Yankee on Oneida Lake November 5th

[Yankee Troller]

Paul and Tom met us this morning at Oneida Shores for their annual Fall Walleye charter. Being regulars we knew they preferred to troll, so that's what we were set up to do.

 

Our first few trolls targeted 15-16' of water right outside of the weeds. We made four trolls in that depth range on two different spots. On our fifth troll we looked at deeper water (30'), but only grabbed one keeper Walleye and a big Perch. The sixth troll we went back to the area we did our first and second troll though, but we slid out into that 17-18' of water range. All of our trolls took fish!

 

Today, we pulled stickbaits, and with the help of the precision trolling app we were able to put various baits in the zones we wanted. We ran 8 Offshore inline boards on each troll. The two furthest boards on each side were loaded with 20lb braid, and they fired all day 100' back with Bay Rat Short Shallows in Perch, Jail Bird, Toxic Frog, Can't Afford It, and Blue Tiger. The two inside boards were 10lb mono rods pulling #9 Flicker Minnows and Deep Scatter Husky Jerk back 40-45'. Our best colors in those offerings were Perch, Black/Silver, and Purpledecent

 

[greenhornet73]

 Nice catch!  How was the water clarity that day?  It was gin clear where I was and natural colors were all I took fish with.

[Yankee Troller]

I honestly didn't pay attention, and we set-up as it was getting light out. So that makes it tough. I generally put half and half out and see what fires.