Yankee Troller

Well, I hadn't even planned on hunting this season, and I never stepped foot in the woods last season, but I had an opportunity to get in the woods so I took it. Between my day job and the charter business my Spring, Summer, and Fall are shot and leave little to no time for scouting and hanging stands. Not to mention I have no place to hunt. I was supposed to go to the Bay of Quinte to chase some GIANT Lake Ontario Walleye, but it wasn't set up yet so we decided not to go. My tourney team mate Justin said I could come hunt his property with him. On the morning sit I saw a total of 6 does with the closest being 90 yards away. As the morning rolled into early afternoon I was questioning my being in the woods. I mean I don't eat them, and I felt really unprepared. However, I stuck it out. We went to grab lunch, and I decided to get the night sit over with and that would be it for my "hunting season." Up in the stand by 2:30pm, and at 4:15pm I hear a buck grunting. I was in some thick stuff with the farthest shot being about 22 yards. Not knowing if this was some other hunter grunting and stalking or an actual deer i hit him back with a grunt and can. When I heard him grunting while circling down wind of me I knew we had a buck working the area. A few more grunts and bleats and I can hear him coming on a sting downwind of me. He pops out and I can see it's a dandy. He see's me draw and stops. He turns to back out and as he did this I had a 20yd quartering away shot where I smoked both lungs and his heart. He went 50 yards. This is my biggest archery buck to date. Not giant, but a 3.5yr old 8 point. It's tough to see in the pic, but he had some really cool crab claws at the end of each antler. Sharing it with a couple of buddies is what made the whole hunt. Just going hunting to me is boring, but doing it with friends makes it 100x's better!

DW's Cut plug in Lucky Charms has taken over as my top plug for combat trolling. Lymans Stairway to Heaven is my choice all season. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't.

Carbon 14 was the man in August.

I bet you guys know mine!

In December the Genesee Charter Boat Association will have their meeting with the DEC. Considering Rochester is more "centralized" on the South shore I'd hope to see a better turnout than what ELOTSA experienced.

They always have an excuse up on Lake Ontario, but they had no problem using charter boats to stock Lake Trout in Seneca a few weeks back.

Sorry, but it's true. I have friends in various unions. They all admit the stuff they get away with is unreal, but they are no dummies and keep their mouth shut. As for the DEC they're union, and it doesn't work for what they need to accomplish. Many examples of how their union rules haven't allowed them to "do the right thing" in the past. The latest being the BT getting dumped rather than waiting.

He was and is a huge Yankee's fan. Even after his massive brain injury he can't tell ya what he did yesterday, but he damn sure knows the Yankee score from last night.

Might shock you to know I don't follow professional sports at all. I can't even name one person on the Yankees. I'm just carrying on my fathers boat name because that's the name I grew up doing this under.

They are UNION!