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a fishing tale

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Happy Yuletide!

On Monday, yesterday, and today this week we went fishing. On Monday we had a bit of luck with some bass-like fish that are suitable for frying or soup but certainly not sushi-grade, and some smaller fish as well. Then yesterday I was skunked for the first time when fishing on the sea from Nichinan. I've had slow days before but to come home with nothing! At least The Boy caught a couple of smaller fish.

One thing that The Boy and I discussed was that our lures were coming back with bit marks. In 80-100m of water with thick rods it's sometimes hard to react. We were losing catchable fish. Well, after yesterday's skunking I went to the fishing gear store and spent about $80 on additional hooks for the lures I've been using: for some reason they sell them here with hooks at the top but not the bottom, so I rectified that. And today, I caught my first flounder and four large fish called amberjacks which are all sashimi-grade. Three of them would probably have had a commercial value of $60-80.

We'll try again in the latter part of next week. We're told to expect it to be cold. The Girl wants to go this time.