Splash on Pico Pop

I went out for bass fishing again early this morning. A nice fat bass (44cm, 2-1/2lb class) rushed at my Pico Pop, and fought hard. It took a while to catch her.
I like beautiful eyes of bass.
Today, I tried ABU 5500ST (Striper), which outfits bushes to hold the spool, not ball bearings. This is another good reel to use.
'Striper' reminds me of this old commercial film by SUNTORY.

The sun rises from the east. The water reflects it.
Then, I went to some more ponds but got skunked after the sun rose up. Brilliantly blue sky, green trees, and clear water. It is a lot of fun to fish in this early summer season.
Today's tackle:
ABU 5500ST (Striper) & Fenwick GFC-60, ABU 5500C & Fenwick 2054, Stren 14lb (Low-Vis Green), Pico Pop, Heddon Chugger Spook, Zara Spooks (1st and 3rd), Zara II, Wounded Spook, Magnum Torpedo, Crazy Crawler, Cotton Cordell Redfin, etc.

BF=4/5

Cloudy in the morning, shinny later

Today, I wanted to use an underwater case for my digital camera for the first time after I bought it, and I decided to go to a clear-water pond located around the top of a mountain.
It was cloudy early in the morning, but fish were much slower than I expected. I could manage to get a bite, and caught a nice bass with a Chugger Spook in WBSRG (white black spots with red gill) color. She was long (48cm), but a little skinny (about 3lb, maybe she was post-spawning).

Then, I visited two more ponds, but it gradually cleared up, though I expected it would continue cloudy. I ended up getting skunked in both of them, despite all my efforts to keep casting many kinds of topwater lures.
Today's tackle:
ABU 4600 Plus (4600FL) & Fenwick 2053, ABU 84- Record & Fenwick SP634 (custom-built), Stren 12 and 14lb (Hi-Vis Gold), Heddon Chugger Spook, Zara Spooks (1st, 2nd and 3rd), Zara II, Wounded Spook, Magnum Torpedo, Meadow Mouse, 210, etc.

BF=3/4

It's already May

I got up at 03:00 AM and went out for fishing for only two hours early in the morning (05:00-07:00). It's already May, and leaves of trees green up every week. I also watched Japanese wisteria start to bloom beautifully.


A nice bass struck my bait, Heddon Original Zara Spook (GRA color).

Today, I tried a different set of rod and reel, Fenwick Boron-X that I restored in this past winter and ABU 3500CDL. I need a tune-up of the reel to cast longer, but I felt this set is not too bad.

BF=2/3

Some pictures I took during this month

Green leafy plant in the room

Taking a picture of myself taking a picture
An airship floating in the sky of Kobe

Osaka Marathon 2011

It's too bad, I've just received a notice of ex drawing. I hope to win another chance to run the Kobe Marathon 2011, instead.

Started with the same lure

I got up at 03:00 AM and left my house at 04:10. I got skunked in the first pond I visited, then I drove to another. When I cast my Gilmore Hoodler to sunken trees near the shore and slowly gave it a small action three times, an unexpected big explosion occurred at the water surface. I set a hook firmly and immediately found the fish big. Very luckily, the hooks were tightly placed at the side of the mouth, and I could take a movie before landing.

She was a very beautiful bass with reddish eyes. I guess maybe she has never been fished before. The size was about 3-3/4lb (1.7kg) and 19-1/2 in (49cm).
After I finished fishing in this pond, I tried to go to other ponds, but it started to get very windy and then I went home. I felt greatly pleased with today's fishing.

Today's tackle:
ABU Record 5000 (BLK), Phillipson Challenger (9055 rebuilt), Stren 14lb (clear), Gilmore Hoodler and various kinds of Heddon lures.

Giimore lures are very simple with thin kind of artless paint, but they are very productive.

BF=1/2

First fishing (skunked)

I went out for fishing, but got skunked. I saw a bass chase this lure, and I hope to catch one next time.

BF=0/1