5 small Bass in a 40 minute window as the tide races over an obstacle. Tremendous fun on light tackle.
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Bass and Blue Skies
It’s all too rare to get a day fishing with both the weather AND the fish. What a cracking day! This thin, but very welcome Bass took a Spro Mini Bucktail Jig skipped across a sandy ledge. An ultralight approach proving that clear, bright conditions aren’t so tough after all. 4lb fluorocarbon leader. 7g rod. Great fun.
Smelt on Isome Tail
A small section of white / pink Isome darting through the water column looks a lot like a fleeing shrimp or fry. Smelt go crazy for this technique!
Ultralight Boat
With practice it’s amazing what you can get away with on the boat. This beautifully marked Ballan Wrasse was fooled at slack tide fishing a 2.3g Shirasu jighead in 9m of water.
Japanese Dace / Ugui
Perhaps not my finest hour in terms of fish care, but despite his run-in, my first Ugui (Japanese Dace) went back strongly after a rushed photo.
My First Japanese Rockfish
For those that don’t follow my Facebook updates, I’m currently having the time of my life, on holiday in Japan.
Over the past few years I have done so much research on Japanese fishing styles, visited so many Japanese websites, gawped at countless Japanese fishing products and tried (and mostly failed) to decipher lots of Japanese text, that I have become rather fascinated by Japan and its people. So here I am!