Cold greenfish of Madomari shun
Location: Matomari (Ohirase)
Date and time: 2 20 (7:30-15:00)
Neap tide high 10:51 - low tide 17:42
This time, I took the ferry Yusenmaru to Madomari in Minami Osumi Town in pursuit of cold-weather greenfish.
The rapids we descended to were called "Ohirase"
This shallow reef has three parts: the tip where the tide flows well, the middle where you can target the ebb tide, and the back where you can target the sunken shallows.
A first-class reef with many fishing spots and a large number of fish.
On this day, the three of us went to the reef and rotated fishing spots...
The chum is a blend of one bag of G-MAX and half a bag of Grey Z.
I mixed it with an image that it spreads out and sinks steadily to the bottom, making this a blend that is primarily intended for mid-water fishing and long-distance casting.
Grey Z has good consistency, is good for long distance casting, and is great for bulking the chum up! It's great as a blending material.
For bait, I used my favorite ``Namaikikun for pro L size'', which makes the fish bite in perfectly!
First, I set up my fishing spot at the halfway point and started fishing!
When I scattered the chum, no bait-eaters came out, and the water temperature was around 15°C, so the fish seemed to be generally low in activity.
I started with a G5 float, 1.7-size line, 2-size leader, 7-size greenfish hook, and a semi-floating rig.
The tide is gentle and crashing into the rapids further to the right, creating a pool of foam as it splashes back up.
I decided to focus on that.
I scattered a few scoops of chum at my feet, and when they reached the pool of bubbles ahead, I imagined that the greenfish were feeding on them, so I searched from the 2-rods depth, but there was no reaction...
Then there was a period of trial and error...and after casting with at least one fully floating rod, I finally got a hit!
It was quite heavy, and after some aggressive fighting with No. 2 line I caught a 41cm greenfish!
After that, the tide started to hit, and as I was searching the edge of the current, I got a bite!
This one also looked big; it was a red spotted grouper that looked to be about 50cm and was pulled up without any difficulty.
I can't stop smiling at the delicious fish!
In the afternoon, we moved further in, and the obvious place to aim was near the sunken reef.
When I cast the bait, I got some bites that looked like they were from a greenfish, but I couldn't get it to hook...
I dropped the line to 1.7 and was searching for a depth of 2 or 3 rods when I got a clear bite.
So, I switched the bait to pealed krill and let it flow in the same way, then the float slowly sunk and disappeared from sight...
While I was waiting with the line taut, I got a bite!
After a pleasant fight, what came up was a 35cm greenfish.
Just when I finally understood the pattern of the hits, I had to call it a day... What a shame
I've been trying to catch a lot of longtail greenfish recently, so this was a great fishing trip where I was able to once again enjoy the fun of catching cold-weather greenfish.
When I filleted the fish, both the roe and the milt were full to bursting.
It's the peak season now!