世界中のラッキークラフトファンの皆さま～！Daily Flash Minnow Weekly Reportになります！
オフィスより南方の釣りポイント（新規釣行場探索）とその地域にてフラッシュミノーを使用して、一体どんな魚が釣れるのか！楽しみにで仕方ありません。まず、アングラーズセンターに行き、ポイントを幾つか情報を提供してもらいました。早速、情報をもとにラグナビーチへと出発した。なぜか、海水浴を楽しむ人が多くビーチが賑やかだが、不思議な事に釣り人がまったく居ない状況です。
釣竿片手に、ビーチを歩いているとライフセーバーから、『釣り禁止だよ！』と言われびっくり！車に戻る途中にこんな看板がありました。
完全に自分の地理知識不足です不覚・・（マリーンプロテクトエリア）いわゆる魚介類の保護地域ビーチだそうです。
ラグナビーチを後にして、ポイント移動しさらにＰＣＨを南下していく事、約15分Salt Creek Beach Parkにパークして再度、釣行を開始。ココはエリアプロテクションの掲示も無く釣行可能なビーチであったが、今までに見たことの無いほどの遠浅でフルキャストしてもルアーが波を越えられない状況の中で、ビーチ沿いを流しながらキャスト！あたりが無いのでさらにポイント移動。さらに南下し、ダナポイントをさらに先に、路面電車駅前のピア横でストラクチャーについてる魚を狙うがまたもやノーフィッシュ。時間も午後を過ぎ、Newportに戻ることにして、Newportの反対側にあるコロナデルマーで最後の釣行をする事に！岩場でケルプもあり中層は難しそうなので、キャリコバスが表層に出てくる事イメージし、ケルプとケルプの間を通してキャストを繰り返すが当りはない.しかし、上空にはペリカンがベイトを獲る為にダイブを繰り返し、海中ではアザラシが盛んに顔を出し、夕マズメのちょうど良い時間帯に差し掛かり期待に膨らむが、満潮を向かえる前に波の飛沫が激しくなった所で岩場での釣行は危険と思い終了した。
Sandy
P.S. 南方での釣りは、ダナポイントあたりから可能になるので、みなさんご注意を！！
“Heading South”
Going south from our office (for my search for new fishing locations), I have a mission to use the Flash Minnow in different areas to find out what type of fishes can be fished! I am very excited for this new project! To start off, I first decided to go to the “Anglers’ Center” to get some information on recommended fishing spots. From the information I received, I immediately headed first to Laguna Beach. Then for some reason, there were a lot of people just swimming at the beach and I saw no other fisherman there. With my rod in one hand I was walking along the beach and a life guard noticed me and informed me that fishing is not allowed here. I was surprised to hear that and immediately headed back to my car. And on my way back I noticed a sign that said “Marine Protected Area”, basically means fishing is limited. It was completely my lack of research…
I left Laguna Beach and headed down south on PCH for about 15 minutes and arrived in Salt Creek Beach Park. Here they didn’t have any “Protected Area” restrictions so I started fishing. I then realized it is one of the shallowest beaches I’ve ever fished in. Even when I make a full cast, it won’t exceed the wave, but I continued to cast while walking along the coast. I didn’t get any response so I decided to change locations. I went even more down south to Dana Point and fished at the pier side right in front of the tram station. I aimed for some fishes near the buildings but again no fish. It was in the afternoon already and I went back towards Newport and started fishing again in Corona Del Mar which is on the other side of Newport. At this place there were a lot of rocky areas and kept beds and seemed to be difficult aiming in the mid-area. I imagined some Calico Bass arriving in the surface, so I continued to cast in between kept beds, but got nothing. Pelicans continued to dive into the water for some baits and seals kept popping their heads out from the ocean. When the evening bites were approaching, my expectations were getting high. But before it even became high tide the waves were splashing intensely and became dangerous to fish by the rocky area so I ended my fishing there.
Sandy
P.S. Please be aware that it becomes possible to fish from around Dana Point in the southern area.
