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  1. Yankee Troller
    I was offshore on a customers boat Monday showing him how to run his Electronics package I sold him. We marked them out in 250-300' with bait.
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    Looking at the wind forecast we really thought today would be the day to get offshore and try for a Winter Salmon. Actual conditions, however, kept us near shore. We did grab a Lake Trout in 100', but that's the deepest we were comfortable going. Our first fish was a little unexpected. It fought about as good as a stick, but ended up being a beautiful 8-10lb Steelhead that ate a Bay Rat Lures S3 Green Frog behind an Offshore OR-12 inline board. After that we picked away at Brown Trout. It was a close split between Chinook diver bites and flat lined sticks. The color of the day was definitely chartreuse. Bay Rat's in Jail Bird, Green Frog, and Lemon Lime all took fish. . . Sent from my Pixel 5 using Lake Ontario United mobile app
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    Genesee River
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    If you guys can fit 31 series interstates in the boat I'd start there. I have had the same 3 in my Lund for 4yrs now. When I'm not fishing they are plugged into an on board charger that maintains their charge. With my 36v TM I can troll 8-9hrs on 30-40%. I can spot lock in a current on 70-100% for 4hrs.
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    I'd stick with what works, and you have a good one there. A few others - 10" Spin Doctors UV Chrome-Two Face White-Hammer Time Seneca Special
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    What size interstates?
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    We do it with no issues.
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    Some days that's the way it goes, so don't beat yourself up over it right away. We use Scotty pinch pad releases when trolling coppers off big boards. We clip the release about 6" up from the copper knot on the copper line itself. It works for us. Some guys are afraid to clip onto the copper and half hitch a rubber band to the copper and clip into this. I've never tried it, so I can't offer an opinion.
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    When fishing Salmon on Downriggers we like to run a Medium action rod and 20lb test for pulling spoons. This will also work for running flasher/flies or flasher/meat, but I'd recommend bumping your line size up to 25-30lb. If you can afford it a Medium Heavy action rod would be better for pulling the flasher rigs especially as you fish deeper. A rod we run a lot of is the Daiwa Great Lakes 8' M (GL802MF). Again this will work for most of your downrigging needs. Fishing divers we run the same brand, but a different model. For divers we run a MH rod. We have 9' and 9'6" rods on board, but on smaller boats you may want a longer rod to create a better spread and avoid tangles at the back of the boat when fish are coming to the net. You can find them to 10'6" below at FishUSA. Daiwa Great Lakes Rods
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    Yes, John is still doing canvas. He does all of our work here at Krenzer's. Let me know if you need help getting in contact with him.
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    For a 300 copper I'd suggest a Daiwa Saltist 50. You can get 150yds of 50lb power pro on there for a backer. Trust me it's enough. We've never been spooled and we've run this set-up for many years. From 350-500 I'd suggest a Shimano Tekota 800. Honestly, if you're looking for a really good reel those are the choices I'd stick with. You can save a little coin too and forgo the line counter. It's not needed for copper reels. Saltist Tekota
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    Mine have always stayed in the garage. No issues.
  13. Yankee Troller
    Yes it will
  14. Yankee Troller
    Any of them can be good. BT fishing in the Spring is the same it always has been. Generally, you'll find fish around the mouths of creeks and rivers. Sent from my Pixel 5 using Lake Ontario United mobile app
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    Hit the water around 8:30am with my brother and a buddy. There was no shortage of color from recent winds. We stayed off the beach hoping to get into some cleaner water, but that didn't really pan out. We had no shortage of bites, and the ones we landed were all part of a nice class. Most fish were in that 5-8lb range. We pulled Offshore inline boards with Bay Rat Short Shallow sticks from 60-100' back. Chinook divers out 10-15', and our Cannon downriggers back 40' down 6-9'. White cupped spoons were best on those presentations. Bay Rats that went were Green Frog, Citrus Shad, Ghost Wipe, and red with black squiggles. If this weather stays decent we'll get back out there! Sent from my Pixel 5 using Lake Ontario United mobile app
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    I love their slim sticks!
  17. Yankee Troller
    Let me know if I can be of any assistance. I sell all the major brands and have a great installer.
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    I always liked Steve, and I tried to view things from his side of the fence when a lot of anglers had nothing good to say about his science/perspective. I tended to agree with most of his science, and I think he had a lot of tough decisions on our fishery. That being said don't get me going on last years Steelhead regulation for the Lake anglers. Enjoy retirement Steve!
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    We've been running the Daiwa Great Lakes diver rods for a few years now. No complaints here. We've run their wire rods with rollers and they are a bit beefier and much heavier in the hand, so we sidelined those. The models we're currently running are GL902MHR and GL962MHR You can buy them at FishUSA - fishusa.rv5k.net/knnaL
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    I'd put at least two divers out before I ran any copper/leadcore.
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    Jealous!
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    I've been running the Daiwa Great Lakes Telescopic 8'6" planer board rod the last few seasons for Browns and Walleye behind in-lines. They work great, and are very reasonably priced: fishusa.rv5k.net/knnaL For a reel you can't beat the Daiwa Sealine. It's been a Great Lakes workhorse for many years. I'd recommend the 27 size with the power handle - SG27LC3B: fishusa.rv5k.net/bRrDx
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    I've had both. Big Johns are nice, and cheaper. The Cisco's are built really nice, but more money. My Big John's lasted about 6/7 years before I had a motor go in one of them. I still have the set, but I have to get the one motor fixed still.
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    I like to run the junk lines that run higher in the water column on the outside, and the ones that run deeper to the inside. For example this May/June we were running a 2/5/10 on each side. The 2/5 ran fine on Offshore OR12 in-lines. The 10 color ran much better on the OR-37 (mag board). This past September we ran a similar spread, but with 150/200/300 coppers.
  25. Yankee Troller
    I have brand new Yacht Club trailers at Krenzer Marine that we are putting under our new Starcrafts. If you'd like a price let me know.
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