Captain Ken Beimiller of Off the Hook Charters tells us about the Hot Setup for Deep Kings. See our Stealth with Downriggers diagram.

Captain Ken Biemiller grew up in South Florida fishing, Miami, Fla. Keys and the Bahamas. Some of his salt water catches include Blue Marlin up to 400lbs, Sailfish up to110 lbs, Wahoo up to 48 lbs, Mahi Mahi up to 44 lbs, Black Fin Tuna up to 28 lbs. Captain Ken continues to Tournament fish in the winter months and recently took first place in the coveted Sea Spray Resort & Marina Marlin tournament Elbow Cay, The Abacos, Bahamas.

Captain Ken moved to Rochester NY in 1989 and has taken his saltwater experience to create new tactics for Lake Ontario Salmon, and Trout. These new tactics produce fish time and time again while others are struggling to put fish in the box.

Captain Ken Quotes "The Torpedo Divers have proven to be a fast, stealthy and accurate way to present and deliver lures to my sport fishing targets."

You can contact Captain Ken Biemiller through his website www.othfishing.com

Captain Dan Keating of Blue Horizon Sportsfishing tells us how to set up the Torpedo Diver.

Captain Dan Keating, a.k.a.The Salmon Professor. Dan is a professional Captain who is passionate about fishing and guiding! Dan has over 30 years of experience fishing Lake Michigan, and with 20 years of charter experience, Dan has averaged an unprecedented 17 fish per charter!

Captain Dan is the author of two fishing books, and now has produced 2 new instructional DVDs!!!

"My favorite Torpedo is the Directional Torpedo." Captain Dan Keating

You can contact Captain Dan Keating through his website http://bluehorizonsportfishing.net.

Lake O Salmon and Trout using only Torpedo Divers

Here's what canadiancrew had to say about Torpedo Divers™:

I had the pleasure of meeting up with Matthew Sawrie (Vanselena) for some Salmon fishing on the Lake Ontario. Matt was looking for someone to catch some nice fish so he could capture the use of the torpedo diver on video. This arrangement struck my fancy and the day paid off for both of us as he got some nice video and I got to to reel in some very nice Kings and Coho. So we set out on April 24th shortly after 6:00 AM from the South Shore near Port Weller. Mathew is very excited with his new product and is so convinced that he has removed and sold his down riggers. I was excited and anticipating seeing how this would work and perform. I was impressed. The ease of and time to deploy tackle was great. We had 2 of us on the boat so we put out a 4 rod spread. Two rods where put out the back corners where the rigger rods normally go and two more rods where put out the side using small planner boards. On the planner rods we let the line out on the line counter reel to get the Torpedo down to the desired depth and then attached the board and then letting out more line to get the boards the desired distance away from the boat.

When the fish is hooked more of the advantages to the Torpedo really start. Using Torpedo's in place of the rigger rod there is no slack line to be taken up there is no drag on the line like there is with dipsy's and other divers. It is a very great feeling on the rod with lots of feel for all the shakers. From the big jerks of the Chinook to the tight rapid shaking of the Coho.

Apparently this was the Torpedo's debut for Salmon and Trout and it certainly was exciting. Previous tests where in salt water. Some highlights as Matt stated were having the Torpedo 24 feet below the boat with a 6 foot lead to the lure and having a 15lb salmon smack that spoon. That fish fought hard but never went further then 40 feet away, pure energy, head shaking, jumping, back and forth battle, what a fight! So much fighting power at that short distance was just awesome! I really look forward to hooking up on some rainbows this way. Also hooking them this close to the boat indicates they where not boat shy and the stealth features of the Torpedo driver are and advantage.

I told Matthew it was likely going to take some time to convince guys not to use the riggers but I know my wife will be even more impressed than I. She does not have the strength to pull in the dipsy's or even trying to get the rods out of the holders when the diver's have not been tripped so I usually have to do all the man handling for her. With the Torpedo's I feel quite confident she will be able to handle her own rods without my assistance. If you fishing the rivers with one rod per person you could hold the rod and not need rod holders and get the feel of a hookup that you miss with rod holders. We ended the day with 2 Kings 12LB and 15LB and a 2 1/2 LB Coho.

See the South Shore reports for Port D April 23 and 24th for Pictures and details on the fish.

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