Irvine Lake

January 25th, 2011

Daily Flash Minnow Weekly Reportになります!今年初のバス釣りに地元リージョナルのブラアンさんとアーバインレイクにいってまりました。アーバインレイクといえば、トラウトが盛んな湖だが、バスも多少釣れる!まずは、新商品にLLPT105Sを使用!

バス釣りとなると海釣りと違い、ピンポイントのキャスト精度が問われる事になる!この企画を始めて半年、毎週釣りをしてるだけあり、同船したブライアンさんから(キャストがうまくなったね!)とお褒めの言葉をかけてもらえた。釣行については、水位も上がっていており、濁りもありTOPでの釣行は難しく半日以上、LLPT105Sを投げつくしが結局ノーバイト!キャストの練習になったのでOK!残りの2時間は、どうしても初フィッシュを釣り上げたく、ドロップ・ジグに変更してボトム狙いの釣行になった。そして・・・水深15mぐらいの所で、今年初のフィッシュ!!!しかもバス!!をGET!しました。サイズ的に小さいが久しぶりのバスの当たりと今回は、はっきりとした当たりを感じ、アワセる事もできた。

P.S 実はドロップで巨大トラウトも釣れたが、持ち帰ることも出来なので即リリースした!でかかった!!東京湾のシーバス並でした。

それでは皆さん!! See you soon!

Sandy

It is time for the Daily Flash Minnow Weekly Report! My very first Bass fishing this year was at the Irvine Lake with local regional, Brian. And speaking of Irvine Lake, it is known for having a lot of Trout, but you can fish some Bass here also! I started off using the new LLPT 105!

Unlike Saltwater fishing, when it comes to Bass fishing there will be much casting with pinpoint accuracy! It has been over 6 months since I started this project (Daily FM Report). And for the sake of fishing every week since, Brain who was on the same boat had said to me, “Your casting has gotten a lot better!” and praised me with such a nice comment. As for the fishing, the water has risen and was cloudy so using a topwater bait was a bit difficult. I continued to throw the LLPT 105S for more than half of the day, but got no bites! But I did get to practice my casting so it’s okay! I only had 2 hours left and really wanted to catch my very first fish of this year, so I decided to go with a Drop Jig and aim for the bottom area. Then… at about 15m in water depth, I caught my first fish of the year!!! And it was a Bass!! The size was pretty small, but I haven’t caught a Bass in awhile and this time I clearly felt it and was able to react to it as well.

P.S. I actually caught a big Trout with the Drop Jig also, but couldn’t take it home so I released it right away! It was huge!! It was about the same size as the Sea Bass I caught in Tokyo Bay.

See you soon!!

Sandy