ABU 5000C, 12XXX

The foot number of this reel is 12XXX, which has the 4 pillar screws on the left side plate, Oil-Oil marked handle nut, black (oxidized silver) emblem, and dotted inner plate. The thin center core of the spool is silver. I got this reel from a collector in the US, and it has a small drag wheel (skirted star drag) for US market. I have two more reels with foot numbers of 18XXX and 19XXX, and the emblems of these are bright silver (not oxidized).

ABU 5000C, 106XX

I collect black ABU Ambassadeur 5000C reels, and would like to keep a record of their differences with foot number and/or production age. This is one of the earliest 5000Cs I have in my collection, and its foot number is 106XX, which has 4 pillar screws on the left side plate, Oil-Oil marked handle nut, black (oxidized silver) emblem, and dotted inner plate. The center core (arbor) of the spool is silver. This reels was presumably made in 1967.

Still active?

Today, I took a day off to do a lot of domestic cares during the daytime, and before them, I could spare time just early in the morning for fishing. I spent short-time in small ponds near our place to enjoy bass fishing. It's already mid fall, but we have recently had relatively warm days here. Leaves of trees around the ponds were still green, and the water was also warm. I got several bites, maybe by very small bass, and caught a very small baby bass and a large bluegill. Just before running out of time, a nice bass grabbed onto my Zara Spook (NBL color). It was very luck for me to be able to catch this good fighting bass before the fishing season ends.

Today's tackle:
ABU Record, Phillipson Master M60, Stren 14lb (Clear Blue), Heddon Chugger Spook, Zara Spook (NLT), Lucky 13, Magnum Tiger, etc.

Saltwater fishing, 2-straight days

Again, I went fishing in the Seto Inland Sea this afternoon. This time, we used artificial baits (jigs) and our target was yellowtail, Japanese Spanish mackerel, and largehead hairtail. I caught 14-15 of largehead hairtail, but could not catch other species. After the dusk, we also fished squids, and I caught a big oval squid. This squid is very delicious and one of my wife's favorite seafood. During fishing time in evening, the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge was fantastically illuminated.

Saltwater fishing

I went fishing in the Sea of Japan today. It was not fishing using lures but frozen bait (shrimp). The current around the sea floor was different from the direction of wind, so we had difficulties to fish from a boat. Fortunately, I could catch several fish species, which are very good to eat, such as tilefish, yellowback seabream, black scraper, whitefin trevally, mahimahi, and so on.

Training our dog

He is getting more and more trained, especially when he finds treats in our hand. Now, he can sit down, lie down, hand, stay, heel, come, go where a mat is placed, go around, jump, weave, etc.

No fish

Again, I got skunked. Today, I took two pairs of fishing rod & reel on my floating tube, because I wanted to compare them under the same condition. However, it was very bothersome to take care of them.