Fishing Information VOL.22(Mejimaguro)

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first Oct 1998

Fishing place : Off Katsuyama in chiba prefecture. By My Boat from home port
Time : From 8:30AM to 4:00PM
Tide : Neap tide. Ebb tide at 7:06AM, Flood tide at 2:38PM ,Ebb tide at 8:07PM(Tokyo Standard Time. -30 min at Mera)
Weather : Rainy, sometimes hard. It's North wind. The condition of Sea was calm.
Target Fish : Mejimaguro
Tackle : 2m rod. line No was 6.0 , line length was 3m. Hook was No.10. Weight was No.40.
Depth : Hitting zone was from 40m to 20m depth. The bottom was 100m to 150m.
Bait : Dry skin of fish for Inada. Ground bait was opossum shrimp.
Fishing results : 2 Mejimaguro from 38cm to 43cm, many sohdagatsuo of about 30cm and many Saba of about 40cm.
　
MEMO

　It was rainy all day, sometimes hard. I have left my home port "Harbor Tsuhama" by my fishing boat at 8:30 AM. The condition of Sea was calm but rainy. I went to the sea off Katsuyama in the condition of a rainy north wind as I got the information of Mejimaguro's migration around off Katsuyama. The colour of the sea was clear. There were some fisherman's boat and trawler. I drifted my boat by parachute anchor far away from a group of fisherman's boat The depth was 100m to 150m. Hitting zone was 20m to 40m depth. I dropped the bait and I lured up fish at intervals of 1m from 40m to 20m depth. I did it again and again. Sohdagatsuo and Saba had a bite at every cast of the line in the morning. Afternoon, I could get 2 Mejimaguro which were my today's target. She was very big fighter, so the line was took out about 20m from the reel at a breath. As there was no other boat near my boat, I allowed free run aroud of fish and caught the fish after growing weak. I also kept 6 Saba( these were for shimesaba and boiling. Saba in fall is very delicious).

PS : I got a 50cm Mejimaguro too next week.

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