Yankee Troller

We found our fish East. I'm sure there are fish all over. Find a few and work that area. Fish temp too even if your not marking them. 60 degrees down to 38. If u find a good break put ur spread in it. Good luck! [ Post made via Mobile Device ]

I have 200lb Power Pro on my riggers. The fleas stack up on it pretty good!

I hear of this GF, but i still have yet to see pictures. You can't run 2 extra rods for an imaginary person. Even if you went and bought her a fishing license.

Nice job buddy!

Yeah, it was weird. I'm all set with swimming over 200' of water though. Who knows whats down there! Never know when a shark might show up out of no where!

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He took a beating! Honestly, I HATE baseball. My brother, Uncle Eric, and father are Die-hard Yankee fans.

7/5 - We left the dock at 6am with some friends looking for either a derby winner King, or another Steelhead since ours was knocked off the pedestal. My buddy Anthony joined me today with his buddy Matt, and his girlfriend. I knew that we wanted to head right down to the "flats" and see if we could get the Kings going like we did yesterday. We set-up in front of the Oak and trolled the 5 miles down to the flats. We ran a 4 diver, 3 rigger, 1 copper program. Our deeper divers were set on 1 for the low divers, and 2.5 for the high divers. All pulled paddle fly combos. Dreamweaver Gator Spind Docto/A-TOM-MIK Green Crinkle, Dreamweaver 42nd Spin Doctor/A-TOM-MIK 42nd fly, Wonder Dot SmartFish/A-TOM-MIK Hammer fly, and a Green SmartFish/A-TOM-MIK Ultra Green Glow fly were the combos we choose and all took fish throughout the day. On one side we ran the divers at 175' and 250' back, and on the other it was 200' and 275'. We ran a mix of spoons on the riggers early then stuffed paddle/fly combos down deep later in the morning. Dreamweaver Midnight Specials, Stinger Later Gators, and Northern King Copper NBK's all had their moments. The copper (400') never took a shot all morning, I put a Green Dot SmartFish/A-TOM-MIK Hypnotist fly on it as it is a go to combo, but nothing wanted to play with it. We had a great mix of fish today. Our biggest King was about 23 pounds. He was a really short fish with HUGE shoulders and he took Matt for a ride on the wire making runs at Tuna speeds! We also did 2 Atlantic Salmon, which are always a treat. Thanks Canada! The bait, and fish, really moved in to the flats area today. Probably the best screen I have seen out at the Oak in a few weeks. Check out some pictures from today. 7/6 - Steve and his son Tim joined us for a day out on Lake Ontario. They are AVID fisherman from NJ, and Tim wanted to experience trolling Lake Ontario for Salmon and Trout. I can assure you that he will never forget it! You can tell when someone really appreciates the experience because they can't keep the cooler lid CLOSED! LOL Right away I knew that if we wanted some Kings there was a pile of them down on the flats. We started off right in front of the Oak and did the same troll down to the flats as yesterday. However, today the water chilled down and the temp came up. at one point we had 50 degrees down 50. The screen was blank, and we sat for the first hour and a half with not even a sniff. We finally made the decision to head deeper and that's when we found a little "honey hole" at the 24N/6W line. A great mix of Kings, Cohos, Atlantic's, and Rainbows. There was a break between 60 and 70 that was 15 degrees and the fish were all over it. If it weren't for the rods poppin' you would have never known there were fish there. The screen on our Hummingbird was BLANK the whole time we were out there on that 175-250. Our program today started out with 4 wires, 3 riggers, and a copper. Once we went deeper we pulled 2 wires and sent out another copper. Our riggers were set between 50 and 80. Northern King Copper NBK was a good one today, but late in the day a Dreamweaver Raspberry Dolphin had a good run. Stinger Later Gators, Northern King Lazer Spooks, and Dreamweaver Midnight Specials all took a few fish. Our Deeper Divers were set out to 180' and 210' on a #2 setting. One had a Dreamweaver Gator Spin Doctor/A-TOM-MIK Green Crinkle the other had a Dreamweaver 42nd Spin Doctor/A-TOM-MIK 42nd fly. Our hot rigs today were the pair of 300 coppers that we fished off our Otter Boats. One had a Green SmartFish trailed by an A-TOM-MIK Pro/Am Glow fly, and the other had a Chrome E-Chip trailed by an A-TOM-MIK Frozen Frog (a Captains Cove exclusive). We found all year classes of Kings. The biggest King tipped the scale at 20lbs. We did a few really nice Steelhead with the biggest being about 11lbs. We did a few more Atlantic Salmon today, and one tipped the scale at 9lbs. Just a fun day for a father and son out on Lake Ontario. Check out some pictures.

Great job! At least you've gotten THAT spoon to go lately! LOL

Thanks Anthony! Been there done that with people not in the derby. Live and learn.

My thoughts and prayers are with you Vince! So sorry for your loss.

7/3 - We headed out today with a four man crew. My GF, brother, my brothers friend Adam, and myself. We were in derby mode! Looking for that grand prize winner! We went a few miles West before we set-up because I knew there had to be a temp break that way. Reports from Olcott were that the temp was a lot higher than what we had at the Oak. I figured if I found that break it could be layered with fish. We never did go far enough West to find that break, but we started to pick at the fish a few miles West of port. Our program today was 3 riggers, 3 wires, and 2 coppers. We started out fishing 150-225, but ended in 130. Out in 150-225 we couldn't keep the 8-12lb Rainbows off our lines. It almost got annoying. I say that because these fish didn't have much left in them at all after their little fight. We tried everything trying to revive them, but the water is so warm up top, and they spent so much energy jumping and putting on a show for us. With the high sun our HOT spoons the last few weeks just didn't have it in them. We threw down the high sun go to's and it was on. Northern King Copper NBKs, Later Gators, and Dreamweaver Midnight Specials on the riggers. On the wires we ran a Wonder Dot SmarFish with an A-TOM-MIK Hammer fly, Dreamweaver Gator Spin Doctor with an A-TOM-MIK Green Crinkle, and a Dreamweaver Hawg Wild Spin Doctor with an A-TOM-MIK Sweet Pea fly. Our coppers were 500 and 400 pulling a Green Dot SmartFish/A-TOM-MIK Hypnotist Fly, and a Green SmartFish/A-TOM-MIK Green Hammer. Everything took fish today. Late morning we decided to slip in tighter to see if we could get a few Kings. They had been missing from our catch the whole morning. Once we hit 130fow off the flats the Salmon began to show themselves, and they didn't want metal. It was strictly a fly bite. We took a few smaller Salmon and teenagers before we hit the 20lb mark. Our big guy of the day tipped the scale at 22/23 pounds. He took the Hawg Wild Spin Doctor/A-TOM-MIK Sweat Pea fly. Here are a few pictures from the day. 7/4 - Today was GF day on the Yankee! LOL My brother and his GF, my GF, and our buddy Rob and his wife. Lets begin by saying HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the USA! We were after one fish today, and that was a 30lb+ Salmon. We never found him, but we beat up on his buddies all morning. We started in 120fow and only left that later in the day for 140-160 to stay on top of the Kings. Today was all about the paddles. We ran 4 wires, 3 riggers, and 1 copper. Only rigger that was run clean with spoons was our center rigger down 70' and it was pulling a pair of DW SS VQ Green Dolphins. Our deep rigger had a chrome Dreamweaver Spin Doctor with an A-TOM-MIK Sweat Pea cheated with a Dreamweaver Midnight Special. Our other corner rigger had a Hawg Wild Spin Doctor/A-TOM-MIk Sweat Pea cheated with a Stinger Nuclear Green. Our wires had the Gator Spinny/A-TOM-MIK Green Crinkle, 42nd combo on one side set 175 and 250 respectively. A Wonder Dot SmatFish/A-TOM-MIK Hammer fly, and a Green SmartFish/A-TOM-MIK Hypnotist set 200 and 275 respectively. The 42nd and the Green SmartFish were just on fire first thing. Once we put the attractors mentioned above down on the riggers they took over. Most everything fired today except for the low wires. Everyone caught Salmon today, and we all had a blast. The fishing continues to be great out of the Oak. Actually, the fishing is GREAT all up and down the lake right now. We found the area 6 miles East of the Oak to be our best. Easterly troll was better than a Westerly troll. Very strong currents out there today. Here are a few pictures from today.

A shredded A-TOM-MIK has the mylar finely cut compared to the regular A-TOM-MIKs. Put them side by side and you will see the difference very clearly. I have a shredded glow hammer right now that has been killer on my wire.

Happy birthday trader! LOL Tell Eric if he isn't paying my entry fee he can't have you.

Where on Champlain? Ticonderoga? Plattsburgh? Crown Point?

Just saw some red ones at Gander Mountain in Rochester.

We joined forces with Maverick Sportfishing and Hideout Charters to take out a group from the company 5linx. 5linx booked this trip for some of their employees and some of their customers as an appreciation event. We left the dock at 2pm and fished till 5:30pm and I can guarantee that every person that went out had a GREAT time. All the boats reported multiple fish hook-ups at the same time. We started the trip with a quad, and landed 3 of the 4 fish. The one that got away was the biggest of the 4 (I swear that’s no fish story). We ran 3 riggers parked at 80, 95, and 110. On the riggers we ran spoons with sliders. DW Shiznits, DW Feelin Erie, and Stinger Later Gators. The temperature dropped a little further today. We finally found 50 degrees at 80’ down on our Depth Raider. Our Deeper Divers were set on a 1.5 and set out 250 and 200. Later on we slid each of them back 25’. We pulled a Wonder Dot SmartFish with a shredded A-TOM-MIK Hammer fly, and a DW Gator Spin Doctor with an A-TOM-MIK Green Crinkle on the wires. Lastly, we set out a 400 copper with a Icehouse chip/A-TOM-MIK Mirage Live, and on the 500 copper we put a Green Dot SmartFish/A-TOM-MIK Hypnotist. A 7 rod spread was hard enough to keep in the water! As I mentioned above our crew started with a quadruple, and it seemed like when one rod went off another one would soon follow. We finally marked a few pods of bait tonight unlike the past few days. A lot of skippy kings were put back for the future of our fishery. We boxed 3 nice Kings, a Nice Coho, and a Steelhead in the end. All rods took fish at one point or another. Hot spoon of the day was the Shiznit AGAIN, but the other two spoons were very close behind. Chris Lopresti, who runs Maverick Sportfishing, says his Northern King 42nd spoon was his #1 spoon of the evening, and he was also the captain who took the big guy tipping the scales at 24lbs. Our big guy of the trip was a tad shy of 22lbs. We had another good one swim out of the net that might have challenged Chris’s big guy…LOL…but me, the captain, didn’t do so well on the net job. That fish still had a little left in him. Rob on the Hideout says his Gators were his best spoon of the night. We all fished the 24/25N lines straight out of the chute. The mix of fish right now is AMAZING out of the Oak. If you have a ride to get you out there then don’t miss out on this bite. We all smoked them in mid-day conditions!

Thanks Rod!

Dale, I gave my GF a lashing when I finally saw the pics. You can only see it clearly in one picture. I wish she would have told me, but she is a newby and really only comes out so she doesn't look like Casper the ghost all summer. It was a DW SS Shiznit. Pic of the spoon is posted in tackle description.

Here is the DW Regular version. We have been running the SS size. The SS size has SS on it instead of the DW. Billy V has the Regular size and he has been doing well with that one too. I can tell you that the whole West end of Lake O has zero, zip, nada of these as I went looking on Saturday. I only have two of them. My brother bought them because he said he liked the NAME! LOL I was on the phone with Andy Bliss last night and he has a dozen at Fat Nancy's if your interested.

You have to be hooked now!

Great Fish!

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Matt, There are some great Cohos out there this year. Fall sized fish as far as I am concerned. Can't wait to battle these this fall.

LMAO