This is the Daily FlashMinnow Weekly Report!　The Year 2011… No Fish yet.
I have been fishing to Alamitos Bay these days, but it doesn’t seem like any Flounder (Hirame) there.
So, I  decided to go fishing to New Port Beach, which is my home ground beach for fresh start.
I felt the Big Chance was finally coming!
Usually, covered by full of kelp on an inland sea side, but I noticed no kelp were grown at all.
It is a chance for My stander lure – the FlashMinnow’s turn!
I decided to keep casting and heading out to sea from the start of the rock to the iron tower while moving and no worry about scratching the kelp.
I wonder…. how many cast that I threw?…..No fish, No fish… No hit…It didn’t seems any fish there. I have never felt like this before.
I will not get on any boat, untill, I catch fish from land.
P.S. I noticed Catalina Island where I went Bonito fishing last year, so I took a picture for a good memory.
It wasn’t supposed to be like this….
 
See you soon!

Sandy

The Daily Flash Minnow

Date: 2011/01/06

Happy New Year to everybody! Daily Flesh Flash Minnow! This will be my very first fishing trip this year.
My 2010 year-end fishing trips weren’t so great and I caught nothing… and the year 2011 came by quickly. I again went to Alamitos Bay.
On my last fishing trip, I focused on using the Varid, Stream Drive, and Ouou lures that I brought back from Japan, but ended with no bites. So I wanted to start my 2011 by using my most reliable and favorite lure, the Flash Minnow 110 (in Blue Fin Tuna). As for the sea condition, it was actually very calm with barely any waves and wind… But there were absolutely no other fishermen… which started my day a bit worried! I started at my usual spot aiming at high tide around 9 o’clock!! But I got nothing! …very disappointed.
I guess it is true that shore fishing during winter is very tough and that doesn’t change much. I wonder where all the Flounder (Hirame) went?? Next time I will aim at bottom range!
(I actually went fishing on Saturday also, but again had NO BITE!!)

See you again soon!

Sandy
The Daily Flash Minnow

Daily Flash Minnow! I had gone fishing before the end of 2010.

I mainly used the new lure I brought back from Japan, which is also a “product still unscheduled to arrive in America”. I got my tackles ready to aim for some Hirame (Flounder). Once I arrived at my fishing location, it was actually a sunny day. However, the wind was blowing very strongly creating a choppy sea with cloudy water surface. When water becomes cloudy, instead of using natural colors, it is better to use colors like Gold which is more noticeable. “Although this is just a theory…”

I first moved along the embankment and started to cast with the lure I used at Tokyo Bay where caught a lot of fish: the Valid. Normally I would be able to make a long cast, but on this day the wind was blowing towards me very hard so the lure wasn’t able to go far. Since it didn’t reach far enough, I had to move to the shore side and started to fish there instead. Here, the wind wasn’t blowing towards me and blew side ways so the wind took the lure away and I was able to perform a long cast.  It traveled back and forth for about 300m along the shore. In a pretty fast pace, I continued to change the lure color to Gold, White, and Metallic and even changed the lure model from top to deep. But unfortunately I had to end my last fishing trip this year with “no fish”.

This time I didn’t use the Flash Minnow at all and wanted to fish with just the new lures. The result wasn’t so great today…

But I definitely want to prove that I can catch some fish using other lures besides the Flash Minnow by next year! And this will be my new project for next year!

I will like to introduce the lures used on this day:

Valid
http://www.luckycraft.co.jp/lures/swich/varid/

Stream Drive
http://www.luckycraft.co.jp/lures/minnow/streamdrive/

Ouou
http://www.luckycraft.co.jp/lures/minnow/ouou/

Wander Reach
http://www.luckycraft.co.jp/lures/minnow/reach/

Blue Shot 30g
http://www.luckycraft.co.jp/lures/minnow/bs/

Well then, I will like to wish everyone a Happy New Year!

See you soon!

Sandy
The Daily Flash Minnow

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Lure: Pointer 78DD Flash Minnow 120DD
Color: Stain Red Gold, Anchovy Nasu

Daily Flash Minnow in Japan project! This is the Tokyo Bay Sea Bass report part 2!

Continuing my report on Tokyo Bay Sea Bass fishing, we then decided to take a lunch break. In the afternoon, instead of fishing under the airport runway, we went fishing in a structured area and wall sides. I was aiming around other steel towers which were built among some sort of operation located off shore of Tokyo Bay. Also aimed at a wall side which was for cargo ships, and here I caught so many. Instead of long casting like this morning, I casted within 10m close to the barriers, precisely aiming and pulling back was the key. It was my first time fishing at a wall side area so I wasn’t able to throw the lure between the water surface and obstacles which was only about 1m wide. So as an unskillful angler like me, I hit the lure against the wall and broke a valuable lure. But with this experience, I’ve realized how inexperienced I still am. In the vast ocean of America, I never thought of casting to such a particular point which also made me realize the toughness of fishing in Japan. However with this experience, I would like to practice back home (in America) my casting skills while imagining casting in the structured areas of Japan.

Next report will be about my Area (Trout) fishing experience.

See you soon!

Sandy
The Daily Flash Minnow
Catch: Sea Bass x10

I went Sea Bass fishing at Tokyo Bay. We had camped out to enforce testing for an upcoming new product next year. We caught so many. Lipless Pointers are GREAT!! As I expected, 3 jointed lures catches a lot of fish. Especially in tough conditions its swimming action had such a great effect. Sandy from Daily FM also caught some Sea Bass in Tokyo Bay. For more detailed information, please visit “The Daily Flash Minnow” site (Website: http://www.luckycraftlure.com/fm/).

Lure: Varid70HW
Color: Day Game Basic, Gold Hollow Red Back

Daily Flash Minnow in Japan project! This is the Tokyo Bay Sea Bass report.

This time in Tokyo Bay, I had gone fishing with the 2 people who are incredibly skillful with the ESG series: Lucky Craft staff member, Mr. Takita & Mr. Tomoyuki.

We had departed off Tokyo bay for about 40min… and finally arrived at our main fishing spot! Under the new runway at Haneda Airport Tower! 40m near the runway is a restricted fishing area. From the yellow tower to the steel poles underneath the airport runway, I made a 50m long cast!! I get absolutely no effect from the Bass unless my lure reaches all the way underneath the runway (my 2^nd cast). So this is when the Varid comes in! It reached deep into the area I was aiming for with no problem at all! Now I just need to catch a Sea Bass!!…. I got a bite! It was an impact I’ve never felt before! It finally came~!! My very first Sea Bass!!!!!

To a certain extent, I learned that at any situation, when casting barely through the steel poles, there is a high change you get a hit. Considering the water flow and the direction of the wind, I cast and started pulling while examining the tide flow as well. On this day, aiming around the left side of the steel poles lead me to catches.

Varid:
http://www.luckycraft.co.jp/lures/swich/varid/

Next will be Tokyo Bay Sea Bass report part 2!
See you soon!!

Sandy
The Daily Flash Minnow
Catch: Sea Bass x10

Mr. Okamoto of Sea Kuro has again helped us out very much. I couldn’t believe we caught so many Sea Bass… Especially the Varid lure caught us so many. I am looking forward to coming back next year again. If you want to experience some fun and exciting Sea Bass fishing, please try out this Sea Kuro （http://www.seakuro.com/）.

This is the first report of the “Daily Flash Minnow IN JAPAN” project! I will like to talk about some information on a boat ride in Tokyo Bay.
My very first fishing in Japan was at Tokyo Bay! And speaking of Tokyo Bay, it’s got to be Sea Bass! And speaking of Sea Bass, we say SEAKURO!!! SEAKURO is always booked with reservations in Tokyo Bay and we got to go fishing with them for a day. The captain of SEAKURO, Mr. Okamoto is very famous for guiding people to the best fishing points for Sea Bass, weather it is lure fishing and/or fly fishing. He also personally loves Sea Bass fishing!! Captain Okamoto has told us that on a good conditioned day, you can easily catch over 50 of them in one day! And as he got us very excited we started filming and testing our new lure.
Anyone who wants to board and have a full Tokyo Bay Sea Bass fishing experience with SEAKURO, please take a look at their schedules.
Boat Name: SEAKURO
Captain: Okamoto
Fishing Location: Tokyo Bay (East Kanagawa)
Website: www.seakuro.com

See you soon!!
Sandy

Continuing with Sea Bass fishing in Tokyo Bay, I really like the Sea Bass here. The reason is that my favorite fishing is Smallmouth Bass fishing at the 5 Great Lakes. And the way Sea Bass is fished at Tokyo Bay and the way Smallmouth Bass if fished at the Great Lakes are very similar to each other. After all, how it both aggressively keeps biting the hard baits is just great. So today will be fishing at this Tokyo Bay and it’s been awhile since I’ve seen a victory cross and I would like to introduce it to everyone. Mr. Takita who is the head office sales rep as well as a concept creator of the ESG series and Sandy from Daily FM of America and now in charge of international business centering in Japan has made miracle collaboration together.