Slow fishing

I prowled and prowled to catch a big bass. It's getting cooler and I expected to strike a bonanza, but all that actively hit were small ones.

Tuna fishing, canceled

We planned to go on a tuna fishing trip in Kume Island, Okinawa, but it was canceled because of an expected typhoon. I was looking forward to catching big fish and have prepared lots of stuff such as fishing reels, lures, wear, and so on. The sea is very calm around my place in the western Japan, and would like to go another fishing, but it is too bad most of my saltwater fishing reels are still in the mail to Okinawa!

Quiet fight

It's getting a little cooler early in the morning after the Typhoon No.9 passed away from Japan. Today, I went bass fishing around my area first time in a while. In the first pond I visited, I caught a bass with a Chugger Spook in WBS (white with black spots) color. The hit of this bass was so calm that I barely noticed it.

After I caught this bass, I also fished in a couple of more ponds, and caught another small bass (I took no pictures of it and released it immediately). The water temperature was still very high and fish were not more active than I expected, but It was very lucky to catch fish. Anyway, I enjoyed a lot.

Today's tackle:
ABU Record, Phillipson F562, Stren 14lb (Clear Blue), Heddon Chugger Spook, Zara Spook, Wounded Spook, Zaragossa, Lucky 13, etc.

Go camping with a dog

It is a lot of fun to go camping with your dog. Our dog happily ran, swam, got on the canoe, dug to eat sands and make his bed, chased many insects and frogs, and deeply slept night and day.


We also enjoyed fishing, though we could not catch a big one.

Cotton Cordell lures

I cast Cotton Cordell lures very often in clear-water lakes. One of my favorites is Boy Howdy in nickle silver w/ black back color.


They sold two types in this lure in the 1980s - the early 1990s. One is a double-prop bait and the other is a stick one w/o props. Then, they suddenly quit making the stick ones in the 2000s, however, they seem to make them again this year. I like the stick one much better, so I had to remove the props and attach a small round lead on the tail to use until last year (the top lure), but now I don't need to do so any more. I've just bought 10 of them and am ready to go out with them.

Condolences

I heard Mr. Hirosuke Nori, the founder of Balsa 50 and Saurus, passed away today. I have ready many books he published since I was 10 years old, and thanks to him, I could learn how wonderful bass fishing is. I'd like to extend my deepest condolences on his sudden death.

On Nov. 26, 1988, I went to one of the biggest lure fishing tackle shop in Osaka, FSS at Shinsai-bashi, and I happened to meet him there. Then, he kindly wrote his signature and the date on these lures that I purchased. I remember his warm massive hands I shook with. May his soul rest in peace, just like a calm water surface of clear lakes he liked.

Got skunked

I went fishing for about 2 hours early in the morning today, but got skunked. I got two bites, one with Heddon Wounded Spook and one with Heddon Zig-Wag, but both were not hooked. It's been extremely hot days since last weekend, and I felt it like a warm bath when I went into the water in my floating tube. Maybe water temperature was higher than 30 degrees C (86-87 degrees F)?? This year, we take our dog to obedience-training every other week, and I went home moping back with my tail between legs after my poor fishing result.

Today's tackle:
ABU Record 5000 (I changed the power handle), Phillipson Regal Lancer (too long to cast from a floating tube), Stren 14lb (Clear Blue), Heddon Wounded Spook, Zig-Wag, Chugger Spook, Southbend Bass Oreno, Sam Griffin(?) Bass Baffler, etc.