From Passionable Fishing, our Japanese-language journal.

9 December 2021. High tide was at 12:29 pm.

We arrived at 12:30 pm and started fishing shortly after 12:45. The tide still seemed almost slack.

Within ten minutes, the current began to move. The fish started biting.

One particularly good position

There was just one ideal place to stand. We would cast from beside it, then move towards it in the direction of the current.

As long as the fish stayed on the hook, it was one fish per cast.

Perhaps because we were fishing around midday, the fish that day measured 23–25 cm.

By 3 pm, the water was getting shallow. That was our finishing point.

  • My wife: 27 fish, with five or six very small aji released.
  • Me: 26 fish. I did not hook any of the very small ones, but I lost quite a few fish before landing them.

Our rods and soft lures

My wife used the Daiwa Emeraldas AIR AGS 88M-S eging rod. I used the Gamakatsu LUXXE EG X S89ML-solid.

She started with a Chimera soft lure, then changed to an Aji Adder Pro.

I began by testing a 3-inch Umitaro. It caught fish. But my wife was catching them so quickly that a gap in our totals was opening up, so I switched to the Brilliant I knew well.

Trying to catch up

At that point, she had ten fish. I had three.

This was not looking good…

While she changed the water in the fishing bucket, I caught three more. And I suspect I closed the gap further while she was releasing the tiny aji.

The day had turned into our own ajing tournament.

I do not win very often. She is the one with the radar for locating the fish as they move.

Well, that is the difference in our abilities.

Originally published on our Japanese-language site, Passionable Fishing, on 11 Dec 2021. Translated for Avantgarde Fishing. These are the author’s personal observations at the time of writing. Product availability and fishing conditions may have changed.
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