Date: 2010/8/28
Place: Redondo Beach, CA
Select Lures: FM110 FMSLIM133
Select Colors: Metallic Sardine

Lucky Craft fans around the world~, it’s again, time for the Daily Flash Minnow Report. From now on, I will be changing up my report style a bit. I am first going to limit the type of fish to target and then keep trying until I catch my target fish. Of course I’m only going to use lures!! No other tricks and nothing else involved!!! This time my target will be Halibut! At the seacoast, I got information that we can catch a lot around here. So I headed to the actual spot (I will give more detailed information on locations as long as I catch something!), and I first cast the FM110. And within 30min, I caught several Bonito! After that, I stopped getting anything so I started migrating by walking but no hits… The sun was going down (becoming low tide) so I used this time to go to the best spot of the day and resumed fishing! Changed my lure to a Sea Finger! Because when you use the FM110 during low tide, it will drag against the bottom and can cause too much pressure on the Halibut. So by using the Sea Finger 133, I can let it swim on surface. I cast for about 90min and my fishing mentor, Mr. Takeuchi caught a Barracuda. We caught an Octopus as well. After that, it was starting to get pretty late so we ended our fishing day there. Our catch was pretty good today, although we didn’t catch our target Halibut. However, another friend of mine who also came along with us got close to catching one so we know that we are at the right spot. It will be another challenge for next week as we have more hope now. I will try my best~! Maybe I will change up my colors next time??
Well then, see you soon!

Sandy
Catch: Bonitox3 ; Octopusx1 : Barracudax1
SLS: None

I found an amazing web page. The name of it is “Steelhead Stalkers” – what a core webpage!! It is a place where fishermen briefly talk about fishing Steelheads centralizing in Oregon. Lately I’ve heard that the Pointer 128, 100, and 78 catches a good amount of Brown Trout. Anyway, what an incredible website.

http://www.steelheadstalkers.com/index.htm

Date: 2010/8/21
Place: Redondo Beach, CA

Lucky Craft fans all around the world~! It is time for the Daily Flash Minnow Report.
It is again another fishing report from Redondo Beach, CA. This time I went with Mr. Iwaki!!
As same as last time, our destination was to the rocky point where it is also a kelp area!
I starting casting with a FM130 and a Barracuda kept chasing after it, but it realize what it was. What a disappointment.
I changed the size to a 110, but the Barracuda seemed to not chase after it anymore. Instead, I kept fishing Mackerels!
Hmmmmm! Since I got bad memories from last time, I’m not satisfied yet!!
Mr. Iwaki as usual, didn’t run into any difficult situations and caught a Barracuda with a FM110!! He had caught it with a slow retrieve. So I also casted and performed a slow retrieve, but caught nothing! And then our fishing day has ended!
This time I actually tried speaking to other fishermen and asked, “Why can’t I catch anything?” And then he advised me, “Well, lately the atmospheric condition hasn’t been good with the tides and due to the rapid change in water temperature the fishes are migrating elsewhere!”
He also mentioned that in 2 weeks it should be in good condition! We promised we’ll see each other next time and he is my very first fishing buddy, who is also a Nikkei (Japanese American), that I made since I started fishing!
Mr. Iwaki brilliantly caught a BIG Sting Ray as well!!

Next time I’ll come back here in 2 weeks~!
Next week I want to catch some Halibut, but I need to be more cautious about the tide condition!! Ok now, how will I research that! I forgot to ask the most important thing!

See you next time!

Sandy
Catch: Mackerelx4 : Sting Rayx1 : Barracudax1
SLS: None

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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