Yankee Troller

Yeah, Bass are illegal to keep in my boat too unless its for a tourney. But they get released after the weigh in to fight another day so its not technically keeping them.

The launch wa actually very good. I imagine that in about 4 months Ill be scraping the bottom of my boat again when getting it on the trailer. BTW....I saw more Walleyes today on that lake then Bass. It was amazing! They were all in the shallows in pairs, but I didnt see any spawning going on. They were very skiddish.

Hit the water around 7am with no idea of what we were in store for. It was a great day weather wise and fishing wise. The bass were stacked up in 1' of water out to the first drop. Find a rocky bottom and thats where the fish were. Crankbaits, jerkbaits, and roboworms did the trick. If you saw them it was too late and they became REALLY spooky. Our special treat was the Tiger Musky! It hit a $45 jerkbait my buddy was throwing. I took my time getting the net as I was hoping that Musky would eat an expensive meal! You should have seen the sweat pourin from his forehead while that fish rolled with the bait in his mouth on 8lb McCoy line.

Bass are catch and release all year long now. Yo9u canonly keep them during the season. When you catch one now it has to be an imidiate release.

HOPEFULLY you'll be hearing from me soon.

What S&T did you go with? Good job, and Im sure your son will remember this forever.

Silver and Black baby! There has never been a meaner team than the Raiders.

pancakes are a huge pain in the arse. If you want to run them on the outside u need to bend the fins so they wont swim as much. On the back riggers you need to switch to regualr cannon balls. You shuold look into the ridgeback rattlers or the sharks as they run pretty true down deep with out the swiming action of a pancake.

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I spent the morning on Jax's boat banging the beach out of Sandy and just as we were gonna pull to go to breakfast bang fish on. It was a 3lb brown. So we said 10 more minutes. 10 minutes later fish on again. This one went 2lbs. So we pull rods and go in. In the mean time I was getting ready for my old man to meet me at Sandy with the YT for her shakedown cruise. Sitting there at the launch letting the boat warm up to see if she wants to over heat and up pulls Legacy (rob) I ask if he want to ride for a few hours and he says sure. So out we go around 1:30 and we headed east. Not a touch so we turn around and go west of Sandy. Almost to the pump house and the inside rod off the board on the starboard side releases. I grab it and hand it to Rob thinking it was a brown. WRONG!!!!! Line starts SCREAMING out. I'm like "you got a nice brown on dude or you lightened the drag? He would get it 100' behind the boat and out it would go again. Now I'm like this is no Brown. 10 minutes later its in the net and we are all high fivin over a 14.14lb SALMON! It took a clown colored rapala husky jerk 150' back.

There are always kings around! You just need to run to them.

Thats only becasue I have had more experience with them hog browns the past few weeks Bill. I've weighed a few 7-8lbers. But I'm not braggin or anything.

There you go again Tom! You have it all backwards. I didn't have and small baits on board so I was trying to show you how big the fish really was.

Jax, I hear this is the stuff to buy: http://www.amishoutfitters.com/pbline.htm

Yeah...no such thing! You would be amazed at how many tricks these two know about with a camera. They can make 3lb browns look big with crappie sized lures hanging from thier mouth.

Ill tell ya what I cant wait for.......is to have a captains meeting at once place and move it to another to discuss the rules! Yipee!!!!! LMAO I hope that doesnt happen this year. But, you should all know I'll be fishing all four again this year. I just hope im not as inconsistent as last year.

I almost forgot to tell everyone that Bill and I put a SD/fly out on a rigger for a little while! You cant say we were thinking big time!

Good job guys and great pics!

I wish they were smallmouth! Yeah, it went downhill fast when those creeks stoped pumping water out and the waves quit. We had great color and temp in front of hedges but couldnt turn much. A few skippers.

Alright now I know who you are! Im bad with names but faces Im good with. Im sorry you had to put up with Eye Guy's mouth for that Niagara tourney! You guys musta been sh**'n ur pants!

LOL....Im almost sure your screen name was on the back of that other Trojan. SO, Im taking it that ts a new boat for you? I also dont think we have ever met.

Great job Kev! I hope I don't bomb like last year.

You got a prayer! I got home and played with my Scotty's right away! Ill still rig faster than anyone with a cannon!!!!! Thanks for the ride bro! Maybe next time you can let me practice backing her in the slip to get some practice?????