Date: 3/17/11
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！まず初めに、東北関東大震災で被害にあわれました皆様に心よりお悔やみとお見舞いを申し上げます。
今日は、地元ニューポートより釣行！前日の雨の影響で濁りが凄く天候も曇り。また、気温も低く表層を狙うより、ボトムを意識した釣りが有効と判断した。そこで、今回は竿を2本用意しバスフィッシングでの基本ドロップショットリグとキャスト専用ロッドを用いてキャスト用はPT78XD・FM120DDをメインにキャスト。
前半は、アピール力があり、信頼のおけるFM120DDからキャスト！しかし、反応がなければシルエットを少し小さくしPT100DD/PT78XD/PT78DDとルアー小さくしルアーローテンション。それでも反応がなくバリッドなどの低波動系に変えてただ巻き。
やはり、反応がない。そこで最後の手段、ドロップショット！！ドロップショットをロングキャストし、底をズル引きしながらボトムで変化を感じたところでシェイクを入れ少し待つ！繰り返し行い！ジェティー半分の所で、反応あり！！瞬間的に合わせてみたが、ワームだけがちぎれて、失敗・・。原因はフックの大きいのを使用していたのでうまく掛からなっかたかもしれない・・・。
またもや、ノーフィッシュ！しかし、ボトムには何か居る事が確認できたので次回は底を意識した、リグで勝負です。
Sandy
It is time for the Daily Flash Minnow again. But to start off, I would like to send my deepest condolences to the all the people who was and still are affected by the great earthquake of Kanto, Japan.
Today I went to a local beach, Newport Beach for my fishing trip! Due to the rain from yesterday, the water was quite cloudy and it was also a foggy weather. The temperature was low, so I made a choice on aiming the bottom instead of the surface. This time, I brought 2 rods and used the Bass fishing essential item, the drop shot rig. The rods are made exclusively for casting and I used the PT78XD & FM120DD as my main lures.
The first half of the day, I casted with the reliable FM120DD! But when I didn’t get any kind of reaction, I changed it to a smaller lure size and continued to do a lure rotation between these lures: PT 100DD, PT 78XD, and PT 78DD. Unfortunately, I still didn’t get any response, so I tried out a less motion type lure, the Valid and continued to retrieve. Again, nothing.
It was my last resort, the Drop Shot!! I long casted the Drop Shot and dragged it on the bottom surface. And when I felt a change, I shook it a bit and then just waited! I continued to do that and finally by the jetty I felt a hit!! I immediately reacted to it, but the worm torn apart and failed… It was probably because the hook I was using on the worm was too big, so it didn’t hook on too well…
No fish again! But I did find out that there are fishes on the bottom area, so next time I’ll have that in mind and challenge with a rig next time.
Sandy
