Badass Linesider

NY
can you post the pic ?
attachments i would not suggest
 
i'm sure you had fun and thats what it's about
 

Looks like I'm an uploading fool.... i clicked embed picture in post but it doesnt seem to work

Thanks a lot Marty
 
All this for a 5' fish.... LOL   Okay i got the UL thing going now , here she is...

 I didnt even consider that....  look at the distinctive lines...with one set of "blocks" off line just like all of them... sure looked like a striper to me, but by golly it is a white perch (i have only ever seen yellow ones). His head does look perchy now that you mention it. Well you can dip me in **** and call me Sally.  I'm not an icthyologist I just try to catch the darn things LOL

Sounds like a good time at Pepacton Back. I've been meaning to try trolling with those mini-dipsies, but haven't got around to it. Any tips or tricks you have would be appreciated.

Have you ever trolled with "flatfish". I've had great success in the NYC ressies with these lures, mostly in the coachdog and blue pirate colors. But that was in the murkier downstate ressies. Different colors would probably be needed in the cleaner catskill ressies.

yes hook as to your question, I have used  silver silverblue flatfish #4 and #3 and although i see them as very good lures in shallower lakes rivers and or streams. I use to use them small ones for stockies in the streams. but i used them many years ago and after so many decades  of fishing experiences on these waters, i have simply narrowed it down to a few basic lure patterns. In that i fish clearer waters, i much prefer using lures i can control by sink rather float .. in fact , i have done much better using sinking lures when slow drift troll oaring over deep water rather floating rapalas or flatfish lures. Spinners make no sense for trolling in my book.. My three tips for these fresh water lakes and for these fish are as follows #1 lure is the lurejensen (preferred color blue silver crocodile preferably 1/4oz. this is an early season lure specifically designed and most efficent for repeated long casting/retrieving with its standard barrel makes it a mono line friendly lure. another kickass lure i rank #2 is the pheobe again 1/4oz. silver /gold /brass or whichever you prefer or mind to simulate. The idea is to match the hatch sortta speak .. so if you see big baitfish or have an idea what the fish have been or are feeding on, you try to size the lure to that foraged bait. #3 These are a bit expensive ranging 4.50 on up..I will rank these top this time of yr simply the best in my book are the sutton flutter spoons and there are many sizes and weights to choose from so again just know what bait size you intend to imitate.   Now as for trolling patternsand speeds.. You just row where you think fish are present and you try to keep a steady comfortable speed as not to make it  a backache workout.. i try to find out what the weather is and where the wind will be during the day so as to take advantage of wind/wave direction. I usually won't bother windy day forcasts esp. whitecaps.Hook, i am not even into drifting bait fish until the fish go really deep and stop hitting lures.But even than, i rather cover more and see i'm covering more water using small clamp canon mini downriggers or these latest additions (mini troll dipsy divers) and these also offer a dial planer weight that moves the line right or left making room for third or even 4 rods for troll. GL once again.

I think my wife holds the record for the smallest this year - but she is still on up on me
 

Reel Force:
she's got a nice little schoolie there, fight like the dickens for their size
was that on the Hudson or Mohawk ?
 

yank, pardon me! nice lil schooly striper.. wonder if lil hybrids look the same? Is their a way to tell the difference between a baby hybrid and true striper?.. also wondering if any of you folks ever fished sturgeon pool on the wallkill river.Want to check that out sometime this summer.

 
the hybird will have broken lines on its side and will look more like the white perch ....

tuna,  If the hybrids you mention are there in sturgeon pool ,all the better! i'm interested more in that hole for walleye. During oneida lake fishing last month, on rt. home a tuesday,I toured the states walleye hatchery.  Greeted by a lone attendant, I had asked many questions about this hard to find gamefish. What I wanted to learn most was WHERE they release/stock these fish in the lower regions specifically any waters of the catskills.. his answer was that he only knows of one place that low a region near the catskill that they stock and it was sturgeon pool on the wallkill. So I would like to visit and possibly night fish this pool from boat or shore..just see if it is my kind of fishery.