After catching a few palm size bream, I finally got connected to one fine fish at the end of the session today. The hit was quite gentle, but when I tightened my line, the fish bolted and jumped out of water about 2 ft. It took me a fraction of a second to realize it was bream.
Because it jumped towards me, I was forced to deal with a slack in the line quickly. Only thing I could do was to lean backwards while holding my short rod high in the air. To be honest, I was lucky I didn't fall backwards.
A good size bream does what we call "bream roll". The fish swims up to the surface and rolls towards you which can throw a hook away sometime. I think it is similar to a kind of a Judo throwing move. You pull and your opponent pushes you same time, and you are thrown onto the ground (or the other way around?).
Anyway, the fish I got today did that in the air. It jumped out, turned its body, and went back into water with a head first. It was a fantastic way to end the day.
This was a leaper.
最後に釣ったクロダイは、気合いが入っていました。ヒット自体は、小さなアタリでしたが、一旦フッキングすると一気に水面まで上がってきて、５０cmを超える跳躍を見せました。普通クロダイは、ジャンプなんてしませんが、よほどやる気があったのでしょうか。
こっちに向かってジャンプしたので、ラインのたるみを取ろうと、慌てて竿を高く上げて後ろに仰け反りましたが、危うくそのまま後ろにひっくり返る所でした。３５cm位の魚でしたので、それほど大きなサイズではありませんでしたが、それでもあの丸々太った体からすると、虹鱒もあっぱれなジャンプでした。ただ、この一飛びでパワーを使い果たしたのか、その後の引きは、それほどじゃありませんだした。
春になって魚のテンションも上がって来たのかもしれません。
Foot prints of dinosaurs roaming along the river
The tide has been very low for the past few days.
It is a pain in the neck to get a hook out of these things.
My yummy bream cake that I had for morning tea today.
