Summer ahead in Sagami Bay.
We gather at 5:00 a.m. in Hiratsuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture. We will be taken care of by "Shojiro Maru," a long-established fishing boat that will take us to Sagami Bay, which is rich in fish species such as horse mackerel, hairtail, maruika, and dolphinfish. Huinamu Fishing getting ready to sail. The club members are still a little low-spirited because it is morning, but you can sense their high level of enthusiasm. When the time comes, we board the boat and set out!
Yosuke Ishii (right)
Senior Editor, Huynh Nam
Huynem Fishing
Club Director. I haven't been casting game since last year in Wakayama, where I targeted yellowfin tuna and bonito. The lure I will use this time is a minnow, but I have never caught ocean fish with it, and a dolphinfish over 1 meter in length is also unknown to me. I'm going to throw it all the way down to the end and try to catch it and beat my maximum size."
Yasutaka Saisu (2nd right)
Owner of ARMS Clothing Store
He runs the popular vintage clothing store "Arms Clothing Store" with stores in Yutenji and Aoyama. The year before last, he caught a yellowfin tuna by casting. This is my first casting game this year. I've caught a yellowfin tuna before, even though I wasn't aiming for it. I brought some yellowfin tuna tackle with me today, so I'm going to throw it out there when I get a chance."
Shojo Hosoe (right 3)
WACKO MARIA Planning Team
She is involved in the planning and production of items at "WAKOMARIA," which reflects music, art, movies, and other cultural elements in its clothing. He used to fish for black bass and sea bass when he lived in Osaka, but has not fished since moving to Tokyo. I haven't fished in five years, and I'm excited because I don't have much experience in ocean fishing. I enjoy just throwing and reeling in fish, but it would be nice to catch some."
Yuhei Murata (middle)
WACKO MARIA Press
He is in charge of press for WAKOMARIA. He usually surf fishes for flounder and maggot from the beach. This is my first time fishing for dolphinfish. I don't know anyone around me who is into dolphinfishing, but I've heard that it's a highly game-like target. I brought a lure that DAIWA and WAKOMARIA collaborated on, so I want to use it to catch them."
Tatsuya Kinugawa (3rd left)
PARADAISE TOKYO store staff
Worked at Wako Maria's flagship store, Paradise
Wako Maria's flagship store, Paradise Tokyo. From the second grade of elementary school until he moved to Tokyo in 2020, he was passionate about bass fishing at his hometown Lake Biwa. He rekindled his passion last year and goes to Lake Sagami and other lakes. He has also worked at a fishing tackle shop. I haven't been sea fishing since about 20 years ago. I'm looking forward to fishing on a boat in the ocean for the first time. I hope to catch one fish.
Toru Ikenoya (2nd left)
Ikenoya Owner
In 2016, he opened the izakaya "Ikenoya" in Yutenji, Meguro-ku. He also serves seasonal fish he caught himself. He says, "This is my first time playing the casting game on a boat. I once caught a shira when I was swimming for mahata. I hope to bring back some of the fish I caught today and add them to today's menu."
Shogo Komatsu (left)
writer
He writes mainly for fashion magazines and web magazines. Last year I went casting for yellowfin tuna and bonito in Wakayama, but I lost miserably. I want to make up for it. But I realized that casting games are different from other types of fishing and are very interesting, so I hope to have fun while catching a big one today.
Fumihiko Ikemoto
photographer
He is active in magazines, websites, and advertisements, and also shoots outdoor photography. This will be my first time targeting whitebait. I once saw a guy catch a dolphinfish from a bank on Amami Oshima Island. It was huge. I managed to catch it, and it was the biggest one in the history of the Fishing Club.
I'm looking forward to catching the biggest one in the Fishing Club's history."
