Yankee Troller

Yup! 250lb power pro wins vs 30lb wire! Other than that its a LOooooooooooooooooonG Story! Lets just say the Smaller boat (ME) was pushed around one too many times! I'll fill ya in at the Oak if I see ya in the next few weeks.

I'm a HUGE fan of metallic purple. Good luck finding them in the local tackle stores from Buffalo to Pulaski! We also use clear and black A LOT. The Glow Froggy goes in first thing in the morning, and on some days the Metallic Green is good.

You cant miss them! Bob is right on the money. IF your trolling the 100' depth from the harbor when you hit them stacks you will want to point the boat on a NE direction. There is a little current in there the fish love to hang in. I was heading down there this past weekend b4 me and some idiot got into it!

Congrats Paul! Good lookin kid! Lets hope he takes after Christie in the looks department!

2 years in and not a problem! They hold wire divers, copper, rigger rods, and even a net extended out on an angle.

Gene! Whats up brother! You gotta get a facebook. Antenori can hook you up now that you know how to use the internet. Great second place finish. Fishing tourneys has allowed us to meet some of Lake Ontario's finest fisherman, and it only make us better at it. Even though your just a recreational angler your one of the BEST on the lake. See ya in May on the BAR!

Thanks Tommy! BTW....those riggers are the SEXIEST riggers I have ever seen. Your boat looks GREAT! Quick question.....did Steph and her girls beat us?

So, this past weekend was the Scotty event out of the Port of Oswego. Considering we are a deep water team, and we had two top 10 finishes on the East end of the Lake this year, we thought it was going to be a good tourney. Well, we were wrong! Fishing was TOUGH, but the good times had both on the water and at the dock made up for it. Saying goodbye to all the tourney teams until next April, and talking about the 2009 highlights made for some good laughs. Friday 21st (Practice) - We went out and dropped our lines at 80'. The picture on our fish finder was amazing. We worked the 80-150' depths East down to the Power Plant with just one fish. My custom SmartFish (Green blade/Crushed Glow on the back/Twinkie tape on the front) pulling an A-TOM-MIK Hypnotist was the combo that took a dark 18lb Salmon. He hit on the wire diver. We then pushed North out to the 400' area and worked that West past the college. We took 2 shakers out there, but it just didn't look as fishy as the inside waters. So, to finish the day we headed back into 150' of water and trolled it East back to the Oswego River mouth. With minutes to go before we picked up our lines the Wire out 350' starts singing! We were battling another nice Salmon. This was the same combo mentioned above that the fish took. At the end of the day we heard the bite was tough for EVERYONE, and figured we should stick it out in that shallow water and see if we could scratch out our 5 Salmon. Saturday 22nd (Day 1) - Well, we headed straight out and the screen was still loaded with fish. So we set out our usual 8 rod tourney spread (3 downriggers, 2 wires, and 3 junk lines). Everything but the middle rigger had flasher/fly combos. Our first fish took a Wonderbread SmartFish pulling an A-TOM-MIK Glow Hammer down 120 over 120 on the rigger. Another one of our keepers would take a Chrome E-Chip pulling an A-TOM-MIK B-Fly later in the day on our wire diver out 180. Those would be the only two fish we would catch on day 1. We lost a salmon on a wire diver throughout the day, and would toss back 2 short fish and a Brown Trout. After everyone's catches hit the scales we were sitting in 17th out of 37 teams. Well within striking distance of another top 10. A total of 3 limits were brought to the scales all taken 20+ miles from Oswego. Sunday 23rd (Day 2) - Well, since we were unfamiliar with the water 20 miles away we figured we would stick it out in front of Oswego again. The fish were there, but they were just not eating. WE figured if we could scratch of 3-4 fish we would be contending for a top 10, which in this tough tourney wasn't a bad thing. However this day wasn't as good as the previous two. We would go 1 for 4! Our lone fish took a Northern King Glow Froggy (white cup) fished 240 out on our wire diver. We lost a screamer on a 375 wire, a fish off our 240 rigger, and a fish off our 700 copper throughout the day. All of which were various flasher/fly combos. That one fish would drop us a little deeper in the standings, and leave us wondering is we should have just made the run!

Thats cool! Rob your a bad azz! I would a been chittin my droors!

Yes, that's true. A few guys have been fishing them.

I try them a little, and if they don't produce they go back in the box. BUT when the fishing is really good I will throw them down to see if they do produce.

I'm selling the downriggers off the Yankee Troller. They have 3 years of use on them (weekends and tourney's). I have never had an issues with these riggers EVER. 2 of them come with 450' of 250lb Power Pro, and the third comes with 200' of brand new coated cable, and the GOOD Scotty antenna (Not the spring). I keep them covered when not in use, so fading is limited and the covers come with the riggers. I am asking $1100 for all three. This can be an early Christmas gift! Retail on these runs between $490-$500 for brand new!

It just lets me know the gain is maxed given the current conditions. I would hate to miss a fish on Auto b/c the gain was too low.

Nope, a little algae bloom, but t wasn't too bad.

Headed out with a buddy for an hour or so. I just helped him set up his new ride with all the Salmon gear he would need. We fished for about 45 minutes. Showing him how to rig on his ride, and playing with FF settings. We took two fish. Both hit the 240 wire diver on a 2.5 setting pulling a White Spin doctor/No-See-Um Action fly. Marked a couple of fish and a pod of bait here and there, but a quiet screen for the most part. We worked the 350' area off Braddocks point, and our Depth Raider down speed was 2.0 when both Salmon hit. One about 10lbs and the other around 5lbs

Nice fish Jerry! I guess Billy showing you how to run Flasher/Flies really paid off on Saturday! Hey Dex, he might even be dangerous in a Salmon tourney soon if he gets better at running them!

Didn't know that was you! SO your rollin' with a 24' Penny. I'll have to remember that.

Fishing out of "The Oak" continues to be strong! There are some majors hanging in that inside water (70-120) along with some skippy Salmon and decent Steelhead. If you head offshore action can be fast and furious with the Steelhead, and the Kings are right there too. Some HUGE steelhead are swimming around out there. August 15th (Morning) - We headed out with a friend from work who brought along his wife and daughter. We stopped and fished the inside water to see if we could find a few larger Salmon to play with our baits. It didn't take long and we were hooked up. First to go was a 80 rigger pulling a couple of Stingray Glow Alewives. A Small Chinook Salmon hit the deck within minutes. Next was out 180 wire pulling a White/Green dot SmartFish followed by an A-TOM-MIK Hypnotist. He made a run. Gave a few headshakes, and he was gone. We would work the inside waters for a little longer making about 4 passes total. We took 7 shots inside and managed a few fish. A nice 18lb Salmon took Ed for a ride on the 10 color pulling a NK28 Lazer Spook. That fish stood no chance to the Daiwa Saltist's gear ratio. At 6.4:1 Ed had that fish and all of the 500' of line in the boat. One surprise that we had while fishing that inside water was a beautiful 7lb Walleye. He took a NK Mag Sea Sick Waddler mupped on my 70 rigger. About 8am we pulled lines and made a dash for the 27N line. We set lines and trolled north to the 33N line picking fish the whole way. The same program that has worked for weeks produced for us this day. Stinger Gator Glows on our 80 rigger, Dreamweaver Gators on our 70 rigger, NK28 Copper NBK's on our 60 rigger. Our wires would not fire at all out there today. We tried every color combo under the sun, but I never did try just running a clean spoon! We boxed a few steelies and threw a bunch back. The highlight of the day (sorry Walleyes may be highlights to some people, but if they don't run or jump there is no highlight for me) was a 23lb King taken by the 14yr old daughter. This fish took a White/Green Dot SmartFish trailed by that A-TOM-MIK Hypnotist fly. A deadly combo the last month! She fought this pig on the 400 copper, and it didn't take it lightly on her arms. She passed out in the cabin shortly there after. The other highlight was a 11.5lb Steelhead that was jumping like mad on our 10 color fished off an Otter Boat. This fish was out of the air even before we got to the rod. He made some nice runs and tossed in a few flips. He sure thought that Stinger Copper Glow Green Alewife looked good, but all it end that lure brought him to our cooler loaded with Salmon and Steelhead! At the end of the trip we were scorched! It was flat calm and hot out there on the lake. We totaled up the bites and we ended the trip with 21 bites. Oh, by the way.....those Walleyes have some tough skin! August 15th (Evening) - We headed out to the 27N line and set rods. Just my brother, his friend, and I on this trip. We fished for about an hour and a half in between run times, and took 9 fish. We got into some big guys on the 29N line! I took a 20lb King Salmon on Stinger Gator Glow fished down 80' on the rigger. We took a 12.5lb Steelhead on a Dreamweaver Gator fished down 70 on our rigger, and at the end of the trip we lost a pig just out of net range that hit our Captain Valium combo (New Spin Doctor/ATOMIK combo - chrome spinny w/ Green dots trailed by an A-TOM-MIK Wiggler fly) fished off our 300 copper. This trip was a decision maker for the following day! August 16th (Morning) - We had the guys from Rowe Video on board today. 4 guys and a son along with my brother and I and there was a packed boat! Considering the great class of fish we had out on the 29N line we skipped the inside water. We got a call on our way out that the 26N line had a great picture, so I stopped the boat a few miles short and continued on a North troll. It didn't take long to get a few fish going, but they were rather small. Same program as the day before. As we trolled north the fish began to get larger and by 11am we had 18 fish hooked up. Our wires helped us out today as I changed up some settings and slid them a little further back. I went from a 2 back 150-210 to a 2.5 back 180-240. Should of mattered too much, but they started to fire again. One was pulling a Green SmartFish that I had custom made for me with an A-TOM-MIK Hypnotist, while the other was that deadly Gator Spin Doctor pulling an A-TOM-MIK Hypnotist.The Captain Valium combo did some damage today and took the largest steelhead of the day weighing in at 11lbs. Our big guy of the day was a solid 18lb Salmon that took the White/Green Dot SmartFish trailed by that A-TOM-MIK Hypnotist fly off our 400 copper. These guys where great and the kid took as many fish as he could get his hands on! His Salmon was just a shy smaller than the largest for the day, which I think might bring him back next year! Should have some pics posted tonight!

We stopped in there on Saturday morning. We took 7 shots. Lost a big guy on a 180 wire pulling a SmartFish/A-TOM-MIK combo. Landed a 18lb'r on a NK28 lazer spook off the 10 color. Some small steelies off riggers parked at 50-80, and some smaller Salmon. We found some BIG fish Saturday night out at the 29N line so we didn't bother stopping Sunday morning. However, we have stopped in that inside water every weekend this month and pulled 2-3 bites out of there. We are setting up at 5:30am generally, and it gets crowded fast. Im sure if you hit that mid week it would be consistent.

Nope, but I am only 30yrs old!

I would run mine in manual mode. Generally from 70-85%. I would turn it up till it started to snow. Any electronics manufacture will tell you auto mode isn't the best for every situation. Also, we would run the split screen. I would run the auto range out to 200' then go to manual, and just look at the top 150'.

That's a cool plume off the Niagara!

I know he invited me too! What guy! I just have to find some time to go down there so he can show me around.

WOW that last one is a BRUTE! Double Brows!