Yankee Troller

The meeting is in late April. There are about 10 fisherman from both sides of the lake going as well as the DEC and DNR. Apparently, the purpose is to listen to the fisherman. We've got some good representation going from the states. I guess we'll know more in a month.

With the exception that both boats didn't give way and pass each other I don't see the problem? I usually tell my brother to take the deeper water when coming head on with another boat in the Spring. I don't want to be pinched inside and lose gear. Some boats run 2 lines, 3 lines, and some even 4 lines off a board this time of year. Spreading those lines out gives you less chances for tangles. In clear water situations sometimes spreading them out helps get baits away from the boat to spooky fish. Are we supposed to measure our board lines and set limits on the Lake for how wide we can set them out? That's silly. Obviously, in heavy traffic situations closer is better, but that hasn't hit yet because not many boats are in the water. We weren't at Bear Creek yesterday, so I don't think you're talking about us. Saturday when we fished Hughe's to Bear Creek we hardley saw any boats.

March 26th Well, our first charter is in the books! Matthew and family joined us for a day of fishing Lake Ontario, and they weren’t disappointed. We fished between Hughes Marina and Bear Creek in 10-15’ of water. They caught some serious numbers on a perfect day. Our stud stick bait was a prototype color were testing from Bay Rat. Their Brown Trout Candy was also really good. 120-125' back off the boards. On our Cannon downriggers black and silver spoons were our best even though the water was a little dirty. March 27th Easter We hope everyone had a great Easter! We took a few hours in the morning and went and did a little fun fishing with friends. We fished from Oklahoma beach to Hedges. Bite seemed off. We fished from 7:30-10:30 and took 10 or 11 shots. Everything was tiny. Biggest being 4lbs. Thunderstick JRs and Live Target Smelt were our best baits in 10' of water or less.

BUT they catch fish!

All new teams to the event are put into the rookie class. There cant be more than 1 person who has previously fished a WHI on board. There is typically less than 10 teams. This year, however, we're seeing a few new teams so only time will tell.

We hit our first fish in 20+ feet of water on the set-up, so they are spread out. Some good colored water out there, or was. We use 250lb Power Pro on our planer reels, and ice was not an issue for us. Casey runs small Scotty releases on shower curtains, so even if there was a little ice it would slide right over it.

I fished with Casey of Dirty Goose Sportfishing and Andy from Chasin Tail Adventures. We trolled out of the chute and went as far West as Afro head. Great water off Maxwell! We fished 8-20' of water and picked away at the Trout. Bay Rats and Smithwicks off the boards, and a few spoon bites off the downriggers. We had fish to 8lbs. Great shakedown on the Dirty Goose.

We use Cummins nets that we get from Slippery Sinker. We put them through hell, and they last a few years. I love the big hoop on them. The Beckmans are heavy and I'm not a fan of the round tube handle, but that's just me. Other people seem to love it.

See......just a cool factor!

Not sure who "pro staffs" for an underwater light company, but if we're talking about the same person their word and experience is about as bad as it gets. We used my buddies green under water lights while night trolling. We left them on, and we got bit the whole time we were out there. Alewife would swim though the light from time to time. It was cool. I can tell you it made netting easier. I haven't used them in shallow to answer your question.