Kamigotō Nozakijima Forest　

Blend material used
◯ G-MAX
◯Great Grey
◯ One-shot floating grey gre SP

◯ Krill 3kg x 2 pieces

Used bait
◯Namaikikun PRO L size
◯ Namaikikun Half-boiled L size

catch
◯ Grey 30-35cm 15 pieces
◯ Grey 48cm 1 piece
◯ Red sea bream 55cm 1 piece
◯Grunt 30-35cm 3 pieces

Late April, I went fishing for sea bream at Nozaki Island in Kamigotō. I had planned to go fishing for long-tail sea bream, which is now in its best season, but the swell from the previous day was still there, so I gave up on the planned offshore rocks and changed my fishing spot to Nozaki Island.

Ichinose, located at the southern tip of Nozaki Island, is also a good spot to target longtail tuna, but on this day many lure fishing customers were on the reef, so we cast our rods at a point 1km north of Ichinose, with black porgy as our main target.

Equipped with a 1.6-size rod, 1.75-size line, and 1.75-size leader, I tried casting my bait at dawn at a point offshore with good tide flow while scattering bait at my feet. However, even after several casts along the same course there was no reaction from the sea bream, so I next tried aiming two rods away and caught a 2-2cm black porgy on a shelf two to three hiro deep.

The hit bait is Namaiki-kun PRO

This is the number one bait item that you should definitely have with you all year round.

Occasionally, there was a vague reaction from a good-sized sea bream suppressing the float, so I fixed the line at 2 hiro and caught a slight bite, which felt heavy. I smiled with joy as I caught a 48cm black porgy in the dip net, and then, as the tide started to go out, I set up my fishing spot at the tip of the rocks and cast the bait over a wide area, and fought back when the float disappeared with a bite. Unfortunately, the hook came off, and as I continued to cast the bait again, trying not to run out of bait, I again got a bite from the float disappearing, and I concentrated on it, hoping that this time it would be the one, but it wasn't as strong as before and what floated up was a 55cm red sea bream.

After that, we caught enough small sea bream to keep us from getting bored, and when the tide was moving we added three more horse mackerel using half-boiled bait, and called it a day at 3 p.m.

Due to various circumstances, I had not been able to go fishing for about two months, which had been frustrating for me, but I was able to catch enough fish to keep me from getting bored, and I was able to enjoy fishing for the first time in a while.

The black porgy will calm down for now, but we can expect good catches again as the rainy season approaches, so please go out fishing and be sure to practice safety.