Yankee Troller

I thought I had both the Pro and AM, but the only results I have ae Pro. Wish us luck tomorrow! BTW there were 48 Pro Boats. Pro: Cold Steel/A-TOM-MIK 257.81 A-TOM-MIK/Meatheads 237.34 Reel Pleasure 225.49 Sunrise II 225.07 Yankee Troller/A-TOM-MIK 215.95 King Fisher 211.55 SalmonBound 207.30 Tom Kat 205.83 Hotline 205.67 Freespirit 205.10

Anthony - you guys were cryin after reelin all those fish in on those copper rods last fall! I guess you see thier value now! lol

We switched to Daiwa Heartland 7'6" ML action rods this spring, and they seem to be a great rod for BT fishing. Im not a huge fan of fishing for them, so I only do it during the month of April. We teamed it up with a Daiwa Accupeth Plus in the 27 size filled with 10lb test McCoy Mean Green. This set-up doubles for our Coho/Steelhead rods in May and June.

I didnt want to send ya a heck of a wake, so i stayed a little bit away.

Thanks for the pic bud!

Jax - why the plastic over the steel?

Same here when i was starting out! lol

Gene - most guys are running the 45lb copper and not the 30lb. However, with 600ft of copper and your backing the only reel I know of is the Penn 345GTI. From the looks of A-TOM-MIK's website these reels are becoming very hard to get your hands on. Marking the copper every 50' is gonna be the way to go. I have a linecounter for my core rods and since linecounters are dependent upon spool roation a full spool of copper will read a foot diferent from a half spool. When you mark it with tape or tubbing make sure its a solid job. My markings are moving all over the place, and it didnt take long for them to get this way. Im still trying to figure out when I want to unwind 600' and remark it!

LOL...like you guys need help! I think Mark has been averaging like 42 fish per day!

I have owned both Minn Kota and Motorguide. Minn Kota is the way to go IMHO. My buddies and I all run the bow mount Maxxum, which is virtualy indestructible. I dont know how many steering cables I have snapped on a Motorguide. I do know that the Minn Kota auto pilots arent 100% dependable and usually the ones with the most problems. You cant go wrong with a Maxxum though if you need a bow mount TM. http://www.jonestrollingmotor.com/ The above link is the man to go to for parts and questions on TM's.

I can still break one of his arms and still get him to bring me snacks and drinks throughout the day.

It was good see'n ya Erin! You guys look like you had a blast!

Yeah, but that wont last with the way the water moves in that area. I hope thats all you heard! If not Im whoppin' Jax's arse!

5/24 - Today's trip consisted of a father who had the intentions of getting each of his 3 sons a King Salmon, and that is what we did! Once we got out there the fishing wasn't on fire like previous outings. We soon hooked up and for the rest of the day it consisted of a steady pick of Salmon. Our biggest fish was somewhere around 14lbs. Our first fish of the day took a 3 color core with a Dreamweaver SS Orange Slurpee. It was a small steelhead that we put back to fight another day. This same rig would take a few small salmon along with a nice 12lb Salmon by the end of the day. Our wires were going off consistently out 200' with SmartFish paddles and a variety of A-TOM-MIK flies like the Ultra Glow Green and the Hammer fly. Our Sea Sick Waddlers took a few fish off the riggers as did Coyotes in an NK 28, and Dreamweaver's SS Salmon Slappers. At the end of the day the 10 color core fired with a NK 28 Wonderbread. Ended up boxing 8 nice Salmon and tossing back a few smaller fish. Not our best day this spring, but it was still eventful with a great group of people. 5/25 - Our charter for Sunday and Monday canceled, so we got in some Pro-Am practice. We were accompanied by some friends and left the dock around 6:30. Fishing started off slow but by the end of the day it was RED HOT with many teenage fish finding the deck of our boat. Today's bite was different from the day before in that more fish fell victim to SmartFish/A-TOM-MIK flies. The 450' copper took our biggest fish today at just under 20lbs. Ultra Green Glow, Big Fin, and Hammer flies were the flies of choice. Yesterdays shocking moment came when a 12lb Salmon took a 3 color core, and today's was a 6lb Brown trout that took a Dreamweaver SS Orange Slurpee down 50' over 100fow. This same set-up took a few Coho and small Salmon. Wires out 300' took some great Salmon towards the end of the day. On the riggers we had success with our Sea Sick Waddlers until Mr. Salmon took them from us. Our HOT spoon for two weeks straight and I am fresh out of them! Our other spoon that took some shots was a NK Dimple light Coyote. This would have been a great box of fish if it were tourney day!

How the heck did you get that already? Im still waiting on mine, and they were in production last week!!!!

None here :roll:

I have the pair for sale. These are pictured here below: $150 for the pair These come with mounting plates so they can be removeable.[/b]

NICE!

Yup Ray, thats what a fish on the copper does to a board. Its like a bobber. Actually, thats not a good thing when it doesnt release sometimes. I had the release set too tight at Sodus last year during the Pro-Am and had a king hit the copper. We couldnt get the damn thing to release. The fish ended up straightening out the split ring! This is on an NK spoon, so you know the components are good quality.

Shade - Reeljerks beat me to the punch. A-TOM-MIK carries those Smartfish. They are realy cool. I wouldnt ditch the Spinny's and Chips, but start adding these to your arsenal. You can adjust the rotation of the flasher. I have been using the 12 o'clock and the 2 o'clock settings, but I am starting to experiment with other settings. I was running a 3 o'clock setting on the copper this weekend and it was taking shots. As for the silver croc.......nah! Stigner made a similar spoon with a white base coat and an orange dot. They called it thier penguin. I had Billy V paint me up a few last year and we called them waddlers. I wanted a green dot, but when NK made them for me he made a few with a superglow base coat, and its been HOT. Ray - When you think up a color scheme and it fires you can name your own spoon!

5/17 - Another fun filled day on Lake Ontario. We got a lat start around 7am and dropped our lines. Only 6 rods today so we went with 2 riggers, 3 wires, and a 400' copper. It wasn't long till the action started. We took are first rip on the 400' copper that was towing a White on White SmartFish with an A-TOM-MIK Ultra Green Glow fly. Fought it for 5 minutes. Set her back out and the rigger fires with a hog wild. that takes a 10lb king. Lost another on the hog wild after we put it back down and the 400' copper goes again. This time its ripping line out. Same SmartFish/A-TOM-MIK set-up. We land it and its a nice 16-17lb Salmon. Rest of the morning we took a few smaller Salmon on various spoons and flasher fly combos. One fly combo was a black Spinny with a Hammer fly. We ran another NK spoon thatwe had custom painted and it took a few shots. I'll see if I can get a picture of it this weekend. Anyway I will be out here till Tuesday doing some fishing, so keep an eye out for reports. 5/18 - Another typical day on the water out of Wilson! Fish were plentiful and willing to play with us today. With just two guys chartering us today we kept them VERY busy boating over 15 fish. The highlight fish today were both 19lb King Salmon. One took a White SmartFish with an A-TOM-MIK Ultra Green Glow fly down 150. The other took a Mulatto NK28 down 100. We were surprised when we pulled in about a 15lb Lake Trout that took the always popular White on White Spin Doctor pulling an A-TOM-MIK Hammer fly on the wire. Again our new prototype NK28 was firing all morning long on the 100' rigger. Here is a picture of it: This same lure also took some fish off on the high wire diver using the Mag size. Since its my spoon I'm gonna name it! So, when I talk about the "Sea Sick Waddler" this is the spoon! Other combo's that fired were the Black/Crush Glow SmartFish with an A-TOM-MIK Hammer fly, and on the 400' copper a fish fell victim to the White SmartFish with an A-TOM-MIK Ultra Green Glow fly. There are a lot of 8-12lb fish in the area so working for half a dozen BIG bites is what your job is right now. They are there you just have to be patient. I was taking my bigger fish down deep and a buddy of mine took one down 40, so there is no set program. Go out.......put some good colors down........and hold on! 5/19 - Two words - BLOWN OFF! Yeah, it really blew this morning. So, I went to work. I'm really looking forward to tomorrow morning. Stay tuned for a report on how fishing is after the big West blow. 5/20 - Got out on the water around 5:30 and had lines set by 6am. Today was a weird day. The fish weren't hitting very good, and when they did it was tough to keep them on. It amazes me when a fish hits a fly with a tandem hook set-up and can just drop the lure as if it never had it in its mouth. Our first rip was on the wire with a White on white SmartFish pulling an A-TOM-MIK Hammer Fly. Next good rip was on the other wire with a Black SmartFish pulling an A-TOM-MIK Hammer Fly. In the mean time we took some Coho's on various spoons. Dreamweaver SS Slurpee on the 3 color leadcore rod, Sea sick waddler took only one today, and a Mulatto NK28 took one. We took 2 shots on the high wire pulling an NK28 Area 51, which is a new color I have been pulling for them. We lost two nice Salmon on the 400 copper which had a white on white SmartFish and an A-TOM-MIK Ultra Glow Green Fly. We finished the day 10 for 16 and the customers kept 7 fish for the grill. Our two big guys weighed in at 17.5 pounds and 18.10 pounds. Both victim to flies. Our last big guy of the day took 2 out of the 3 Area 51's I had when he hit the corner downrigger and went under the low dipsey diver. When it comes to monofilament vs. wire line the wire is always going to win, and it did again today. Here were the two big guys we managed to box.

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I finally saw it last night. Good job mark! I think you have a good bit of video of my boat the past few years. If you want to toss it on a DVD or a file Id pay ya. Too bad I couldnt give ya any action. Seems like you guys were pretty dead at that time too if you were video taping me. lol Maybe it was one of those dead periods during late morning.

I thought Trojans could go through anything!

Very Funny Mark!!!