ハゼクラ前哨戦 | Goby Crankbaiting: The Prelude

だいぶ、更新があいてしまいましたが、久しぶりの投稿です
まずは、今日の結果。
GW明けの、この時期はチチブ、2週間位後ヒネハゼ、そしてデキハゼと移行する
まさにハゼクラの前哨戦期間となります。
で結果ですが、

みてのとおりチチブがクランクでつれました。以前にも投稿しましたが、チチブ
はこの時期活性も高くよくルアーを追います、しかも産卵のためかサイズも
大きく引きがたのしめますが.......掛かりが悪い！！ハゼの10倍位難しいです。
でもこの位のサイズが釣れれば楽しいのでぜひハゼクラ前の前哨戦として試してみては、いかがでしょうか？

で以下は余談ですが、1月からこの間の釣りについてまとめてみます。
ハゼの季節が過ぎてもまぁ釣りは好きなのでやめてはいないのですが、まずはルアーが同じなので管釣りトラウトがこの期間のメインとなります。
で近場でよく行く「としまえん」での釣果ですが、いずれも大物エリアのミシガンでなくナイアガラでの釣果です。

3月に釣ったデカ虹、60cmです

これは5月に釣った65cmの練馬サーモン
これはカルコンBFS、ツララのクプアスのベイトタックルでの成果

まぁこのサイズが釣れればすごい楽しいというかかなりファイトが楽しめます
あとは練習で毎週のようにフィッシュ・オン王禅寺へ釣行でした。下手っぴなので大体6時間で50匹程度です、それでもトップで釣れたりかなり楽しめました。
とくに4月頭の桜パターンでトップ連発です

ノリーズのスピッシュで20匹以上

桜のどこがトラウトを刺激するのか、とにかくノリーズのスピッシュというポッパーが大爆発！！これだけで20匹以上つれました、とにかく水面が割れる割れる！！凄いたのしいです。

そしてハゼクランク、管釣りのタックルと共通度の高いつり！メバリングに初挑戦です。
4月はメバルのプラッキングがいいということなでボートメバリングでメバル初挑戦です

暗くて見にくいですがこれはこの時の最大サイズ28cmのメバルさん

しかしこんなにプラグで釣れるとメバリング凄い楽しいです、ルアーもトラウト向けのプラグでも釣れましたしタックルも共有できましたし、オススメです。

でもうメバルに首ったけですライトソルトゲームはおもしろいですねGWも木更津と横浜でメバルゲームです

木更津でのジグ単でのメバルこれはこれで面白い

横浜での27cmのメバル！シンペンでの釣果

とにかく皆さんもルアーやタックルが共有できるライトソルト、管釣りトラウトをぜひやりましょう、ハゼクラはルアー釣りの入り口として最適です、その後ろには色々なターゲットがまっていますハゼクラは凄く楽しいですが、色々な釣りも楽しいですよ是非！

It's been a while since my last post, but I'm back with an update.
First off, here are today's results.
The period right after Golden Week is a time of transition, starting with Chichibu gobies, followed about two weeks later by hinehaze (last year's gobies), and then dekihaze (this year's young gobies). This is the true prelude to the goby crankbaiting season.
And as for the results,

As you can see, I caught a Chichibu goby with a crankbait. I've posted about this before, but Chichibu are very active this time of year and aggressively chase lures. Maybe because it's their spawning season, they're also large and put up a great fight, but....... they're incredibly hard to hook! It's about 10 times more difficult than with regular gobies.
Still, it's a blast to catch one this size, so why not give it a try as a warm-up for the goby crankbaiting season?

Now, for a bit of a tangent, I'll summarize my fishing trips from January up to now.
Even after the goby season ends, I still love to fish, so I don't stop. Since I can use the same lures, my main target during this off-season is area trout fishing.
Here are my catches from 'Toshimaen Fishing Area,' a spot I often visit nearby. All of these were caught in the Niagara area, not the Michigan area (which is for large fish).

A huge 60 cm rainbow trout I caught in March

This is a 65 cm Nerima Salmon I caught in May
This was caught with a baitcasting setup: a Calcutta Conquest BFS reel and a TULALA Kupuasu rod.

When you catch fish this size, it's an incredibly fun and thrilling fight.
Aside from that, I went to Fish On! Ozenji almost every week to practice. I'm still a beginner, so I usually catch about 50 fish in 6 hours. Even so, I had a great time, especially catching them on topwater lures.
In early April, during the 'sakura pattern,' the topwater bite was on fire.

Over 20 fish on a Nories Spish

I'm not sure what it is about the cherry blossoms that excites the trout, but the Nories Spish, a popper, was absolutely explosive! I caught over 20 fish on that lure alone. The surface strikes were non-stop! It was amazing.

Next, I tried a type of fishing that has a lot in common with goby crankbaiting and area trout in terms of tackle: my first attempt at mebaring (rockfish fishing)!
I heard that April is a great time for plugging for rockfish, so I gave boat mebaring a try for the first time.

It's dark and hard to see, but this was the biggest rockfish of the trip at 28 cm.

Catching so many on plugs makes rockfish fishing incredibly fun. I was even able to catch them on trout plugs and use the same tackle, so I highly recommend it.

Now I'm completely hooked on rockfish. Light saltwater game fishing is a blast! During Golden Week, I went after rockfish in Kisarazu and Yokohama.

A rockfish from Kisarazu caught on a single jig head. This is fun in its own way.

A 27 cm rockfish in Yokohama! Caught on a sinking pencil.

Seriously, everyone should try light saltwater and area trout fishing, especially since you can use a lot of the same lures and tackle. Goby crankbaiting is the perfect gateway to lure fishing. After that, a whole world of different targets awaits! While goby crankbaiting is a ton of fun, so are all these other types of fishing. Definitely give them a try!

2017年一回目の更新は管釣りトラウト | First Update of 2017: Area Trout Fishing

久々の更新となります。
まずは、あけましておめでとうございます。

さて前回の更新から大部感覚が開きましたが、まずはハゼクラの報告です、いつもの運河は昨年は11月に入っても全然だめで、萎えてしまいました。とにかく型が小さく数もでない状況で終わってしまいました。さてさて今年は期待できるでしょうか？

で前回からの今回まで更新せずになにをやっていたかですが、まぁハゼがだめなら管釣りがあるじぁないと管釣り三昧です、場所は主に「としまえん」のプールトラウトですが、
すそのフィッシングパーク、フィッシュオン王禅寺に初めていってみたりもしました、

すそのはとにかく一発で気に入りましたね、とにかく良く引く小さいさかなでもプールトラウトの3倍は引きます、ドラグ設定を間違えてライン切られまくりです。
魚さんに可哀想なことをしました、とにかく釣り味抜群です、放流も午前2回、午後2回と1日4回ですし良い経験しました。

このサイズでもドラグ鳴りまくりです、気を抜くとラインブレイクします

でプールのほうですが、

久しぶりのアルビノ、釣られちまった感満載

まぁそこそこ、どんなコンディションでも釣れるようになってきました。
でもやはり休日だけだと厳しいですね、もっと修行しなければ

で昨日は王禅寺です、1１月初めて来たのですが、結構いい釣りができたので、また行きたいなぁとこのところ王禅寺が気になっていました。
トップで結構いい思いが出来るとの話があったので、午後は雨予報でしたが雨が降る前に行ってみました。
で釣り始めますがまぁ渋い渋い、スプーンで単発で魚はとれるのですが、連発しません。手を変え品を変えで魚をとりますが、安定しません、途中鵜の襲来などもあり釣果がのびなかったところ。
１２時からの１時間、急にライズがはじまり、これはトップタイムかとペンシルベイトを投げたところ

短時間で結構アタックがあり、まずまずの釣果、やはりトップで釣れると楽しいです。
まさか気温８度でトップで釣れるとは思いませんでした。これは楽しいですとくにベイトタックルでのトップはバスに通じるものがあり。やはりバス出身としてはトップは燃えま
すね。
ハゼクラタックル、トラウトタックル共通して使えるので是非みなさんも両方の釣りを体験してみると釣りの幅が広がり楽しいですよ！

とまぁ近況はこんな感じです。
最後に今年もよろしくお願いいたします。

It's been a while since my last update.
First off, Happy New Year.

Well, it's been quite some time since the last post, but let's start with a report on goby cranking (hazekura). My usual canal was a complete bust last year, even into November, which was pretty discouraging. The season ended with the gobies being small and few and far between. I wonder if we can expect better things this year?

So, what have I been doing since then? Well, if the goby fishing is bad, there's always managed fishing ponds! I've been completely immersed in area trout fishing, mainly at the "Toshimaen" pool trout venue.
I also visited Susono Fishing Park and Fish On Ozenji for the first time.

I fell in love with Susono right away. The fish fight incredibly hard; even the small ones pull three times harder than the pool trout. I had my drag set wrong and got my line snapped over and over.
I felt bad for the fish, but the fight is just outstanding. They also stock the pond four times a day (twice in the morning and twice in the afternoon), so it was a great experience.

Even at this size, they make the drag scream. If you let your guard down, the line will snap.

And as for the pool fishing,

An albino after a long time. It looks completely resigned to being caught.

I'm getting to the point where I can catch a decent amount, no matter the conditions.
But it's tough when I can only go on weekends. I need more practice.

Yesterday, I was at Ozenji. I first went there in November and had some pretty good fishing, so I've been keen to go back.
I'd heard you can have a lot of success with topwater lures there, so even though rain was in the forecast for the afternoon, I decided to go before it started.
I started fishing, but the bite was really slow. I could catch fish here and there with spoons, but I couldn't get any consistent action. I kept changing lures and tactics to land fish, but couldn't find a stable pattern. A visit from a cormorant partway through didn't help my catch count either.
Then, for an hour starting at 12:00 PM, the fish suddenly started rising. Thinking, "This is topwater time!" I cast a pencil bait and...

I got a lot of strikes in a short period and had a pretty good haul. Catching them on topwater is always a blast.
I never expected to catch fish on topwater when the temperature was only 8 degrees Celsius. This is so much fun, especially using a baitcasting setup for topwater, which has a lot in common with bass fishing. As someone who comes from a bass fishing background, topwater action really gets me fired up.
You can use the same tackle for both hazekura (goby cranking) and trout, so I highly recommend everyone try both types of fishing. It'll broaden your angling horizons and it's a ton of fun!

So, that's what I've been up to.
Lastly, I look forward to another great year with all of you.

2016年10月30日ルアーでハゼ釣り | Goby Fishing with Lures - October 30, 2016

今日もハゼ釣りです、しかし寒い寒い！
昨日は大物狙いで、いつもの運河とは違う場所へ行ってみましたが、釣れませんでした。
エサ釣りも苦戦の様子で、今日はどこに行くか決めかていたのですが、やはりハゼの顔はみたいので、いつもの運河へ直行です。

3時から開始しましたが、水がどクリアです。深場で2m位ある水深の場所も偏光グラス越しに底まで確認できます。
こうなると魚から丸見えですので警戒心が高く釣りづらいです。餌釣りの方も沖狙いでつれないので岩に入ったハゼを狙ってました(長い竿で深場を狙っても釣れなかったそうです)
こうなると、クランクはかなり分が悪いです岩穴からのバイトは何回かありましたが、
1チャンスなので乗らないと終了です釣るのは難しいですね～。

 で最初のヒットはチチブさんです。これが最初に釣れるということは水温が低くハゼの動きが悪い可能性が高いですチチブはハゼよりも低水温でもルアーを激しく追います。

でなんとか、ひねりだしたハゼ小さいですが、ナイスファイターでした

今日はラトル入りの反応が悪いというかラトル音でハゼが逃げる感じです。
なのでラトルのないトレモを投げなんとか釣ることができました。本来ラトルを嫌う状況だとスプーンが効果絶大です、ハゼキング狙いのため敢えてクランク投げ続けました。
こういう状況だとサイレントチューンのクラピーをもってくるべきでした。
ラトルはハゼに効きますが万能ではないということです。

それではまた

I went goby fishing again today, and it was so cold!
Yesterday, I tried a different spot from my usual canal, hoping to catch a big one, but had no luck.
The bait anglers seemed to be struggling as well, so I was undecided on where to go today. But, I really wanted to see a goby, so I headed straight for my usual canal.

I started fishing at 3 PM, and the water was crystal clear. Even in the deeper spots, about 2 meters deep, I could see all the way to the bottom through my polarized sunglasses.
When it's like this, the fish can see you clearly, making them wary and harder to catch. The bait anglers weren't catching anything in the open water either, so they were targeting gobies hiding in the rocks (I heard they couldn't even catch them in the deep spots with long rods).
In these conditions, crankbaits are at a significant disadvantage. I got a few bites from the rock crevices, but it's a one-shot deal, so if you don't get a hookset, it's over. It's so difficult to catch them!

So, the first fish I caught was a Chichibu goby. Catching one of these first is a strong sign that the water is cold and the gobies are sluggish. Chichibu will aggressively chase lures in colder water than other gobies.

I finally managed to pull out a goby. It's a small one, but it was a great fighter.

Today, the lures with rattles weren't getting a good response; in fact, it seemed like the sound was scaring the gobies away.
So, I switched to a rattle-less Toremo lure and managed to catch one. Normally, when they are avoiding rattles, spoons are extremely effective, but I stuck with crankbaits because I was aiming for a "Haze King" (a giant goby).
In a situation like this, I should have brought my silent-tuned Cra-Pea.
This just goes to show that while rattles can be effective for gobies, they aren't a silver bullet.

Until next time.