Yankee Troller

Just stopin' in to say hi to everyone!

All I'm sayin is cooler ju ju juice! It can make even a big mane loose his lunch!

Ray....your a goof ball!

Nothing here either, and they are supposed to be post marked by Jan. 31st.

Congrats!

Rappy, You have taken the cake for being the neatest!

I cant get enough of this river fishing for some reason! I rode up Sunday morning and met Andy Bliss and his friend Ricky at Fat Nancy's Tackle shop (where I dropped another 40 bucks on tackle). Not to be confused with the other Ricky while on the boat my code name was Magic Man for the day and his was El Diablo! OK, lets shake and bake! <-----If you dont understand any of that....watch the movie Talledega Nights! We hit the water around 8 a.m. at Altmar and floated down the river till about 3 p.m. Unlike the previous trips I have made the weather on Sunday was enjoyable. OK, so we are floating down the river and I have had some great luck this winter on a blue glo bug. So, I was content on catching one on the Salmon River on this blue glo bug. Well that didn't take long! I was locked into a nice Brownie and the results were Magic Man 1 Fish 0! So, after short while and watching El Diablo hook and land a few Steelies I switched over to the bag in hopes of a steelhead. Well, it didn't take long and I was locked up again. But guess what? It was another Brownie. So, now its Magic man 2 fish 0. A short way down the river and that little float goes under. Guess what? Yup, another Brownie. Are you getting the picture here? Its looking like a Brownie kind of day. So at the end of the entire trip the results for the boat were: Magic Man - 4 for 7 (all BT landed) El Diablo - 3 for 3 (all Steelhead landed) Captain/Guide/Paddler/Goon - 2 for 3 (1 BT. 1 SH) Andy's SH he landed was a very nice fish and when we went to take a picture his camera was dead. By the way if you ever want to fish on the Salmon River it is a pre-requisite that you learn the proper way to use the word GOON. Don't ask me why. That's just the way it is. I also want all PRO Pro-Am participants to be very cautious of me this year. With the experience of last years Sodus tourney (where I actually went BT fishing) and the BT in the rivers I might throw you a curve ball by doing a little more Trout fishing! I think I have them figured out! Here are some pics:

Great fish! My taxidermist texted me a picture of our boats 30lb fish last week. I cant wait to see it in person. Kind of bummed I didn't reel it in, but I did technically catch it since it hit my corner rigger with my NK SSW Mag on it!

AFW is thinner in diameter than Malin or Mason. This matters in your depth curve a little I would guess. Its also camo in color, which I think helps too.

Feed those things some Alewives! LOL Nice pics!

I knew a guy who's house backed up to it. Other than that....you walkin down the creek from the bridge on Manitou.

I'll be fishin the 1st one out of Dalhousie, but we are drivin over by water from Wilson Harbor. We will probably get a truck to drive through so we have a ride.

All 5 are on Lake O, but only 2 are in US waters.

Uh Oh! Is Rob buying something? A new boat?

That spot has always amazed me as far as no Pike go. I've had tip-ups out there many a times with no luck. The perch always seem to be a bit on the small side too. Its a nice tucked away spot, but I haven't had much success there.

If he keeps jappin on me and not inviting me fishing when he goes to the Salmon river hes gonna get replaced!

Wuuuuuuuuuuu Whooooooooooo! Salmon only!

Yup, I just want to stay away from the Big John's. The sun seems to beat them up pretty good, and we have busted off handles on them.

Im usually a flasher/fly guy too, but when it gets rough, I feel my coppers on the boards tend to fall off when there are flasher/flies on them. I think flasher/fly type baits work well when there is a constant pull. So, when it gets rough out I try to switch over to spoons on the coppers. This summer I had a really HOT J-plug on my 300 copper. It was a #3 Green Mongoose.

Ooooooooooooooo you got jokes now?

Sold pending payment!

Rod length matters, but its the boat that really can tell you how long the leader can be. We run 10' leaders most of the time on our boat. On your spinnies the longer the leader the more whip your going to achieve. For spoons the leader doesn't affect the action. In that case its just a case of how stealthy do you wanna be.

You could get about 200' on that.

Prolly not in 2009, but we were talking about SOMETHING for 2010! Didn't know if we wanted to do a Bear, Antelope, or Mulie hunt yet. Think we are leaning towards Antelope. The Pig hunt is something my buddy wants to do though. He asked me if Id go along, all expenses paid, and video tape it for him. He wants it for the kill and the grub! I have a hard time eating what I kill. Its in my head!