Japan Angler

Fishing's been kind of slow for me over the last few weeks, but I did manage to make a few outtings in between changing over school years (the Japanese school system runs from April to March), finally buying myself some wheels, and moving. 

Anyway, two weeks ago Phil broke out his digital to take some shots of a few decent sized bass we got just off the base at Yokosuka.  It had been a while since we did any light jigging, so there was a little nostalgia mixed in with our fun.  The water temperature was pretty cold, but we managed to get two or three hits per point, all pretty good size for pre-spawn sea bass.  Most bites were on the drop, but one or two good sized came on the retrieve.  On the assumption that the fish weren't active I started by bringing my lure in really slow and steady with out moving my rod tip near the bottom, followed by a faster sporadic jerk once I was about 5 meters off the sea floor.  Phil was catching his on a slow long stroke jigging motion.

The highlight of the day was when Phil hooked into a nice 40cm greenling -a rare size in Tokyo Bay.  I can't remember, but I think he said it was maybe the first he had ever caught on a jig.  Greenling that size are common up north on the rocky coastlines of Honshu, but anglers usually use soft plastics to catch them.  Recently I've been giving a lot of thought to going for some when it gets warmer. 

During April and May bay area fishing gets pretty hot, so hopefully I should have some more goodies to post in the coming weeks.  Till then.