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.