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！
本日の釣行は、バラクーダのキャッチカウントが多少ある、レドンドビーチから出港し再度、バラクーダをサンタモニカ沖で狙いにきました。前日の雨の影響で、ウネリと風が強く揺れが凄い！久々の船酔いとの苦しさの中、FM130MRからキャスト開始。１時間ほど鳥山を見つけては魚探を確認しながらポイントの移動、すると隣に居た釣り人がやっとバラクーダをＨＩＴ！竿の撓りが尋常ではないぐらい曲がっていて、デッキにと取り上げることが不可能なほどの大きさのバラクーダであった。使用していたのは、西海岸では定番のジグ！カラーはラッキークラフトで言う、サバカラーに似たもの使用！バラクーダは、青や銀色を良く好むそうだ。一方、自分の中で今回用意した竿で果たして吊り上げる事が出来るのだろうか？不安が過ぎった・・・・去年、初Daily Flash Minnowリポートでは、ここレドンドで確かにバラクーダを釣り上げたが………. この大きさは、『聞いてないよ～～！』また、今日は、風と水温が低いためバラクーダの群れが50フィート（約15ｍ）の深場で回遊との事で、ジグ一旦キャスト後、沈めてからファーストリトリーブ！！のパターン。これでは帰れません！！そこで、Ｓａｎｄｙ流！変則キャロライナ!! 1ozの卵型のオモリをリーダ部分に取り付け、その後20cm先にFMを取り付け、負けじと釣行！！ なかなか、アタリが来ません！回りも釣れてません！今日の釣行は、全体的にも30匹と釣果数も少なく残念です。だが、ビックフィッシュは特大です。計量している人が小さい分けではありません。この大きさ凄いです。次回のために、ロッドを変更しルアーフックは太軸のものにセッティングを変更して再挑戦です。
Sandy
P.S. どうしても、あの大きさのバラクーダをルアーで釣りたい！！
On this next fishing trip, I again departed off from Redondo Beach (where they had a few Barracuda catch count) and went off Santa Monica to aim for some Barracudas. Due to the rain the day before, there were high waves and strong winds and the boat was shaking pretty badly! It’s been awhile since I got motion sickness, but I still managed to start casting with a FM130MR. For about an hour, as we saw a group of birds we would move to that area and finally an angler right next to me got a Barracuda bite! The rod was bent beyond normal and it was so big it was impossible to even bring it up to the deck. The lure he was using was a jig used very commonly in the West Coast. As for the color, it was very similar to the Lucky Craft “#703 Aurora Mackerel” color! I suppose Barracudas like blue and silver colors. Then I realized – will I be able to lift up a Barracuda with the rod I brought!? I started to worry…. Last year for my very first Daily Flash Minnow Report I caught a Barracuda here in Redondo Beach……….. But I didn’t know it can get this big~~~! Since the wind and water temperature is pretty low today, crowds of Barracuda migrated 50ft (around 15m) in water depth. So after I casted a jig, I let it sink first then retrieved!! I continued this pattern. I couldn’t go home like this! So I decided to do it “Sandy Style”! The “Anomalous Carolina”!! I attached a 1oz egg shaped weight to the leader area and then a FM 20cm apart from the weight. I started fishing again!! But can’t seem to get any bite… no one around me is catching any either! In result, today’s total catch was 30 and a pretty disappointing outcome. However, the Big Fish caught was enormously big! And it wasn’t like the person who was measuring it was small either! I was very surprised by its size. Next time I will change rods and definitely have thicker lure hooks set up and try again!
Sandy
P.S. No matter what, I want to catch a Barracuda that size with a lure!!
