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Date: 2010/8/19
Place: Redondo Beach, CA

Lucky Craft fans all around the world~! This is the Daily Flash Minnow Report.
This time, I went fishing with a friend of mine! In result……… ZERO.
Both of us got no catches. Hmmmm… I wonder why!?

I threw a FM130 by a kept bed, but no fish came close!!
My kept pattern didn’t work at all! I even switched to a smaller size, but again no response!! The other fishermen kept fishing 28inch and over Barracudas with a livebait!!
I kept continuing to cast, but absolutely no hit! I was completely defeated.
My friend changed to a livebait and was very close at catching one but failed… He seemed pretty bummed, but we promised each other we will come back again for revenge and then we returned to port.

After I took my friend home, I thought to myself “I can’t go home like this!!” It’s my Bushido (ie. Way of the Warrior) nature…
I moved South from Redondo Beach Pier (hoped to catch some Bonito) → Sunset Beach (hoped to catch some Halibut) → Newport Beach (hoped to catch at least one fish). But no luck what so ever. I ended up catching nothing today and I sadly went home and put myself to sleep!

Hope to see everybody next time!

Sandy

Catch: None
SLS: None

Date: 2010/8/14
Place: San Pedro, CA

This week is fishing Sanmai (ie. a spiritual concentration)

Well then, this time I didn’t use a hard lure and aimed for some Sanddab and California Scorpionfish.

To the offshore of San Pedro, it took about 45 minutes! We finally got to the fishing spot! While the rest of the fishermen were starting to sink their lines to target their fish, for some reason my spirit as a Lucky Craft fishing reporter arose and I decided to cast a Flash Minnow! Although I kept trying for 15minutes, I ended up giving up! Changed to a jig and caught so many that my arms started to hurt! My arms strengthened by Kendo didn’t help! Haha

I was a bit disappointed that I couldn’t use a Lucky Craft lure, but I had a very fun fishing time!

My next trip is still pending, but it would be great if Lucky made a bottom lure until then!!!

See you at my next blog!

Lucky Craft Report Angler
Sandy

Catch: Sanddabx3 California Scorpionfishx30
SLS: None

Date: 2010/8/7
Place: Redondo Beach, CA

Hello everyone! This is the Daily Flash Minnow fishing report.

On this fishing trip, I boarded from Redondo Beach and sailed to catch some Calico Bass. Weather was perfect for some California fishing!

However with the Flash Minnow 110, I caught a bunch of Mackerel instead. Since there was a lot of kept in the area I was fishing, I decided to change my lure to the Shell Spin so I can aim the Calico Bass underneath all the kept bed. Then within a short amount of time, I was able to catch an 8 inch Calico Bass. But since the size was too small, I had to let it go. This time I came with Mr. Iwaki and he later caught a big 15 inch Sand Bass!!

Since they kept rotating a certain area where everyone was fishing White Sea Bass, we weren’t able to move to a different location. I changed my method of aiming the surface and this change lead me to catch more fishes.

For next time, I will catch some Sea Bass with the Flash Minnow~!

Well then, see you soon!

Lucky Craft Beginner Angler
Sandy

When you think of a Southern California summertime salt fishing, you think of Barracuda. The standard lure to use would be the Flash Minnow 110. If you get a hit on a school of fish with this lure, it’s most definite to get a bite!! On this weekend, the Lucky Craft staff went on a half day fishing party. And with the fishes they caught, they brought it to a Sushi restaurant and had an after party!!

For big snook, offer gold or natural colors.

Big snook are the bullies lurking the shadows, predators that hide among the mangrove roots in south Florida or the shores of Mexico ready to whack anything that looks inviting.

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