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！
今週はアラミトスベイからヒラメを狙い行きました。早朝から干潮にあたり表層系ルアーのＦＭ110・PT100で開始。ジェティーからビーチサイドからキャストするがアタリは無し。カラーをゴースト系にチェンジしサイド、ビーチサイドを扇状にキャストをしては移動とテンポ良く釣行するがはやり当りはゼロ。潮が上がり始めた所いよいよ、チャンス到来！！レンジの深い所を狙うべく、ＤＤ系ルアーに変更！！しかし、不運にも風が強まり水面は大荒れとルアーをキャストしても飛距離が足りなく、狙ったポイントにとど来ない状況であえなく終了。戻る事にした。帰りの途中で、アングラーズセンターで釣具の購入と立ち寄った際、偶然にも友人と会い。午後からＨ君とＴ君でバス釣りに行くとの事でそちらに同行させて貰いことにした。場所はいわゆる公園にある人口池。バス釣り初の陸っぱりから釣行、しかも自転車に乗りながら場所を移動していく手段！！まさに！サバイバルフィッシング！！！
釣行場所に着くやバス釣りを楽しんでいる人が多数。しかも、トップーウォーター！！さらに！！ラッキークラフトのサミーちゃんをキャストしている人も発見。なんだか、嬉しかったですね！
さて、実際の釣行では、新製品のファットスマッシャー55をテスト・・・今年流行間違いなしの製品に仕上がっていることを確信。
自転車で移動をしていくと、Ｔ君にヒット！！47ｃｍバスをスピナーベイトで取り込み記念撮影！！この後にもナイスサイズのバスをGET!!そんな、僕にもやっと当りが・・・池の周りに生えているブッシュの足を平行にスピナーベイト（レデンプション3/8のチャートリュース）とゆっくり一定に引くと、軽い当りが・・あわてずしっかり合わせるとサイズは小さいがバス！！ブッシュに潜りこまれる前に巻き込むとその瞬間！！バスがジャンプ！！！気を抜いた時だった・・・バスが逃走。日ごろ海釣りの感覚で巻き込んでるせいか、すっかり忘れてしまった基本の注意事項を怠ってしまった。残念の結果である。
電話での連絡を取り合い互いに現在の状況やどのルアーで他の人が釣り上げたなど、有意義なバスフィッシングができた思う。また、同行したＨ君もこの日数回のバイトと２匹GETしたとの情報。この池のポテンシャルはなかなか良い事を知り、またの釣行が楽しみである。
Sandy
This time, I had gone to Alamitos Bay to catch some Halibut. It was at low tide in the early morning so I decided to use some surface lures such as the FM110 & PT100. I continued to cast going from the jetty to beachside, but got nothing. I then changed my lure to a gold color and kept casting again along the beachside, but didn’t get anything. The tide started to rise and thought my chance finally came!! I changed my lure to a DD to aim at a deeper range!! Unfortunately the wind started blowing pretty strong and created raging waves. The casting lure couldn’t go further than the aiming point so I had to end it there. I started heading back and on the way I stopped by an Anglers center tackle shop and coincidentally ran into some friends of mine, H & T! They were planning on going Bass fishing in the afternoon so I decided to join them. It was going to be at a man-made pond located at a park. This will be my very first experience Bass fishing at a man-made pond! And we are using a bicycle to travel along the pond!! This is definitely “Survival fishing”!!!
Once we arrived there, there were several people already having a good time Bass fishing. And they were using Topwater baits!! Also!! I found someone using our Lucky Craft Sammy! That made me pretty happy!
I started off using our new product, the Fat Smasher 55 to test it out as well… I was convinced that this product will no doubt be popular this year.
While we were moving with our bikes, T gets a bite!! He caught a 47cm Bass with a Spinnerbait!! And even after that, he caught another nice size Bass!! Later on, I finally got a bite… when I slowly retrieve the Spinnerbait (Redemption 3/8 in Chartreuse) parallel to the bottom part of the bushes surrounding the pond, I would get a slight bite… Trying to remain calm, I would go along with the bite and succeeded in catching a small size Bass!! I retrieved before it’d go into the bushes and at that moment!! The Bass jumped!!! It totally took me off guard… the Bass got away… Because I got so use to Saltwater fishing, I completely forgot most of the important basic techniques in fishing. What an unfortunate result.
We would talk over the phone telling each other our situation and which lures other people used to catch some fishes. I really felt like I got to experience a very valuable time Bass fishing and learned a lot. H got couple bites and caught 2 Bass that day. I think this pond has some high potential and I’m very excited to come back again.
Sandy
