Trojan Boat Forum

Turned my Tri Cabin into a fishing machine. Went out in the SCA yesterday, 4 footers with 20kt winds, and landed the big ones. This Tri ate the SCA for breakfast. Gotta love it!!!!
Of coarse I'm showing you the biggest one here caught by my son Andrew, his first big one. 44 inches and 41.5 lbs., according to the DNR dude. I think it was heavier. Sure felt like

Nice fish

NICE FISH!!!!!! I know what your saying about the swells I had mine out 3 weeks ago went out for the last time this season and we had 6footers coming back from Annapolis. That F36 as you said ate them up! Didn't catch any fish though!

Good looking fish Ron. Gotta watch those DNR dudes.

Gotta ask a question Ron because I have been trying to think of a good way to fish off of my tri. My previous boat was perfect for fishing and I used to troll for salmon, lake trout, steel head, and walleye. I have figured a way to get the down-riggers mounted and the rod holders mounted for using the dipsy divers or some long line; but I am at a loss when it comes to a way to get the fish in the net. The aft deck is more than four feet above the water line and when I stand there and try to extend the pole for the net, it gets to the water but is not long enough to really be able to get fish in the net. The swim platform to me is not big enough to comfortably be used to land fish - at least for me.

You obviously have figured a way to do that since you landed the large fish in the photo so do you mind sharing how you did it?

Only 2 ways I can thing of . A long net or chain saw to the aft cabin . I asune the long net was the choice.

Nice fish ... think I'll go tomorrow.

k9th wrote:Gotta ask a question Ron because I have been trying to think of a good way to fish off of my tri. My previous boat was perfect for fishing and I used to troll for salmon, lake trout, steel head, and walleye. I have figured a way to get the down-riggers mounted and the rod holders mounted for using the dipsy divers or some long line; but I am at a loss when it comes to a way to get the fish in the net. The aft deck is more than four feet above the water line and when I stand there and try to extend the pole for the net, it gets to the water but is not long enough to really be able to get fish in the net. The swim platform to me is not big enough to comfortably be used to land fish - at least for me.

You obviously have figured a way to do that since you landed the large fish in the photo so do you mind sharing how you did it?

I have a huge net that I got from Cabellas. It has no pole but an attachment end for snapping into my boathook pole, which can extend to maybe 10 feet.
For troling rockfish, I started using a planner board attached to the railing. Worked perfect!! This was the first time I've used a planner board. My previous 2 attempts trolling on the Tri, with just putting the poles in the new rodholders, failed miserably. Someone mentioned that maybe the exhaust being shot directly down under the boat might spook the fish. Caught the one in the pic twenty minutes after in the water.

Hope this helps
Ron

k9th wrote:Good looking fish Ron. Gotta watch those DNR dudes.

LOL......... can't help but watch them here..... my marina is home to DNR and a Coast Gaurd station
But they are really cool here, as long as you have enough life jackets on board. But BOY do they hate Searay They used to board me at least 7-10 times a year. Havn't bothered me once this year Guess they figure I'm a good boy for owning a Trojan

Ron

you Guys from MD sure love those planeing boards , only proplem I have with them is we don't use them as they interfere with only fishing the area ,a proplem when there are a lot of boats . But you get a some ( not all)charter boats from up there come down here in Jan & feb and they use them and don't seem to give a rats a... about the folks down here . Something I would not do if I went up there .


OK rant over I feel better now .

Fishin' sure does seem like a lot of work, glad that my boat doesn't have a cockpit or an open aft deck.That way I'll never get temped. don't get me wrong I use to love it, just grew not over the years I guess over all the BS of the Govt Regs, but that is a nice Rock..Ron

rbcool wrote:

k9th wrote:Good looking fish Ron. Gotta watch those DNR dudes.

LOL......... can't help but watch them here..... my marina is home to DNR and a Coast Gaurd station
But they are really cool here, as long as you have enough life jackets on board. But BOY do they hate Searay They used to board me at least 7-10 times a year. Havn't bothered me once this year Guess they figure I'm a good boy for owning a Trojan

Ron

Nope they don't think you be fish'n from a tri-cabin

rbcool wrote:

k9th wrote:Gotta ask a question Ron because I have been trying to think of a good way to fish off of my tri. My previous boat was perfect for fishing and I used to troll for salmon, lake trout, steel head, and walleye. I have figured a way to get the down-riggers mounted and the rod holders mounted for using the dipsy divers or some long line; but I am at a loss when it comes to a way to get the fish in the net. The aft deck is more than four feet above the water line and when I stand there and try to extend the pole for the net, it gets to the water but is not long enough to really be able to get fish in the net. The swim platform to me is not big enough to comfortably be used to land fish - at least for me.

You obviously have figured a way to do that since you landed the large fish in the photo so do you mind sharing how you did it?

I have a huge net that I got from Cabellas. It has no pole but an attachment end for snapping into my boathook pole, which can extend to maybe 10 feet.
For troling rockfish, I started using a planner board attached to the railing. Worked perfect!! This was the first time I've used a planner board. My previous 2 attempts trolling on the Tri, with just putting the poles in the new rodholders, failed miserably. Someone mentioned that maybe the exhaust being shot directly down under the boat might spook the fish. Caught the one in the pic twenty minutes after in the water.

Hope this helps
Ron

Hadn't thought about planer boards. I used them for walleye since they spook very easily but usually 40-100 feet deep for salmon and usually bouncing the balls on the bottom for lake trout

My net is pretty large and has an eight foot extension capability. Maybe I'll see if I can get one the same size with a longer extension.

Thanks for the input.

Good thought Paul - they sure won't be looking for anyone fishing from a tri-cabin.

Thanks Paul..... you've given me an Excellent idea
I'll paint my planner boards "Ocean Camo"

p.s. I know what you mean about the charter boats

Ron