Yankee Troller

The heartlands are a graphite/fiberglass composite. The firewold and wilderness rods are all graphite from my understanding. The fiberglass in the Heartland will aid in the forgiveness while using wire line.

Awesome report buddy! I taught you well! LMAO My only gripe about your report is it seems that you only post when you SLAM them! I didn't remember seeing a report when you (we) got skunked on your rig out of Sandy a few weeks ago? I mean I could have wrote something, but it was a trip on your boat. I didn't want to steal your thunder. Please be more consistent with your reports as it feels like your show-boating your skills. Good luck the rest of the season! I look forward to bustin your nuts during the Oswego Scotty!

When you going Bri? You going with TJ? I'll be up there this weekend with my ol' lady.

Yeah, that's not cool. Bob....come to the other side of the point where it is much more relaxing!

Awesome report bud! My old man let us run the back of the boat when we were younger. I would tape up all sorts of spoons, and they would work! Just hope your kids dont become fishing fanatics like me.....well....actually it isn't too bad. I mean it kept me from doing the dead end night scene for a lot of years!

SOB! Is that why I lost 14 fish this weekend?

Come on Bob get well! The Kings are just turning on down there where you fish. You dont want to miss that now!

I heard the Mayday call also. I was on the phone with Billy V. My heart stopped! After listening to the GPS coordinates I figured I was more than 5 miles East of you. It was a scary hour or so listening to the conversation. Glad your OK bud!

Hey Craig! Definitely look forward to hanging with you again!

I am not the originator of that photo. Some DW guys did this a year or two ago. However, its is a cool picture that allows people a visual of what you caught them on.

Sodus has some real good fishing right now! LOTS of Kings around, and they are eating.

Too funny!

25lb McCoy mean Green!!!! Strong and wont collect fleas!

Friday (Practice/Pre Tourney) - We hit the water about 6am and took a run down to Fair Haven. We heard the bite was good down there and when we pulled up the screen on our fish finder looked very good. We dropped lines and worked the waters between West Nine Mile point and the Silos West of Fair Haven. We picked away at them throughout the day, but we only had 11 bites by the days end. Our hot combos were Green Double Crush Glow SmartFish with either A-TOM-MIK Green Crinkle or Ultra Green Glow flies. Out 175 rigger and our 600 and 700 copper took most of the fish. Thats right I got me a 700 copper! Although we only took 11 bites we had a good class of fish in the area. We ended up taking 10th place in the pre-tourney they hold the Friday before each Pro-Am. Saturday (Day 1) - We used our 30 minutes of run time to head East to try to get back to our waypoints from the day before. We set down at 6am and dropped lines. It didn't take long to figure out with the current conditions that we would be in Oswego in no time, and that it would be a good idea to turn around and head back West. As we turned the boat and trolled back West rods started firing. We worked the areA right off Port Bay the rest of the day circling an area about a mile and a half long. 175/140 riggers, 350 wires, the 500, and 600 copper all took fish. Again, it was the Green SmartFish pulling A-TOM-MIK Green Crinkle and Hypnotist flies that did ALL the damage. We would box 9 fish, loose 6, and throw back 2 skippys. At the end of the day we were sitting in 13th place with a 215 point box. 2 fish out of first! So, imagine what 3 would have done for us. Our highlight of the day was a HUGE 26lb Salmon. The boats biggest fish of the season, and good for 11th place in the Summer LOC derby. Sunday (Day 2) - Again, we said that our best bet was to head back to our waypoints to the East during our free run time. We set rods in front of Port bay and it didn't take long. At one point we were tripled up with fish taking the 500 and 600 coppers and the 325 wire. Same Green SmartFish worked today. However, a custom SmartFish from Legendary really took honors today. It is a Green blade with Twinkie tape on the front and Crush Glow on the back. We put an A-TOM-MIK Pro Am Glow fly behind it and out it went on the 500 copper. It went about 4 or 5 times until one Chinook Salmon hit it and never looked back! My only paddle in that combo and it was now sitting in a fish's mouth! Oh well, stuff happens! So we continue the rest of the day picking at them and dropping our fair share of fish. WE had to wait till our 20th bite to box our 12 fish. I hate to sound like a broken record, but it was the Green SmartFish paddles with A-TOM-MIK Hypnotist, Green Crinkle, Wigglers, and Pro Am Glow flies. Once the sun came out from behind the clouds the Gator Spinny with an A-TOM-MIK Ultra Green Glow fly took our last few fish. The 500 copper was HOT today! Our riggers down 120-150 were also on fire. We boxed out at 12pm and headed in. When our box hit the scales it was a whopping 290 point box. At the end of the day it was the second largest box of the tourney. We would finish in 8th place overall. 44 points out of 1st (2 fish)! That's why its fishing and not catching! We would also end up in 4th place overall in the East End Cup race.

SOB! Im stocking up!

Chinook....I dont know what Im doing wrong, but I cant get that Get-R-Don to go!

Sea Sick Waddler in both 28 and Mag size NBK in all 3 sizes stinger makes

Yes, a retrofit for either a Walker or a LJ.

You picked the best out of Rochester!

Sorta Kinda.....Stinger makes a similar blade called a penguin. John at NK and myself tweaked that blade with a glow base coat and a green dot. It took our biggest guy this weekend too! It also helped us take 7th last year in Niagara and our 30lb fish last August. TONS of people come up to me all the time and tell me how good that spoon is for them. Well, all but Tall Tails!

So someone comes up to me and tells me a story about this Wonder Set. They were fighting a fish that took the diver rigged with the Wonder Set this week. They feel the fish come unbuttoned, so they put the rod back in the rod holder becasue they had reeled in just about enough line to get it back to where it was originally set. As soon as it got back in the holder it started screaming line off again. Once they boated the fish they noticed the treble hook was missing in Tom's tournament tie. If it wasn't for the Wonder set they would have missed the second fish becasue they would have had that rig out of the water.

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Worst nightmare? If mine sinks at the dock, I would be happy. Excuse to buy a new boat! I'm with ya Gambler! That being said your better float for a few weeks or else we know who did it!

This was a FUN side tourney! Kudos to A-TOM-MIK and Fat Nancy's for the idea.

Friday (Practice) We headed West past Ford Shoals and set down in 120fow. Screen looked pretty fishy so we set lines. Our fist fish didn't come for an hour or so. We managed 4 fish the whole day! Not vary exciting for our team, but we knew where the fish were. We just had to get them to eat on tourney day! Three of our fish took a Dreamweaver Spin Doctor in a Gator pattern pulling an A-TOM-MIK Ultra Green Glow fished off a 500 copper rig. So, at the very least we had a pattern! Two of those fish were nice steelhead in the 9lb range and one was a skippy Chinook Salmon. Our last fish of the day took a wire diver out 270 pulling a 00 Orange Dodger with a Blue/Gold Coho fly. Saturday (Day 1) - We were met with some strong SW winds up to 20mph. We started right out where we had our fish from the previous day and we went an hour before our first fish hit. Our first fish was a 20" Chinook Salmon that we had to box. Next was a 8lb. Laker, and then a nice teenage Chinook Salmon. All three on a Green Double Crush Glow SmartFish pulling an A-TOM-MIK Green Crinkle. We would then take a 22lb BRUTE on a NK Mag Sea Sick Waddler. Finally, we finished off our box with another teenager that took the Dreamweaver Spin Doctor Gator pulling an A-TOM-MIK Ultra Green Glow. After the fish hit the scales we were sitting in 6th place with 117 points. Fishing was tough for ALL! Sunday (Day 2) - Canceled! Too windy! So we waited around till 12:30 to collect our check (first of the year) which felt like a long time coming!