Yank @ the Oak 9/1 & 9/2

[Yankee Troller]

September 1st - We were joined by some eager clients that just one year ago put a 33.3lb King on the Fall derby leader-baord. It’s kinda hard to top a Lake Ontario beast like that! However, we were going to give it a go and see what Lady O was going to put out in 2012.

We left the dock around 5:30am knowing warm water had to of moved in from the NW blow on Friday. We ran to the ladders and set up in 60’ of water. We worked from 60-100’ down to the flats with 74 degrees from top to bottom. Some fish were in there, but that bath water had them turned off. Talking with many boats nobody was moving many rods, and we went the first 2.5 hours with not even a release. This guy was very frustrated! We eventually pulled out a little deeper and found that the 125’-200’ mark was holding fish and bait deep, and we finally broke into the 50’s down there. We would work a NE/SW stretch off the Glass House for the rest of the afternoon, and just pound the snot out of fish.

We started with a triple which consisted of a Brown Trout, an Atlantic, and a Coho. After that it was mostly a King bite. Our program was one you hear us talk a lot about. Our three Cannons were set down in the colder water, which was from about 90’ down to the bottom. Our wires were set on a 1.5 out 250-325’, and we ran a copper off each board. We don’t like to run coppers longer than 300’ for our customers, and generally we don’t have to, but with the temps deep and a LOC derby fish on the brain we just had to go longer.

Our 500 copper was a smoker with a meat rig. It pulled a froggy paddle with a green mile twinkie, and at times we couldn’t get it down the planer tow line fast enough. Other baits that were working well was a White Spin Doctor pulling an A-TOM-MIK White Halo, and an Oil Slick Spin Doctor pulling an A-TOM-MIK LBB/Glow Blue fly. The Hammertime E-chip with an A-TOM-MIK Glow Blue Hammer took a few also.

We finished the day strong after one of the slowest starts I can remember. We love fishing those staggers, but they can be so moody at times. We didn’t get one for the leader-board, but we had tomorrow to give it a go again.

September 2nd - We had the same crew, and we took to the same waters as the day before. We ran to the ladders and set up in 60’ of water. When we left the lake on Saturday there was a NE wind. That wind brought back the cold water, and the bite was on! It didn’t take long and we were into them.

A similar program from the previous day went down. A Stinger Green Dot Stinger E-Chip/A-TOM-MIK Ultra Green Glow, a Stinger Hammertime E-Chip/A-TOM-MIK B-Fly, and a White 10†Dreamweaver Spin Doctor/A-TOM-MIK White Halo went down on our Cannon downriggers. On the wires we pulled a Legendary Wonderbread SmartFish/A-TOM-MIK Glow Blue Hammer, and a Stinger UV Frog E-Chip/A-TOM-MIK UV190 out 250-275’ on a 1.5 setting. On the coppers we ran a Moonshine Shelly Snack on a 300, and a Dreamweaver Oil Slick Spin Doctor/A-TOM-MIK LBB Glow Blue on the 400.

It was a slugfest with fish coming over the back of the boat like mad. We straight lined a troll from the ladders right to Hamlin Beach and picked fish the whole way. When we finally turned around we were fishing with the Sandy Creek boys. The West troll back wasn’t even close to being as productive as the East troll, but we messed with the speed and we were able to pluck a few fish.

As the sun got higher we started to take some of the white paddles off and switch to chrome paddles. The Stinger E-Chip/A-TOM-MIK Sweet Pea became a stud as did an 11†Chrome E-Chip pulling an A-TOM-MIK Hammer on our deep rigger. We never were able to get a derby fish for the guys this year, but we did boat our 5th 29lb fish of the season. It was another great day on the water, and you couldn’t ask for better fishing.

[KJ pluggin]

Those are some great looking kings guys!

[Just Hook'n]

Those are some beasts. Man that darkie has some character. Thanks for the pics and great job on the fish.

[Yankee Troller]

Those are some beasts. Man that darkie has some character. Thanks for the pics and great job on the fish.

He does doesn't he!