Yankee @ the Oak 7-14 Big Boys came to Play!

[Yankee Troller]

We had an eager group that was interested in scoring some cash in the Lake Ontario Counties (LOC) derby. I told them I wanted to leave the dock by 5:30am, but these guys barely slept a wink and I found them in the parking lot at 5am! So off we went looking for a few fish for the leaderboard. For most of these guys their biggest fish consisted of something from a dock with the exception of Hung, which I took stream fishing this past Winter.

We shot straight out to 80’ of water in front of the Oak and pointed her East. We were going back down to the glass house area that has treated us good for about the last month. Down went our Cannon DT10’s with the following combos: 65’ down was a Dreamweaver Hammertime SD/A-TOM-MIK Hammer, 75’ down was a Michigan Stinger E-Chip in Hammertime/A-TOM-MIK Glow Blue Hammer, and down 50’ was a Legendary SmartFish Green Dot/A-TOM-MIK Ultra Green Glow Shredded. We would end up working 100-130’ of water and the temp dropped into the upper 50’s right around 35’ down. Those big kings loved the colder waters they had to swim around in chasing huge schools of bait.

Our Divers were set on a 2 and we had them going consistently out 125’ and 150’ with big Salmon. The biggest of the trip officially weighed on the LOC derby scale was 29.5 which took a Hammertime E-Chip/A-TOM-MIK B-Fly. On the other diver we had a Legendary SmartFish/A-TOM-MIK Glow Blue Hammer Shredded. We also ran a 10 color and a 300 copper off our Otter Boats. The ten Color pulled a Moonshine Carbon 14 in the morning, and took a couple of shots, but it was quiet the remainder of the day. On the 300 copper we ran a Stinger Hawg Wild, and later a few flasher/fly combos, but it just wasn’t a great presentation for us on this day.

The big guys came to play today! Our clients took home 13 Salmon, 1 Steelhead, and one Brown Trout. Our biggest five went 29, 27, and three 25 pounders. A huge box!

We released a lot of fish, and I would like to share a new technique we tried out that worked flawlessly! We took our boga style Berkley scale and tied a rope to it about 15’ long. We fried the thing holding fish overboard in previous years trying to revive them, so we had no issues with it getting wet. We clipped the fish by the mouth and tossed it overboard as we re-set lines. When we were done re-setting we would look back and the fish would be off swimming to one side or the other. We’d pull in the rope and un-clip the fish and it would take off like a champ. Even in upper 70 degree water! Give it a try next time you want to toss a fish back. It might give it a better chance to survive! I want to thank my buddy Jeremy Sage for the tip.

We need a bigger cooler!

[TOP SECRET]

Awesome! Now send those big boys East!

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[John Kelley]

That is so awesome, man! When you can't even close the box, you know you had a good day of fishing!

[Yankee Troller]

Awesome! Now send those big boys East!

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I kinda want to keep them to myself.......

[CVO]

Great tip for reviving the big guys! We had a hard time Sunday morning with one, after 5 minutes of holding him over the side, he finally kicked away.

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[Captain Carl Bish]

Nice!! It was a great week at the Oak with the cold water in so close. It has been a great July with so many big fish in the shallows. Good Job!!

[Yankee Troller]

Nice!! It was a great week at the Oak with the cold water in so close. It has been a great July with so many big fish in the shallows. Good Job!!

I don't ever want to go East again and fish those tourneys if July at the Oak is like this! LOL

[Pike Hunter]

It is a always a good sign whenever your cooler is overflowing with fish

It is even better whenever your fish gets placement on the LOC board.

Congratulations!

[Gill-T]

Yes, nice tip on the Boga Grip. I have been using the Boga to release fish but by holding it. Was always an issue with doubles or clearing the back of the boat quicker so the Boga on the tether should solve that. How far back do you set your tether? Off to the side or off the back? Nice report as usual.

[Yankee Troller]

Yes, nice tip on the Boga Grip. I have been using the Boga to release fish but by holding it. Was always an issue with doubles or clearing the back of the boat quicker so the Boga on the tether should solve that. How far back do you set your tether? Off to the side or off the back? Nice report as usual.

We just tossed it off the back of the boat on a 15' rope.

[oneluvunknown]

Yea buddy! We had an awesome time. These guys dont even want to catch small fish no more. They are hooked! Thanks again for an awesome time and great laughs. Captain Rick & Craig are definately great guys.

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[Yankee Troller]

Yea buddy! We had an awesome time. These guys dont even want to catch small fish no more. They are hooked! Thanks again for an awesome time and great laughs. Captain Rick & Craig are definately great guys.

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You guys were spoiled! Lake O doesn't put out like this for very long.

[FX]

Nice report and pics Seemed like everytime we saw you Sat, you guys had a fish on. Learned of the "boga technique" from Capt. Jeremy too - works great and have to try the 15' rope - thanks for the tip.

Shawn

[Yankee Troller]

The rope allows you to get back to fishing, and give the fish enough time to liven back up.

[oneluvunknown]

Yes we did get spoiled. Man everyone else got to nap but i didn't! I still felt like i was on the boat last night. I gotta get use to this:-)

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[G-Daddy]

Awesome! Now send those big boys East!

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I kinda want to keep them to myself.......

We'd like to try for a few if you don't mind.

[Silver Fox]

Omg nice! Any day my ECM will be back from Merc and many hours will be spent out there the next 3 weeks.

[Kooter469]

Awesome job Yankee man i love the cooler pic congrats on the board

[CHAMP99B]

very nice job guys....did you follow me fri.....(lol) did very well myself same water......great water temp

[Yankee Troller]

very nice job guys....did you follow me fri.....(lol) did very well myself same water......great water temp

Wasn't me! I was stuck in this stupid cubicle that pays all my bills until 5pm.....My fortunate brother who works Mon through Thurs may have.

[panfisher]

Got the same feeling as everyone else on this post...Awesome!!!! And super idea with the Boga-on-the-rope trick. Thank U for sharing and and Jeremy Sage for coming up with this "multi-tasking", fish AND time saving tip. (and back saving, too!)

[skipper19]

Nice report Rick! Way to wack em and stack em!

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