Spring is near

My friends and I fished the area near the Deep Water Point yesterday. Fishing was quite good. We landed a few breams and yellowtail grunters.

To our surprise, one of us also landed a flathead and a flounder. They don't show up in the Canning River during the winter months usually. Does this mean the spring is already on our door step?

今週は、クロダイ数匹に混じって、フライフィッシング初心者の友達がコチとカレイを釣りました。

冬の間はCanning Riverでは殆ど見ない魚です。地球温暖化の影響なのかどうか分かりませんが、春は近い様です。

Speaking of the spring, the trout season opens this week after a long wait, and we are supposed to go on a season opening trout camp coming weekend.

So, I dragged out my camping gear today to see if everything is in a good shape.

春と言えば、今週から鱒釣りが解禁です。

次の週末はみんなで解禁記念キャンプに行くそうなので、今まで眠っていたテントやスリーピング・バッグなどを出して日干しにしました。

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Not accepting defeat

There were 5 of us spending a whole afternoon yesterday, and we still couldn't find a single fish.

I couldn't accept the defeat from yesterday, so I went out again to have my revenge.

It only took me 4 casts to find bream today. The next four casts produced another fish and 2 more missed strikes. On the fifth cast, they were gone.

昨日の今日で、また釣りです。昨日のリベンジは、なんとか果たせました。


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On & Off

Yesterday, breams were biting. Today, they were off again. Very interesting.

昨日良かったポイントに友達を数人連れていきましたが、今日は全くダメ。５人で出かけて、魚一匹どころかアタリすらありませんでした。




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Dedication

The rain came down heavily at times, but that didn't stop us from going fishing. Dedication is a key to success, especially for bream fishing.

天気は、雨のち晴れの予報。雨が止むのを信じて、橋の下で雨宿り。夕方になって、小さな桟橋のある上流へ移動。桟橋の床板の真下にキャストすると、すかさずクロダイがフライに食いつきました。










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Nice bending curve

My friend kindly put me on his boat yesterday, and he showed me how to catch silver trevally (locally known as skippy).

I want to thank my friend for his generosity because I had a very exciting and inspirational fishing session.

Although I didn't land big ones (however, I got busted off twice with something bigger), I soon learned that I was dealing with some very hard fighting fish. Not something to play around with 4 weight rod.

My camera sadly went flat after taking 6 shots, but I was happy to get this one. It should prove people that a bamboo rod is stronger than some people think.



昨日、友達の船で、シマアジを釣りに連れて行ってもらいました。

「折れたら新しい竿作ればいいや」と軽い気持ちで＃４のバンブーロッドを持って行きましたが、本当に折れるかと思いました。海の魚を完全になめてました。

かろうじてランディングできたのは３０cmクラスの魚でしたが、フッキングしてからの最初の数十秒は竿先が海に刺さったままで何にもできません。ＮＺの大きな鱒でもこんなに強い引きはしませんでした。なにも出来ずにそのまま走られてラインブレイクというのが２回あったのですが、船の前を潜っていった魚影は５０cmくらいありました。

デジカメのバッテリーが切れて写真が６枚しか撮れませんでしたが、魚のファイトが凄くて写真なんか撮る余裕なんてそもそもありませんでした。

海はやっぱり凄いです。

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Where is fish?

It looks like fish is gone.

I have been trying a few different spots for the past two weekends, but I haven't got much to write about.

My friends and I are still catching odd small ones on Canning River, but even finding those fish is a hard work.

Standing in cold water, making a lot of casts without a single bite.

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So, we decided to venture out to the lower part of Swan River today, checking around Nedlands and Claremont areas.

We saw some bait fish which we haven't seen for a month on Canning, but there was still no sign of bream. Although, it was refreshing to fish somewhere different at the end of day.

毎週末、暇さえあれば釣りに行っていますが、この二週間、魚がさっぱり釣れません。小さいのが一匹とか二匹とかそんな程度です。

色々と場所を変えたり、時間帯を変えたりしていますが、結果は同じです。

クロダイは、塩分を求めて河口へ下ったのではと思い、今週は友達と下流にいってみましたが、やっぱり不発。いったい魚はどこへ行ったんだろう？

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