30.MAY.2012

A firm bite and I thought it's completely hooked, but... Saw three fish only tonight.

Data
River Tsurumi, Yokohama
Weather: Passing cloud
Temperature: 19.4 - 17.9 ℃
Wind: E 3.3 - 3.2 mps
Fishing: 20:15 - 22:00
Catch: None
Fly: Pink frog popper
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29.MAY.2012

The very last day of my fishing trip, concerning my fright to Tokyo, I only had four hours to fish.
After three hard days fishing, my whole body was screaming, especially hands, wrists, arms and
shoulders from full power casting and fast strip. Same as anywhere, weekend is very busy in this
north end river, 50 - 60 anglers a day during the season, from May to June. High season weekdays
are also busy 20 - 30 or even more. Early in the morning at dawn, when I got to the river, it's still
cold but the weather was fair and much better today, calm and warmer.



A couple of guys already in the river, but like yesterday my favourite spot was not occupied yet.
Slowly waded in the river and found some action and movement in the river, it must be bait fish
and very good sign. I could hear two guys on my right spoke they saw fish rising. As usual, long
cast, no count down, short pitch fast strip, strip, strip and strip. Yes, there's fish and I got a first
bite about 15 meter from me where the river becomes deeper.



All day long, when I have never ever got any bite, I always think what I are doing is correct or not.
Some use floating line, others use fast sinking line. Some use big fly, others use small fly. Slow or
fast strip? Short or long pitch strip? Thousands of millions of question, they say do not give up, do
what you believe, but the question is what I should believe?

Later, guy at the right end of our queue landed a good fish and it made us excited very much. The
next lucky man, it was me.



This world class river, where every year over a meter fish landed and you can fish paying nothing,
no license or ticket needed, just a minutes walk from car parking and national road. As Japanese,
we are very much proud about this and know always have to take good care of fish.



North end of Hokkaido is very much depending on daily farming and commercial fishing, the rich
lands and seas are protected by hard winter. Urban anglers, like me are always dreaming to fish
in the frontier, on the other hand young people live in here are dreaming to live in city, much
better and easy life.



The winter has gone and spring has come.



Dreaming and fevered Anglers suffer from serious decease come and go every year. The end of
my trip, hopefully I can fish and meet up friends here again next year.



Data
River Sarufutsu, Sarufutsu village, Hokkaido
Day ticket: Free
The 3rd day of Neap tide
Moon age: 8.1
Low tide: 01:14, 69cm, High tide: 06:55, 88cm, Low tide: 14:24, 43cm (Monbetsu)
Sunrise: 03:47, Sunset: 19:02
Moonrise: 11:33, Moonset: ****
Weather: Fair, Cold
Wind: ESE 2.3 - 1.9 mps (Hamaonishibetsu)
Temperature: 5.9 - 6.8 ℃
Fishing: 03:30-07:30
Catch: Two
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Tackle information
Rod: Greys salmon traveller 15ft 6pcs 10/11
Reel: Ross momentum #5
Line: Rio AFS Shooting Head 10/11, S3/S4 (3.0/4.0ips)
Running line: Kencube intermediate-fast sink
Leader: Rio Spey Versileader 10ft, Black Loop (7.0ips), Red Loop (3.9ips)
Tippet: Fluorocarbon 20lbs 5ft + 16lbs 2ft (dropper rig)
Fly: Bead chain eyes zonker and marabou tail minnow(olive, chartreuse)
Zonker and marabou tail minnow (olive, black, chartreuse) size: 8-10

Travel information
Fright: Tokyo - Wakkanai https://www.ana.co.jp/asw/index.jsp?type=de
Rent a car: http://www.choinori.jp/
Accomodation: http://www.vill.sarufutsu.hokkaido.jp/hotnews/category/56.html

28.MAY.2012

The blackish water area of River Sarufutsu is amazingly rich and hold many fish spaces, as resident
Ito (Japanese Huchen), Dace, River Sole, etc and seasonal visitor Chum, Pink, Cherry salmon back
natal river to spawn after a few or couple of years at sea.



Even on Monday morning, there's already two guys in the river, when I got to the river just after
three in the morning. You see how people are crazy about Ito fishing here in this river. The wind
was ok and it was blowing from my back toward to the river as I could earn extra distance. Luckily
my favourite spot was not occupied so I started to fish with exactly the same rig and flies. More
anglers had come and no more space left. After a couple of cast, I got snag on the bottom and lost
flies. Then I realized I forgot my tippet case. No choice, left rod and bag on the river bank and
backed to the lodge hoping no one come or move into my space.



I grabbed tippet case and hurried to the river, very lucky still there's a space for me. I dashed to the
river bank and found a guy right next to me was about to land a fish. When someone hooked a fish
everyone is expecting their turn comes soon. But reality is not always same as they and I expect.
Despite big expectation, no one got any bite for a while. I was a bit tired and sitting on the log while
having breakfast. Someone said fish on, oh, it's him again, right next to me.



All I got was a River Sole and a white Spotted Char in the morning, hahaha.

I went up the river tributary to have a look. The incredible scene, first time in my life was there
in very small stream about two meter width and less than a meter depth. A bunch of still red colour
Ito and silver glaring Cherry salmon were there to spawn. Seeing this and snow, it seemed like right
to say the season is three weeks later than usual.



Fully charged by delicious fried scallop lunch and nap.



Nearly four full hours, non stop, keep casting and stripping, no luck. I even had not seen anyone
hooked any fish... I know it's always like this but... Anyway it's the end of the third day.



Data
River Sarufutsu, Sarufutsu village, Hokkaido
Day ticket: Free
The 2nd day of Neap tide
Moon age: 7.1
High tide: 05:55, 81 cm, Low tide: 13:47, 35 cm,
High tide: 20:51, 75 cm, (Monbetsu)
Sunrise: 03:48, Sunset: 19:01
Moonrise: 10:25, Moonset: 23:37
Weather: Light rain
Wind: E 7.3 - ESE 7.6 mps, ESE 7.4 - 6.0 mps (Hamaonishibetsu)
Temperature: 4.8 - 5.3 ℃, 5.9 - 5.2 ℃
Fishing: 03:30 - 08:30, 15:30-19:00
Fly: Etc
Catch: None
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27.MAY.2012

Late May at north end of Hokkaido, you have not much time to sleep as you can start to fish from
three in the morning and end at nine in the evening, 18 hours if you like. Just after three I got to
the river, as I imagined that it's Sunday morning, there's already a couple of anglers were wading
in the river at the most famous spot in front of parking for flyfisher as we have enough back space.
It's very strange but in Japan, Ito fishing can be done whatever you want, bait, lure, fly, spear, net,
no regulations at all. As I mentioned the fish is critically endangered spices, but no legal protection.
Of course some volunteers and groups try to save and protect this fish and people say in this river
resources are getting better, as anglers gently and immediately release it after landing and commercial
fishers who use to kill and thaw it away started to release it from trap net. According to the scientific
report, average hook injury in early June was 1.64 and maximum was 4. Of course it's very difficult
to say how many times it landed, for example double triple hook on a minnow lure cause a couple
of injury at once, but it says and seems like catch and release work well.



If you want to fish your favourite spot you have to be the first one on the river! Anyway, I fished
from right bank for a whole but annoyed too much by sea wind from my right, as I am right handed
and tried left hand cast, back cast, etc but none was comfortable, moreover a guy started to fish
from my left where was empty space, I used it for false cast.



Ok, let's move. My decision was right. This side was much easier to cast and comfortable. I always
think firm strip is very important to give life to your fly and like first and short pitch strip. Some
says it never be too fast to take. When shooting head was about to in top guide, a firm bite and
I pull the line to set hook. I love it, the wild silver beauty!



Seafood is really good in this village, especially scallop. Hokkaido is surrounded very rich seas and
seafood paradise. If you are a seafood lover it's worth to visit just for it, King, Snow crab, Salmon,
Salmon roe, Sea urchin, Oyster, Cod... endless and Sushi, Grill, Steam, BBQ...



After lunch, I had a bit nap, then got to the river again, the other side of the bank where I fished
in this morning. Sea wind became more and more stronger, hooked too much broken seaweeds and
it took time to take it off. It always comes all of sudden, a typical take, soon I knew it's a small fish.

Then a very funny thing had happened I thought, hooked a small dice or river sole. It was exactly
a dace, which was still hooked with a whole bait fish rig, sinker, two bait hooks. Maybe it could
managed to escape from sole angler in the sea and wandered into river. After taking photo, I hooked
off and released it.



Data
River Sarufutsu, Sarufutsu village, Hokkaido
Day ticket: Free
The 1st day of Neap tide
Moon age: 6.1
Sunrise: 03:48, Sunset: 19:00
Moonrise: 09:19, Moonset: 23:09
High tide: 05:10, 109 cm, Low tide: 13:10, 28 cm,
High tide: 20:33, 74 cm, Low tide: 23:30, 73 cm (Monbetsu)
Weather: Light rain
Wind: N 6.1 - 7.1 mps, ENE 6.6 - 9.7 mps (Hamaonishibetsu)
Temperature: 3.8 - 4.2 ℃, 4.6 - 4.7 ℃
Fishing: 03:30 - 08:30, 15:30-19:00
Fly: Stickleback fly (Yellow chartreuse zonker) #10
Catch: Two
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26.MAY.2012-2

However at night, I tried rockfish called SOI as it's so good at last Autumn and heard much bigger fish
would be available in Spring. Really heavy seas scared me very much, no, no bite, only a seaweed!!

Data
Hamaonibetsu port, Sarufutsu village, Hokkaido
Day ticket: Free
The 4th day of Half tide
Moon age: 5.1
Sunrise: 03:49, Sunset: 18:59
Moonrise: 08:14, Moonset: 22:40
Low tide 12:33, 21 cm, High tide: 05:10 (Next day), 109 cm, (Monbetsu)
Weather: Light rain
Wind: ENE 3.0 - NE 2.3 mps (Hamaonishibetsu)
Temperature: 4.7 - 5.0℃
Fishing: 20:00-21:00
Fly: Etc
Catch: None
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26.MAY.2012-1

Stayed less than 12 hours at home to chance wears from Summner to Winter and fishing gears
from Bangkok where I stayed almost a week and was 37℃ or more everyday, I headed to Wakkanai,
the north end of Hokkaido, Japan where forecasted lower than 5℃ and the gate way to Sakhalin,
Russia. River Sarufutsu is the last frontier, no dam, no weir which mean fish freely up and down
the river and sea, was my destination for angler's dream fish, Japanese Huchen, ITO which is the
critically endangered spices. Since my first visit, this is already 4th trip to this river, two in Autumn
and two in Spring. The way from Wakkanai to Sarututsu village is very easy and nice, only an hour
and a bit on route 238 along the rich Okhotsk sea and during this 60 km drive you only see a few
traffic signals.



The weather was so nice, as if it's not welcoming me, rain, wind and heavy seas, seeing the Okhotsk
sea on my left and the Soya hill on my right where still some snow left. After a short drive, I got
to the lodge, called riders house, where I usually stay, then waders on and rigged up at the lodge.
As imagined Saturday evening was very busy, all famous spots were already occupied. Luckily I found
a space where I have not landed before but saw someone land many times the junction of Lake Polo
and River Sarufutsu meets.



Sea wind was blowing from my left, full power long cast by my 15 footer, no count down, short pitch
and fast strip. While stripping every slight contact, weeds, twigs whatever stopped my breath. Actually
using heavy sinking line, almost every cast I hooked something and had to remove it from flies. About
one hour later something small fish was on and it was a foul hooked river sole, hahaha.

Suddenly, I felt a sign of life on my right, then ahead, it seemed like fish was chasing small bait fish.
I do not know why but I started strip much faster when flies were closing to me. Bingo!! A typical bite
of Ito, shaking it's head. The bite just about 10 meters from me, too much line in stripping basket to
reel in, so keeping the tension to fish I slowly and carefully started to step back to the bank. It's a
young medium size fish was a good fighter, sharp run and pull.



Soon guys saw my landing came over to me and asked about my fly, then started to fish right next
to me. This happens very often here. Later on the guy on my right got a bite and landed almost same
size. It's getting cold and enough for the first day.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hucho_perryi

Data
River Sarufutsu, Sarufutsu village, Hokkaido
Day ticket: Free
The 4th day of Half tide
Moon age: 5.1
Sunrise: 03:49, Sunset: 18:59
Moonrise: 08:14, Moonset: 22:40
Low tide 12:33, 21 cm, High tide: 05:10 (Next day), 109 cm, (Monbetsu)
Weather: Light rain
Wind: NE 5.9 - 6.9 - ENE 4.0 mps (Hamaonishibetsu)
Temperature: 5.7 - 4.7℃
Fishing: 16:00-19:00
Fly: Stickleback fly (Yellow chartreuse zonker) #10
Catch: One
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21.MAY.2012

Whenever I travel to Thailand and have time the place I fish is the Pilot 111 fishing pond. There's
so many pay ponds in Thailand but I think quality of fish and facility are best for especially lure and
fly fisher. I have been trying to find other place to fish for wild giant snakehead and jungle perch,
however without local guide or friend it's impossible, especially if it's short stay. The way to the Pilot
is very easy, as the mistress of the pond speaks good English, so all you have to do is get a taxi and
call her then you will be there. By over night fright from Tokyo I got to Bangkok early in the morning,
directly headed to the pond. Even in this hot country, early morning is usually good to fish.



I set up my frequent flyer #6, 7 pieces rod with slow sinking line and stickleback fly which worked
very well at last time and clouser minnow. Barramundi was very active in this morning, even on my
first cast fish bit my clouser minnow. Slow strip which I usually do for rockfish was deadly effective,
every cast I got a bit. The attach of Barramundi is very special, it's very sharp and wild. I landed
enough and tried snakehead. No idea why but it's very slow. I spoke with a guy who fished a few days
ago. He said he landed twelve fish at last time and was using exactly same lure but go no bite.



The food is reasonable, mostly hot and spicy, but it's good as you can feel you are in Thailand, hot
weather, hot food and cold beer.



In the afternoon, it got very slow, even Barramundi would not bite so often, but still better than
snakehead. Frequent fly change was necessary, the biting range was 15 count on intermediate
and 10 on slow sinking line.



Luckily I could land the first Paku and the first Asian redtail catfish. It's became too hot and time
to go.



Data
Pilot 111 Fishing Pool
Open: Fishing: 06:00 - 18:00, except Friday and Public horiday
http://bangkokhooker.wordpress.com/fishing-ponds/pilot-111-barramundi-galore/
http://www.john-tom.com/FishingInThailand/FishingInThailand.html#Pilot
Day ticket: 500THB
Taxi: Approx 400-600THB from BKK Downtown and Airport, including toll road, very much depending
on traffic
Weather: Fair/Hot
Temperature: 28 - 37℃
Fly: Clouser Minnow and Sticklebacks fly Flouresendt Green, Yellow, #8, 10
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20.MAY.2012

Sunday afternoon was very busy with families at the park pond, kids with nets, no good for fishing.
I found a fish recently was staying at same spot, probably a same fish bit my flies a few time but
I could not hook it before. It showed a interest at my first presentation, did not bite...

Data
A small pond
Weather: Passing cloud
Temperature: 23.9 - 22.9 ℃
Wind: SSE 5.2 - 5.1 mps
Fishing: 12:30 - 13:30
Catch: None
Fly: Foam weed guard fly, Black, Green
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19.MAY.2012

Japan, Germany and Italy, the three counties flyfisher's alliance, we headed to Oshino fishery today.
Same as these three trips with German, the sunny man brought a sunny day with him and we met
up with them at my nearest station. We stopped over at tackle shop to buy day ticket and a few
things to fish and heard the latest river condition. The water was a bit muddy and high as the lake
which is connected to the river releases water in these days. When we got to the river, actually
it was much better than our last trip and we could see fish rising here and there.



Last time. black beetle worked very well and I tied it then we all walked down from the bridge and
spread out on the river bank. I checked a couple of my favourite spots and some changed it shape
probably too much rain a few weeks ago. On the slow pool up broken bridge, I landed a couple of
small rainbows on beetle and moved up to look for Yamame. In deep pools, tree by tree, where is
very difficult to cast, there's a couple of rising Yamame and I started to try to fool them. No interest
in beetle, caddis, beatis but they were interested in small black midge pupa. I hooked three of them,
landed only one.



Then the very strange thing had happened when I hooked a baby rainbow about 15 cm. All of sudden
a big brownie about 50cm size turned up and bit the head of that baby rainbow still on my fly. then
tried to swallow a mouth full fish. What a predator, I pull the line but it did not pay any attention to
me. It looked like not so easy to swallow it, time to time it released it but again and again bit and
tried to swallow it. I played with it a couple of minutes and finally cut tippet and let it eat. Note
no bait fishing in this fishery, hahaha.



Lunch break at tackle shop, we chatted over our lunch for a while then again backed to the river.
In the afternoon, I started a pool a bit down from the bridge to try to fool Yamame again, changed
more than ten flies to find it's favourite. Over one hour, finally it took floating green midge pupa
size #24. My last fish of the day was a beautiful brownie had perfect fins.



It's a nice Saturday fishing with old and new friends, see you guys!

Data
Oshino Fishery, Yamanashi
Weather: Fair
Temperature: 14.8 - 19.4 - 16.0 ℃
Wind: NNE 0.8 - SE 3.9 - SE 2.6 mps
Fishing: 08:30 - 17:00
Catch: Brook, Rainbow, Brown and Yamame
Fly: Gold Bead Czech nymph, CDC midge and midge pupa, Foam beetle, etc.
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16.MAY.2012

I know a bit early for catfish season, but it was a very hot day and I heard some of my friend already
tried and got a couple of bite, so I fished for catfish after day's work at my regular spot since last
September. Frogs were singing in the rice filed, seemed like good chance. After a few cast, I got a
bite and thought firmly hooked, but it wasn't. Later on another bite, no touch, just a sucking sound.
Nothing anymore. One the way back to parking I saw five catfish and two eel. Yes, there's catfish
and the season has begun.

Data
River Tsurumi, Yokohama
Weather: Passing cloud
Temperature: 21.0 - 20.0 ℃
Wind: SSW 3.8 - S 2.4 mps
Fishing: 20:00 - 21:45
Catch: None
Fly: Prawn popper
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13.MAY.2012

A flyfisher from Germany who stays in Japan for a few months, he always brings a fine sunny day
with him. Same as last our trip to Oshino Fishery we met up at local station near my home on Sunday
morning and headed to Lake Ashinoko for Blackbass on fly. Ten days ago, I fished on this lake from
bank, no luck, today we booked a rental boat with petrol engine that would increase our chance.
I used to have a small boat and often fished on this lake in cold month, only March and April for
trout. A friend of mine told me Blackbass on fly is very interesting, so I looked for the magazine
and the article. On magazine which I did not buy, read the article in bookstore, it says the reporter
and the expert who has tackle and boat shop on this lake, landed a fish on every cast just in front
of his shop. I was very impressed and wanted to try it.

In this lake, there's many boat house so you can choose and book as you like. The boat, you can
book, raw boat, electric motor and petrol engine boat, but be careful when you book, you need boat
license (like car drivers license) in Japan if you want to hire a petrol engine boat which is over 2 HP.



Welcome on board, I set up two rods, full sinking line and floating line with floating minnow which
is the imitation of dead Wakasagi, a kind of freshwater smelt which is most important diet for trout
and bass in this lake. I heard some up dated news from boat shop and we started to fish in a small
inlet. No bite, noting we moved and fished around, in some inlet fish was active and chasing small
bait fish along the water edge where is mostly covered by trees, as water is still high and impossible
to cast over there.



We tried near the jetty just like on the article, searched different depth, flies and strips however it
seemed like fish would not like any of our trial. All we got were baby trout on small nymph later on.
It's a beautifull sunny day and many tourist were enjoying row and peddale boat around. Water was
very clear, time to time we found Wakasagi school and anchered there to fish, my frind got a few
touch but no luck.



Actually my friend once hooked a nice trout while we were harling but hooked off just a few meter
from boat. Just before five o'clock we stoped fishing and backed jetty, as long as I heard from people
in the boat house it's a very slow day. You know it's not so easy like on magazine, hahaha.



Ashinoko: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Ashi
Ashinoko Authority: http://www.ashinoko.or.jp/
Day ticket: 1300 JPY
Rental boat: 9000 JPY per day: http://www.ashinoko-fc.co.jp/
Weather: Fair / Passing cloud
Temperature: 8 - 18 - 12℃
Wind: NW 2 - SW 2 mps
Fishing: 09:00 - 16:45
Catch: None
Fly: Various
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12.MAY.2012-2

When I got to the pond, a fly fisher was there and was my friend. He came up to me said "No fish
because of you". No no, it's you, lol!

Data
A small pond
Weather: Passing cloud
Temperature: 19.1 - 17.0 ℃
Wind: NNW 5.4 - N 6.3 mps
Fishing: 17:00 - 18:30
Catch: None
Fly: Foam weed guard fly, Black, Green
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12.MAY.2012-1

Friends came long way from Shizuoka and we were on boat, Seakuro, one of the most famous
seabass guide boat in Japan. The captain, Mr Okamoto is not only a skilful guide and captain but
also a great fly fisher who knows how to make his guest comfortable. His great hospitality attracts
every anglers from all over the world as he also fish around the world with famous guide and stays
lodge and studies how they look after their guest, which give us great feedback. He is usually on
boat with guest nearly 300 days a year, day and night and now got a new boat a few month ago, this
must scares all seabass in Tokyo bay more. I believe guide charter boat for seabass in Tokyo
bay is quite reasonable, as it cost about 400USD per 4 hours charter for 2 -3 anglers, compared
to other big city, like NY for Stripers and Blues, it costs at least 550USD, plus you have to pay 10
-20% tips which means total would be over 600USD per 4 hours charter.

My Brazilian friend who waited this chance for months and was too excited to sleep on the long
way from his home to jetty, was today's our main guest, you know, Brazilians are very hot like
Samba festival. The other friend is a chairman of the very famous game fishing club whose members
have many Japan record and was frequently on magazine. He also is very kind person sometimes
fish with my Brazilian friend as I live a bit far from them.



The night was a bit cold and windy than I thought, but from the first spot fish was very active to
try to bite our floating minnows. Top and subsurface water game, it's always very exciting to see
the action directly on the water, fish with sudden splash, sound and pull, the breathtaking moment.
Although many bites at the first spot no one hooked any fish. The second spot was much better,
a lot of actions. However when it's nearly dawn, artificial light was getting useless fish hided inside
the manmade structure and would not come out to bite our flies. It's the end of night game and
we moved to open water where bait fish come at dawn.



I set up shooting head line, type 3 with clouser minnow and waited my turn and fish. Time to time
we found fish rise, got bite and landed a few of them. At my turn, just a few meter from me fish
rose and was chasing bait fish, immediately I cast then strip and got a light touch, missed it. Then
second cast and third strip I got a firm bite, it was a nice fish.



Next spot was more exiting, while our boat was drifting seabass was chasing and rising here and
there. Cast ten o'clock, strip but fish rose at one o'clock, then cast at one fish was nine o'clock,
just like cat and mouse game. However sometime fish bit and we landed good fish.



After the dawn, it's time for floating minnow game, hit mooring boat, jetty every kind of manmade
structure where fish can hide and hunt. What we should do is move and direct the fake alive. The
most interesting thing was Genesis popper was amazingly effective. When my friend wanted to use
it we said you can try but usually it's not so effective for seabass, sometime small fish like to take
it but not much. However fish liked genesis popper and it was very exciting to see it. It would be
good for various predators which means I have to tie it soon.



Anyway, it was a fantastic day, see you soon guys!

Data
Tokyo bay, Yokohama
Charter guide boat: www.seakuro.com/
The 1st day of Neap tide
Moon age: 20.8
Low tide: 03:01 104cm, High tide: 08:14, 149cm
Sunrise: 04:39, Sunset: 18:37
Moonrise: ****, Moonset: 10:33
Weather: Passing cloud
Wind: NNW 3.4 - 4.0 mps
Temperature: 14.5 - 14.8 ℃
Fishing: 03:30 - 07:30
Catch: Seabass
Fly: white zonker, Clouser minnow, Surf candy, Floating minnow (7 - 9 cm)
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10.MAY.2012

Minatomirai again with friends tonight. After day's work I backed home and had dinner with my
family, then we headed to Minatomirai which is just about 30 minutes drive from my home. It's
colder than yesterday, as first we hit the bridge piers in the river that was very productive before
and on my second cast I got a first attack, no touch. Many lure guys here and there, as weather
was better than yesterday, so I moved to the inlet where I got fish yesterday. Just like yesterday,
there's many actions on the water, and many attacks on my fly, only some of them left sight touch.
Finally I got a firm bite and it was really nice fish, heavy and would not stop. However a few minutes
later it's off... Luckily I hooked a fish later and my friend helped me to put it in net.

Data
Minatomirai, Yokohama
The 3rd day of Half tide
Moon age: 18.8
high tide: 21:01 166cm, Low tide: 02:06, 99cm
Sunrise: 04:41, Sunset: 18:35
Moonrise: 22:50, Moonset: 08:23
Weather: Cloudy
Wind: NSN 1.3 - NNE 3.8 mps
Temperature: 14.3 - 14.4 ℃
Fishing: 20:30 - 22:15
Catch: One Seabass
Fly: Red gurgler zonker (6cm)
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09.MAY.2012

When I set up and got to my spot, all of sudden it started raining hard with lightning. Well I saw
some people had umbrella on the way to office but had not expected this heavy rain as forecast
said about light rain in the evening. Beside the canal and under the toll road I waited for about
10 minutes, if it would spot or light. It seemed like no chance, so I had to give up and got on the
train to back home.

After 30 minutes ride I was about to got to Yokohama and found no rain in this area. Why not
fish in Yokohama. Ｉ useded to fish in Yokohama for seabass during seaworm season, but some
reason I have not fished here quite some time. Anyway, the Minatomirai area where I fish is just
a few minutes walk from Sakuragicyo station. The area is well known not only fishing but also
tourism and business, pretty busy day and night. Watch you back not to hook any people.

Well, a bit windy, some action on the water, seaworm and fish were there. Soon I got a couple of
bites, hooked none. There's more seaworm and fish in calm area, tiny seaworm busily was swimming
around on and just under the water surface and seabass was also busy to chase and bite it. Luckily
I could hook and land a first fish, then baby one later on. Still so many rise, but I went home.



Data
Minatomirai, Yokohama
The 2nd day of Half tide
Moon age: 17.8
high tide: 20:12 176cm, Low tide: 01:22, 93cm
Sunrise: 04:42, Sunset: 18:35
Moonrise: 22:10, Moonset: 07:17
Weather: Heavy rain / Cloudy
Wind: N 6.3 - 5.8 mps
Temperature: 16.6 - 16.3 ℃
Fishing: 20:00 - 22:15
Catch: Two Seabass
Fly: Red gurgler zonker (6cm) and Chartreuse zonker (3cm)
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