A happy unexpected! Bass responded well.
Motegi:The conditions are honestly not very good due to the sudden cold snap. Moreover, it has been raining, so the water temperature is dropping. So I think the best time to fish is first thing in the morning.
With a glimmer of hope in Mr. Motegi's words, we were off! Murayama and Ichikawa boarded with Mr. Muramatsu, and Ishii and Komatsu boarded with Mr. Motegi. The Murayama/Ichikawa pair started near the pier.
Muramatsu:A black bass was visible in the shallows and seemed to be trying to get at the bait. It was a fairly large size, so we went after it first.
Murayama:I am throwing Soul Shad and ASHURA O.S.P II. The bass are chasing them and seem to be responding well.
Ichikawa:I was throwing big minnows and shad, too, and got a bite at the end of the pier. Conditions were not good, but it was easy today. I'll fish here for now.
Meanwhile, the Ishii and Komatsu pair went to another location.
Motegi:Because the water here is shallow and covered with waterweeds, the water temperature doesn't drop much and the bass stay here. Let's slowly reel in the minnow to make it look like a small fish swimming over the waterweed. It is better to just reel it in slowly without any action to make it think that it has no energy to run away.
When I was attacking as Mr. Motegi aimed, ...... immediately hit Ishii!
Ishii:The rain had eased and a nice breeze was blowing, so the bait was flowing and I was talking about how the bass were a little more active when I got a bite! The pull was so strong that I was a bit puzzled. I took it in and found it to be a fat, round bass! I used an O.S.P. Durga 73F lure. The size was a good 40 cm!
As expected of the department head! He caught a nice size trout. After a while, Komatsu, who was aiming at trout, also moved! It is a rainbow trout!
Moment of impact. I couldn't get it right and took it apart. It is always the same, I am always too lazy to catch the fish. Leaving Komatsu disappointed, Ishii again took the lead!
Ishii:I threw the same O.S.P. Durga 73F in a different color as before and caught some fish! This seems to be working for me today. But I don't want to use it again today because I want to fish with a different lure next time. Aiming for more "strong fishing!
After such a comment with a relaxed expression, the Murayama/Ichikawa pair, who also had a relaxed expression, joined them. ......Hey? Are you empty-handed?
Ichikawa:The bass were chasing the lure, but they felt uncomfortable and wouldn't bite. It went on for so long that we felt uncomfortable too and gave up on that spot. ...... It was so close! I was going to say, "That was close!
Murayama:They were responding to minnows and shad, but never paid any attention to spinnerbaits. I knew it was minnows today.
Ikemoto:I was also throwing a big minnow. I've never used minnows this big before, so it's difficult to find the right amount of force to throw them. I rotate lures by color and size. For now, it's ...... cold.
And so, everyone competed in the same water plant area. The rain intensified and weakened, the wind blew and stopped. Everyone is concentrating while fighting the cold.
Here it is again: ......!
Ishii again! The third fish. He is today's pole leader!
Ishii:Mr. Motegi advised me to throw a Cure Straight worm, which is a pork straight worm made by Cure, on a no-sinker, and I had a great hit! I dropped the Cure Straight, a poke-straight worm, on a no-sinker, and it hit! It was a nice size fish again!
Ishii's consecutive shots raised everyone's spirits, but the cold was getting to their limits. The group returned for a short break, but the bowlers were so frustrated that they continued to throw.
Murayama:I threw a shad with one hand while on the phone and saw 4 bass come out from under the pier. But since I was on the phone, I didn't know what to do, so I tried the Eight Trap, but they didn't bite. After the phone call, I threw the Jointed Craw, a collaboration between GAN CRAFT and FLAGSTAFF, and two bass came out from under the boat. But I didn't get any bites. Mr. Muramatsu caught one with a metal vibrator!
