Yankee Troller

9/12 - We headed out to 40' of water to give that same line a try from the previous week. The screen looked decent, but the fish that were there had lock jaw! We played in there for an hour or so before we made the decision to head offshore. We set up on the 28N line and worked our way out to the 34N line. We picked fish the whole way out and then on the way back. The waves made for some interesting footwork. Each member of the crew fought their fish sitting on the cooler. At times we had waves as high as our flybridge. It wasn't very fun, but at least the fish were cooperating. We ended up going 6-14. Mostly Steelies in the 4-9lb range and a small King. Our program consisted of Stinger Gator Glows on the corner rigger parked at 60', Stinger 42nd's parked at 65 on the other corner rigger, and NK Copper NBK's on the center rigger parked at 50. Our wires set on a 3 setting out 120 and 150 took a few shots with an NK 42nd Mag and a Dreamweaver Gator Mag. The 10 color down the chute (knot in the water) popped a few times pulling a Dreamweaver VQ Green Dolphin. 9/13 - On this morning we figured we would give the wall a shot considering a few boats took 2-4 Salmon off it the morning prior. Well, by the time we got out there were 25 boats trying to fish 1 wall. We made one pass and that was enough battle for me! So we headed out the Steelies we played with the day before. We stopped in on the 29N line and trolled out to the 32N line. We took 1 shot in about an hour on a Stinger gator Glow down 60 on the corner rigger. Waves weren't as bad as the day before, but it still wasn't any fun out there. One guy got really sick so his crew felt bad for him, and we headed back to the dock.

Rob, You should know better than to run your boards in all that traffic! A$$hole! LMAO

Penn Yan 88 Maniac

That's a good bet Anthony. Cant hurt! But, don't waste the time in there if rods aren't poppin! I'll bring my laptop and try to post a report Saturday afternoon from 4C's marina. Give you guys an idea for Sunday maybe. Who knows maybe I'll blank on Saturday!

Sounds to be slow, but you wont know unless your out there!

TTT

If your on the3 West side and don't mind running out deep the Steelies and immature kings are out there.

I'm pretty sure he read someone talking about a 600' copper and thought 600' deep. Not many places 600' deep in Ontario. Yes, Billy's right I fished 300' down with my 20lb Sharks and Power Pro. Didn't get anything off that rigger, but the fish were down there. Deepest we have taken a fish this year was 225 off 4 mile creek.

You got it Tim, and I understand it comes with the job!

Nice fish!

I need to get my YAK out on the lake!

Nice pic dude! One of these days that will be me! Although, I have to find a women who will put up with my fishing/hunting habit!

Sounds like a good time! So is the 30lb'r going on the wall?

Reeljerks - I wish this one was going on my wall, but it looks like someone else will have it to look at. This guy has never fished before, so I hope he appreciates it! Kremor - Not my bank! It was a charter fish. At least they got their derby ticket money back! John - Riiiiiiiiiiight! Big Weenies! We haven't had to run any copper over 400' so that wouldn't be too much punishment. Ill bring him down to the bar next spring and let him reel one in on the 700 copper!

Out of the Oak. Both a tad East of the chute.

Thanks guys!

9/5 (Mornin') - This morning we did a little Derby fishing (LOC). My father, Uncle, Brother, and I hit the water about 6:30. We dropped in around the 70' mark and started deploying lines. We ran a simple 3 rigger, 2 wires,and 3 junk line spread. The morning would be very disappointing yet eventful! We went on to drop our first 7 screamers! Actually one happened to be a Stealhead in the 12-15lb mark, but the rest bent our hooks while tearing line from our reels! Finally, at 1pm we would go on to boat a 5" Salmon while checking lines. Shortly there after our 300 copper rod took off with a Green E-Chip pulling an A-TOM-MIK Green Crinkle. That would be our first REAL fish to hit the deck this morning. We took shots on a Dreamweaver Green Mongoose plug, Green SmartFish pulling an A-TOM-MIK Hypnotist, Mtn. Dew E-Chip pulling an A-TOM-MIK TG fly, White SmartFish pulling an A-TOM-MIK White Halo, and a Slippery Frog Spinny pulling an A-TOM-MIK Purple Mirage. Riggers parked from 50 to the bottom, wires out from 150-210 and 10 color cores, 300 copper, and a 400 copper all took shots. We finished at 2pm with 10 shots. 9/5 (Evening) - My brother, his buddy Adam, my girlfriend, and I headed back out at 3:30pm and fished till 8pm. It was an exciting few hours to say the least. We would take 7 shots and boat 6 of them. The largest being just shy of 29lbs. We hit a double off our riggers shortly after we started trolling. One took a Mtn. Dew E-Chip pulling an A-TOM-MIK TG fly, and the other took a Green SmartFish pulling an A-TOM-MIK Hypnotist. Our next double would come from the 300 copper pulling a Green E-Chip/A-TOM-MIK Green Crinkle and the same Green SmartFish pulling an A-TOM-MIK Hypnotist. During this battle we tried to clear the 400 copper down the chute only to have it wad up in our double. While we were playing with that mess the 180 wire took off pulling a Green SmartFish/A-TOM-MIK Green Crinkle. We would boat 2 of the 3 fish. The next two fish would take the 300 copper and that Green E-Chip/A-TOM-MIK Green Crinkle combo. A fun night with some great fish! 9/6 - With the anticipation of that morning bite we left the dock a few ticks before 6am. We set up in 70' of water and all I could get was 6 rods in the water before we had our first big guy on. He took a LJ Green Glow J-Plug fished of our 10 color. While that fish was out there our 150 wire pulling a Green SmartFish/A-TOM-MIK Hypnotist starts throbbing. We're doubled! We ended up loosing the fish on the J-Plug, but boated the small guy off the wire. Got set back up with 7 rods in the water and the Green Smartfish on our corner rigger took a shot. It had an A-TOM-MIK Hypnotist behind it. As that one was making his run the other 10 color with that same J-Plug takes off. We're doubled AGAIN! We ended up dropping both.Get set back up and the other corner rigger fires. This guy had some shoulders! He hit a Mtn. Dew E-Chip pulling an A-TOM-MIK TG fly. Shortly there after we were clearing a 10 color when on the retrieve a Salmon Whacks the J-PLug. Thinking we were tangled in the fish on we let it go on a light drag. Well, it was a different fish and we would end up loosing that! Almost to the boat and the center rigger fires with a Dreamweaver Slippery Frog pulling an A-TOM-MIK Purple Mirage. Finally we boat this bruiser and its a PIG! We put it on the Berkley scale and it bounces between 31 and 32. Everyone is High-Fiving! Thinking the scales opened at 8am and it was 7:40am we headed for the weigh station. Well, it didn't open till 9am! So we sat for an hour during a fast and furious bite. When the fish hit the scales we put a 31.14lb Salmon on the LOC leaderboard! Now its 9:30 and we are headed back out to the lake. We took 7 shots in an hour and a half, and had a great anticipation of what else was to come. Even though we knew it would be tough to top a 31lb Salmon. Once we set-up it didn't take long and we were into another fish. In the next hour we would boat one and drop 2 Salmon. After that we wouldn't move a rod the rest of the trip. 31.14lbs was what the derby scales said HE weighed! This fish happens to be the largest fish to hit the deck of our boat in 10 years. A true TROPHY, and its what we look forward to catching this time of year. Fall fishing can produce some GIANT fish, but it is also a time when the Salmon get moody while they await their trip up the creek or river.

So, Eric (Maniac) calls me at 7am today and tells me he has a LOC fish while we are battling a fish of our own. When ours hit the deck I called him back and said we had one too! Well, Ours was 31.14 and his was 31.11! Both fish are getting mounted! Only difference is he will get to see his when its done!

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiice!

Yeah come on! Pics!

OK, so I got a little carried away watching MONSTER hooks 250-300' down over 350-400fow during the Oswego Scotty. So I went DEEP water program for a little while. 2 Corner riggers with paddles and cheated paddles (Thats 4 - 8" paddles) - one down 300 and one down 250 Wires on .5 settings out 350 and 375 600 and 700 copper on the otters Only rod to fie was the 375 wire. I thought the deep riggers would have enticed ONE of them Salmon down there! Here is a picture of the Scotty down 300: Blow back down 300 with a 20lb weight. Look closely!

4C's marina has dockage and cottages right on the premises. Fishing in pretty consistent and there are plenty of fishing reports to read to find them.

Nice! Very respectable fish!

Is it getting mounted? Was it at least weighed on a certified LOC scale? Brute of a fish either way! Niiiiiiiiiice!