お久しぶりです、もうなんか更新が滞っており申し訳ございません。
ということでまとめての更新になります。
さる8月20日に江戸川放水路でハゼクラ部のイベントがあり参加しました。
まぁ去年もハゼクラ部のあったのでそれを上回る大盛況ぶり、ルアーメーカーのロブさん、ムカイさん、元祖ハゼクラのラッキークラフトさん釣具のスミスさん、GoProさんとかも参加してかなり大掛かりなイベントでした。
で3匹の合計全長であらそうプチトーナメントも開催され、参加してきました。
でただ参加するのもおもしろくないので、江戸川放水路といえばボートハゼ！
伊藤遊船さんで手こぎボートをお借り出来ましたのでボートでハゼクラをトライです
はい東京メトロのCMで石原さとみさんがハゼ釣りしているところです
ボートハゼクラは結構難しいですが、陸っぱりより釣果は望めますねただエサ釣りみたいに同じ場所で狙い続けるのではなく、魚のいるレンジを攻める感じで潮の流れ潮位をみながら移動し釣る感じです、実際今回の三位入賞のかたはボートで釣っておられましました、しかも数も40匹以上とのことイベントで人が多く魚も警戒して渋い状況なのですが、凄いとおもいます。ただトーナメントは3匹の全長合計なので数勝負ではないのがミソなのですが。私はというとすみませんボート漕ぎに忙しく写真1枚だけです。まぁ10匹以上はつれましたしサイズも13cm〜１０cmクラスのこの時期にしては良いサイズがでましたしボートは正直アリだとおもいます
クラピーでの一匹
江戸川放水路では初心者の方は是非ボートで狙ってみるてください。こういったボートで狙えるハゼは日本では珍しく関東だと江戸川放水路くらいだと思います。江戸川放水路は陸っぱりだと立ち込んで釣るスタイルですが、ボートだと立ち込まなくていいので服も濡れません。まさにお手軽ですボートもエンジン付きの船で曵いてもらえるので遠くまで行けます、帰りも迎えにきてもらえるので漕ぎ続けなくてもOKですよ。
てなわけでボートハゼクラという新しい釣り方のご提案でした。
でイベントから今までの２週間ばかりの釣果は以下の通りですね、ちなみに、またもやニューロッドを作ってしまいました（ベイトフィネス用）これがいい感じなので、またロッドは別枠で書こうと思います
アルトは浮かすとフロントフックにかかります、ゆっくり引いてふわっと浮かす感じはアルトが抜群にいいです
１４cmのヒネさんアルトのふわっと浮かすメソッドで釣り上げたました
これは台風接近中の風が強いなかスプーンで釣り上げた１４cm
もうなんか１４cmが一つの壁ですねーー
それではまた
Long time no see! My apologies for the lack of updates.
So, this post will serve as a combined update.
On August 20th, I participated in a Hazekura Club event at the Edogawa Drainage Channel.
This was an even bigger success than last year's event, with lure makers like Rob Lure and Mukai, the originators of Hazekura, Lucky Craft, Smith fishing tackle, and even GoPro participating, making it a very large-scale event.
A mini-tournament was also held where we competed for the total length of three gobies, and I joined in.
I thought just participating would be a bit boring, so since the Edogawa Drainage Channel is famous for boat goby fishing, I decided to give it a try!
I was able to rent a rowboat from Ito Yusen and tried Hazekura (goby crankbaiting) from the boat.
Yep, this is where the actress Satomi Ishihara was goby fishing in the Tokyo Metro commercial.
Boat Hazekura is quite challenging, but you can expect better results than fishing from the shore. Unlike bait fishing where you keep targeting the same spot, it's more about targeting the depth where the fish are, moving according to the current and tide level. In fact, the third-place winner of the tournament was fishing from a boat and apparently caught over 40 fish. That's incredible, considering the tough conditions with so many people making the fish cautious. The catch, however, is that the tournament is judged on the total length of three fish, not the number caught. As for me, I'm afraid I was too busy rowing and only managed to take this one photo. Still, I caught over 10 gobies, including some good sizes for this season in the 10-13cm range. I honestly think fishing from a boat is a solid choice.
A catch on a Cra-Pea lure.
For beginners at the Edogawa Drainage Channel, I highly recommend trying to fish from a boat. Places where you can fish for gobies from a boat like this are rare in Japan, and in the Kanto region, the Edogawa Drainage Channel is probably the only one. Shore fishing here usually involves wading, but from a boat, you don't have to, so you can stay dry. It's very convenient. You can even have your rowboat towed by a motorboat to get to spots further out, and they'll come pick you up for the return trip, so you don't have to row constantly.
So there you have it, my proposal for a new fishing style: Boat Hazekura.
And here are my catches from the two weeks since the event. By the way, I built a new rod again (for bait finesse). It's working out really well, so I plan to write about it in a separate post.
When you let the ALTO lure float up, they get hooked on the front hook. The ALTO is exceptionally good for that slow retrieve with a gentle floating action.
A 14cm "hine-san" (a large, mature goby) caught using the ALTO's gentle floating method.
This is a 14cm goby I caught with a spoon in strong winds as a typhoon was approaching.
It really feels like 14cm is a barrier I can't break.
Until next time.
