Yankee's Memorial Day Weekend @ the Oak

[Yankee Troller]

First things first.....THANK YOU to all veterans for defending this country so every American can do what we love with the freedom you grant us. 

 

 

Saturday

We took a nice boat ride West about 12 miles to the chrome domes and set up the spread in 80-150' of water. It was a great morning bite with a mix of species. We had DW Martels and Sea Sick Waddlers going on our Cannon downriggers. DW Fire Cracker SS going on our 5 color Stealth Core. Stinger Frost Bite went on a 200' A-TOM-MIK copper. Later in the day DW Metalic Frogs took both of our decent Kings off a 60' Cannon downrigger. It was great to see some big Steelbows, and we were lucky enough to get a nice Atlantic.

 

 

 

 

We had the smart troll guys on board, so we used this opportunity to dial in our system. It's a neat system to say the least! There are a few minor things that they would like to address, and this trip also allowed them to learn more about how us Great Lakes guys use this compared to the Striper fishing they do in the Chesapeake.

 

 

 

Sunday

We went to the same water from the day before and it was void of marks. The bait was still in t here, but the fish had moved on. We fished between 70-200' and ended with 3 skippys. We made the decision to troll into to check Brown Trout waters and we were rewarded with 2/3 on Brown Trout in the high sun at 9:30/10am. Two took a DW Blue Bubble SS on a 5 color Stealth Core, and the big one took a DW SSW on our Cannon downrigger at 24' over 30. We ended teh day Lake Trout fishing. It took us 20 minutes to get our guys their 4 Lake Trout. 2 of them were beasts! One at 15lbs and another at 20lbs.

 

 

[rdebadts]

Gotta love the variety of fish you can target in this lake! You guys do really well at mixing it up when the initial game plan doesn't work.

[MadPerry]

The Smart Troll stuff is very interesting.  You can never have enough information.  But the thought of losing any of those sensors on 20-30# line scares me

[143447]

Beautiful Laker there!!

[benzer1157]

Yankee if you don't mind me asking how much was your smart troll and where can you get them

[Yankee Troller]

The Smart Troll stuff is very interesting.  You can never have enough information.  But the thought of losing any of those sensors on 20-30# line scares me

 

I understand the concern.

 

 

Yankee if you don't mind me asking how much was your smart troll and where can you get them

 

I ordered it directly from Smart Troll's website. I bought the unit with 1 speed probe and 2 depth/temp probes. I had been pondering it for a few seasons. I waited until some buddies grew confidence in it, and helped Darryl work out a few bugs. I'm going to play with this unit over the course of the Summer, and I plan on writing up a review for all interested.

 

http://smarttroll.com/

 

[Gill-T]

Rick I noticed the wet wrap on cable. I was doing similar "fixes" then went to radio shack and bought a new RCA cable and solved the reception problem. Cheap fix

[albig]

I just purchased one and will be writing a review as well..Darryl was most helpful and answered all of my concerns. I fish Lake Erie until the end of July then I move the boat to Wilson for the rest of the season.

[albig]

I just purchased one and will be writing a review as well..Darryl was most helpful and answered all of my concerns. I fish Lake Erie until the end of July then I move the boat to Wilson for the rest of the season.

[Yankee Troller]

Rick I noticed the wet wrap on cable. I was doing similar "fixes" then went to radio shack and bought a new RCA cable and solved the reception problem. Cheap fix

 

A new cable from the head unit to the antenna? You think the Radio Shack one might be better quality?

[Gill-T]

Yep the long thicker cable transmits the signal. They come in a two pack so you get a back up cable also. The sending cable and smaller cable with spiral antenna lose continuance over time and stop transmitting.

[Yankee Troller]

Yep the long thicker cable transmits the signal. They come in a two pack so you get a back up cable also. The sending cable and smaller cable with spiral antenna lose continuance over time and stop transmitting.

 

Not an easy task to run a new cable from the helm to the back of my boat, but I think I'll give it a whirl. Thanks bud.

[Gill-T]

Attach new cable to the old with duct or electrical tape and pull the old cable. The new cable will go with it unless you have zip ties bundling everything.