27.5N line 17W and set up on a North troll. Nice mature Chinook Salmon, great Coho, and extra large Steelhead we're all part of our catch. Our Cannon Downriggers fired from 55-85' down. We ran a deep meat rigger at times because we saw marks 150-300' down, but it never fired. Spoons that worked for us today on the downriggers were custom FishUSA DW Glow Gladiator, Glow Roy Boy, Sea Sick Waddler, Gold 42nd, and Carbon 14. All the downriggers were mupped. Our DW Deeper Divers on 1.5 settings fired from 175-225' out. Green flashers pulling meat rigs worked on those. As for A-TOM-MIK coppers we ran a pair of 300' on the boards and a 400' down the middle. Spoons on the 300s, and a green flasher/A-TOM-MIK Green Crinkle on the 400'.