A splash breaks the stillness!
Next came the floating payao. The rope connecting the buoy to the seafloor attracted small fish, and large migratory fish came to prey on them. The fish must be gathering more than the drift of the tide line that we had spotted earlier. The boat is quietly engulfed in a whirlpool of excitement at the hot spot we have just visited.
Mr. Murata was the first to respond. He felt a bite, but did not bite through.
Murata:I was passing the lure through a place where I could feel the current and got a bite! But I couldn't match it.
Then, too, for Mr. Saisu.
Saisu:The tip of the spear bent, so I hooked it, but it didn't ride it. I heard that whitebait have small mouths and are not good eaters. I have an image that I can catch them solidly if they are active, so I have high expectations for them.
Two of them were close, but the fish are certainly here. Everyone's expectations are high.
Ikemoto:It feels good to be able to throw as hard as I can into the big ocean. Anyway, I will be conscious of the number of times I throw.
Ikenoya:I don't usually use lures very often, so it's interesting to be able to cast them away.
Kinugawa:Casting is a little different from bass fishing. I thought I'd try to see how everyone else casts and see how they do it.
Hosoe:The rods are longer than bass fishing and the lures are larger. Cast carefully until you get used to it.
While everyone was concentrating on the fishing, the sound of the drag whistling came from the back of the boat. Ishii's rod was twitching loudly! The hooked fish jumped out of the water with great force, its green and yellow body colors shining.
Well done! I caught the dolphinfish I had longed for!
Ishii:After the lure landed on the water, I was just reeling it in for a while and then it hit me with a thud! I had learned a lesson from a previous big bite by a tuna that didn't bite when I lowered my rod in a panic, so I was conscious of keeping my rod up. It was definitely the most powerful fish I had ever caught, and it just went wild. Every time it broke the surface of the water and bounced around, I was afraid the hook would come off, but I was so excited by its size that I was yelling. When I got close to it, it dove under the boat, and I was worried that it might cut my line, but the captain helped me with a tamale and I managed to catch it!
Size is 1m 5cm. This is the new maximum size for the Huynem Fishing Club! Everyone was very excited about this one fish.
Saisu:Casting games are interesting because when you catch a fish, it becomes a festival on the boat. It's very exciting, and the person who catches the fish gets excited. That's why I like casting games.
Komatsu:It's not often that I get to see a fish that is 1 meter long, so just seeing it makes me excited! I want to follow this one.
Ikemoto:If it were black bass, I would be jealous of someone else's catch and want to catch one myself, but if I am after a big fish, I am as happy as if it were me when someone else catches one.
We searched around the payao for a while, but did not get any bites after that. We move again.
