Yankee's Sodus Pro Am 2009

[Yankee Troller]

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.

[Legacy]

sounds like a nice weekend!

[ray koziatek]

Great job rick and crew.....P.S. Stan (calf.)that pic is of fish in the back of a boat with 9 ft beam not a med size cooler now get out here and bring some friends(calf. girls)

[Yankee Troller]

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

[Pike Hunter]

Great job on the derby fish and the 8th place in the Pro Am. I really liked that second picture with kings and colorful smartfish.

[blueghost1]

awesome day!

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Rick,

The fishing was just crazy up there this weekend! It's amazing how fast things can change, up to this week we had only boated one ten pound king out of Sodus... we hit over 30 kings from Thurs-Sunday. Just crazy fishing. It was simply an awesome time.

Nick

[stan]

Outstanding day on the water, thanks for the great pictures .

[Yankee Troller]

Great job on the derby fish and the 8th place in the Pro Am. I really liked that second picture with kings and colorful smartfish.

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.

[jobsite]

Great job this weekend, guys! It was a pleasure to meet you (while having an ice cream) at Hots Point.

We had a less than stellar tourney, but certainly had a fun time in Sodus! The water was fun on Saturday... some pretty good 6' rollers to deal with. Fun fun.

Craig (Savant Spoon)

[Yankee Troller]

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