Yankee Troller

I was not happy with the answer I was given, and I hope to bring this up with the Region 8 manager in the near future. I run my business on the weekend, which limits the days I have available to run charters. This is the reason why I run so many doubles on the weekends. Over time I've realized to do this I have had to operate charters on a dock to dock time frame. My hours of operation are 6am-2pm and 4pm-8pm. I have 2 hours in between charters to clean the boat, re-tie rods, grab lunch, and shoot the bull with the guys out that morning while I formulate a game plan for the afternoon. Therefore, cleaning fish on the lake is a necessity given the way I run my business. Also, cleaning fish on land attracts bees, which I'm a wuss when they are present, and requires you to burn fuel to bring the carcass back out to the legal dumping grounds. The BEST reason for not cleaning fish on land is to keep friends! We aren't the hero every day. You have good days and bad days. If clients walk off the fleet's boats with coolers in hand no one ever knows what boat was top dog each day. This helps the fleet stay friendly and doesn't hurt people's business who had a bad day. I just wanted an answer from someone so I'm doing the right thing. I was more or less harassed by an inexperienced officer looking to write a ticket that day. How do I know this? After he had to void my ticket he went over to the gas dock at Shumway and wrote a guy a ticket for the expired registration on his boat. Then he proceeded to write that guys lady friend (who happened to be in a string bikini) a ticket for indecent exposure. #truestory I don't fish out of the Port of Rochester (especially the West side), but if I did I can guarantee you I'd be cleaning fish at the dock! It would 100% get someone extra charters.

Sweet!

Today was a much better day. Turns out we prematurely left yesterday when all we needed to do was to go a few miles further East. Today we took a couple chunks. Surface temps are warming up. We fished in 37-38 degree water. A week ago that was 34-35. A white spoon left onboard by Casey Prisco was the man on the Fishing - Chinook Diver-Stainless Steel Troll Fishing Divers. He won't be getting that back! The rest of the action was all Bay Rat Lures behind Off Shore Tackle Company OR-12 in-line boards. Our best sticks were Moldy Candy Corn, Green Frog, Red w/ Black Squiggles, and a custom that Rob Westcott had painted up.

Nice! Tough day for sure.

Toughest day of the year, but we managed a hand full. Couple nice ones too! Finding the right color was crucial, and we ran quite a bit to find it. When we found it the bites came. It was half downriggers/divers and half flat lines for us. Team Dreamweaver Chilly Willy and Caramel Dolphin Super Slims took our best fish on our Cannon downriggers and Fishing - Chinook Diver-Stainless Steel Troll Fishing Divers. Bay Rat Lures that went were Black Flash, Mustard, and a new custom we we're testing behind Off Shore Tackle Company in-line planer boards. Only two fish we're picture worthy. Tomorrow's another day.....

They are nice when you are running different sections of core or snap weights. For Brown Trout fishing we're seeing more tangles than we'd like. Gonna try to tweak some things this week to try to avoid tangles. FOr snap weights I love them.

7-12'

I prefer the Genesee launch, but both will get the job done. The Irondequoit launch dock is filled with bird ****, and you have to pull your top down to go under the bridge.

Sure did! Lol

I wasn't gonna say anything, but......

The question for today was.....Where'd the big ones go!?!?!? Fished Rochester today. Good water came and went. Action wasn't lacking, but size was. Today's program consisted of Bay Rat Lures Short Shallow and S3 run 75' behind Off Shore Tackle Company OR-12 inline boards. Best colors were My Secret, Emerald Shiner, Ayu, Coho Crusher, and BT Candy. Our Cannon Downriggers and Fishing - Chinook Diver-Stainless Steel Troll Fishing Divers were pulling Team Dreamweaver Super Slim spoons in Crazy ****, Coyote, Caramel Dolphin, and Glow Frog. EGO Fishing - Designed for the Savvy Angler | Minn Kota | Humminbird| McCoy Fishing Line | Daiwa Corporation - USA | FishUSA

Read the post. They're in there.

Today started with plan A and plan B being a bust. It was too rough to run over from the Genesee River, and there wasn't enough water in the bay to fish. We snuck out onto the lake and had a half mile stretch that was "fishable." In an hour and a half we took 8 Brown Trout. Most of them were very nice fish too! Behind our Off Shore Tackle Company OR-12 in-line planer boards we ran Bay Rat Lures S3 sand Short Shallow sticks. Coho Crusher and My Secret being the studs! Behind the Fishing - Chinook Diver-Stainless Steel Troll Fishing Divers we ran Team Dreamweaver Super Slims in Crazy **** and Chilly Willy. All fish were returned to fight another day!

Sweet!

Thanks guys! It was fun, and felt good!

No problem. Wish we had more time to get into the rest of our stuff.

Nothing in the water. 8-15'

It felt great to get out yesterday. Fishing was good, and water color was perfect. Rob from Legacy Sportfishing and Casey from Dirty Goose Sportfishing joined my brother and I on our new to us 21' Lund. Here was our program: 70-90' behind Offshore OR12 in-line boards we ran Bay Rat Lures in black/silver, Ayu, Yankee Troller, Ridin' Dirty, Black Flash, and Firetiger. #2 Chinook Divers set back 5-10' pulling Team Dreamweaver Super Slims in Glow Frog, Crazy ****, and Chilly Willy. Cannon Downriggers down 5' back 30-40 pulling Team Dreamweaver Super Slims mentioned above.

#6 is what I run on my sticks. If those are suspending jerks you may have to play with different hooks to get them to suspend correctly.