Northern
King SALE!!!!! Stop in at save some money! Plenty of lures to choose from, hooks and tape
also available.
When:
May 5-7 (Tuesday-Thursday) 9:30-6:00
May 8 (Friday)
9:30-4:00
May 9 (Saturday) 10:00-1:00
Closed Sunday May 10
May 11-15 (Monday-Friday)
9:30-4:00 Where: 60 Hojack Park
Rochester, NY 
St Catherine's
Scotty Tournament We tried out the Scotty event for the first time
this year. Usually I am in Connecticut fishing Candlewood Lake this weekend, but with 18k on the line it was a no brain'r.
These guys put on one heck of an event. VERY well organized, and everything went fast from the Captains meeting to the weigh-in's.
So heres how it went! Friday (Big Fish Friday) - The Canadians weren't
too quick with fishing license delivery for my father and brother. They ordered them on March 23rd and haven't received
them yet. So, they had to go over Friday morning and find a place to get their license. This set us back a few hours along
with the drive down the lake. So we got about 4 hours of fishing in. We thought after our practice that we had something figured
out, but we couldn't find the larger Salmon. We did 14 bites on various lures. Both sticks and spoons seemed to be working
with cohos higher in the water column. Biggest fish we took was 14lbs. The hot spoon for the Coho's seemed to be the Dreamweaver
SS Orange Slurpee (again), and the Northern King Black Mamba and Beefeater took the Salmon off the riggers.  
Saturday (Day 1) - We got a tip from
some friends that there were some bigger fish a little further West of where we had been on Friday. So we take off for those
waters. Wind 15-25 out of the SW was tough to fish in, but all excuses aside we couldn't put a program together. We threw
everything at them. We had our tournament limit on, but a case of the dropsy's only allowed us to bring in 2 teenage kings
on this day. The set-up that saved our butt and got us 4 bites was a Stinger magnum Penguin off our 10 color core down the
chute. A Dreamweaver SS Dave Salmon Slapper and a Dreamweaver SS Glow Froggy took the other two bites. So we sat in 54th place
at the end of the day out of 72 boats. Sunday (Day 2) - We changed up our plan, especially
after the HARD West winds on Saturday night. We ran around a little before we set down to fish. Once we did it was non stop
action for a couple of hours. We started off with a quad! That's four fish on at once. Within 40 minutes we had our five
fish in the boat and we were starting to increase our weight. We knew we had some NICE fish in the box. First fish took that
same set-up that worked for us on Saturday. A Stinger Magnum Penguin off the 10 color down the chute. Next to go was a NK
Sea Sick Waddler off the corner rigger. Then the Dreamweaver SS Glow Froggy off the other corner rigger, and lastly the NK
Mulatto from the center rigger. We boated 3 out of the 4 with one being over 20lbs. Set back up and rods started to fly again!
The Sea Sick Waddler took off again on the corner rigger. Then again with the Mullato off the center rigger. It was FUN! The
last few fish came off the Stinger Penguin and a Smithwick Rouge on a 5 color core.  We ended up getting off the water
about 11am with a nice box of Salmon. The bite died for us once the NE winds started to blow. We had the 6th biggest box of
the day averaging 18lbs per fish. We finished in 35th place (half way). So, we didnt win any money but we all had a great
time. We will be back at it in two weeks for the Wilson Scotty, and I promise you we will have a much better showing. A few
charters during that week will give us ample time on the water figuring out a pattern for these Salmon.
4/19 Tried again, but came up
short!
We tried to duplicate the great day we had out of the Genny yesterday only to find
that a NE wind over night and throughout the day moved around some water. Temp dropped in most spots 3-4 degrees. We fished
from Russel station to Crescent Beach with one small Brown Trout off a small Black and Silver matzco stickbait. We turned
around and trolled back to the Genny and picked up a pretty nice Brown Trout off a Green and Chartreuse fastrack stickbait.
So, after a long troll with two fish we were called in on a small pocket of Coho's out a little deeper. We put out our
"Coho Candy" the Dreamweaver SS Orange Slurpee and low and behold we picked up 2 small Coho. We fished from 7-11:30
and only took 4 fish.
Sun, April 19, 2009 | link
4/18 From the Genny!
We hit the water about 7am and fished till about 11.30. We hoovered around the mouth of the Genny for an hour or so
and then headed West to about the area of the ponds. We had a steady pick of fish all day long! We ended the trip 17 for 21.
Mostly Brown Trout, a few Coho, 4 Steelhead, and a 15-18lb KING to end the day! We pulled 6 top lines off our otter boats,
and 3 riggers with Dreamweaver SS's, and Stinger Stingrays. Our riggers were parked at 3-8' down and 30-75' back.
Popular spoons today were Dreamweaver's SS Glow Froggy, Goby (gold back), and gator. Our Stinger Stingray Sea Sick Waddler
also took a fish or two. Off the boards many colored sticks worked. Rapala GFR, bomber's Puerto Rican, Black and Silver
Smithwick Rogues, and a Dave's Kaboom Goby.
There is a reason why these first few trips are called "shale-down runs." It is to make sure you
haven't forgotten anything you will need the rest of the season. Well, we learned the hard way! Our net was left home
in the basement and that caused us to break off the King at the back of the boat. He was a shinny chrome color and looked
VERY healthy. I tried to tail grab him but his teeth cut our flourocarbon line like a knife! Here's all we captured from
the King:
Sat, April 18, 2009 | link
Finally! Well,
the boat is now officially ready for the 2009 season. We launched it tonight at the Genesee River and drove around a little
to make sure everything was kosher. We also managed to toss a few lines in for about an hour. That hour of trolling resulted
in two Brown Trout. Both of which took a Dreamweaver SS in the Glow Froggy pattern. It was parked at 5' down on our corner
rigger back 50'.One weighed about 3 pounds and the other might have touched 6 pounds on a good day.
We plan on fishing both days this weekend, so stay tuned for more reports! FYI....that Dreamweaver SS Glow Froggy was one of our top spoons last
year!
Get Ready.....because here it comes! OK, so this upcoming weekend
will be the shakedown cruise for the Yankee Troller. The following weekend comes tournament season with Spring King Charters
directly after that. A lot of fishing reports will be coming down the pipeline very shortly. If your a West end angler, or
plan on heading down our way, stay tuned for the hot colors and where abouts of those Spring Kings. We plan to have 3-4 days
worth of reports per week for most of the month of May. We feel this really helps the guys who only get a day on the water
each week. Narrowing down the search area, and lure choice, can play a huge role in a successful trip. With the amount of
new product out there from many of our sponsors some very detailed reviews will also co-mingle with the fishing reports. So,
if its that new Daiwa Saltist your curious about or those A-TOM-MIK live series flies stay tuned! Some dates are still open for May! Don't wait
much longer. Don't you want this to be you in 2009? Some great reports are already coming in with above average size Salmon
and Trout this year! Could it be time for your TROPHY?  Hatfield McCoy Trip What a fun couple of days!
For those of you that don't know this trail system spans about a third of the state of West Virginia. You can ride your
ATV's right down the road without harassment from any cops. You can even drive through McDonald's drive through and
order lunch! We put over 150 miles on our ATV's and rode trails that ranged from easy to difficult. The scenery was AMAZING!
The mountains offered many types of wildlife for you to view as you rode through them. We saw many deer, a grouse, and even
saw a bear! Well, the bear was stuffed, but it lived right in the area we were riding not too long ago. Check out some pics
and a video from our trip!  
 
Whats going on! Well, its been a while since I last posted. Not much in the way of fishing
has happened since then. I tried the Stealhead stuff in some streams yesterday, but they were blown out from the heavy rain
on Friday and Saturday. The boat will be going in next weekend as I am headed to the Hatfield McCoy Trail system in West Virginia
for an ATV trip with some buddies. Last weekend I spent some time in Niagara Falls and it was very cool.
The spray from the falls makes a icey crust on everything around it during the winter. It looks real cool when lit up at night.
Its amazing how much water flows over those falls! Here are some pics.   On another note. The Sea Sick Waddler pattern we came up with last year,
that was unbelievably successful, has spawned out into other Salmon type lures. Dreamweaver has introduced a Spin Doctor in
this pattern in its 2009 catalog and A-TOM-MIK has matched a fly up with it. I think its a HOT combo. A-TOM-MIK is carrying
these as we speak, so if you like what you see give him a hollar and he will get some out to you. Here's what it looks
like! 
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