100-Year-Old Japanese Fishing Techniques Effective for Most Species in Osaka Bay

Introducing one of the most common fishing methods here in Osaka bay. It’s called “Takajikake” and it’s been used by our local fishermen for more than 100 years until up to date. It’s one of Sabiki rigs that hangs a piece of vinyl directly on a hook. It’s specifically effective when fish are eating whitebait.

It usually has 7 to 10 hooks and 10m to sometimes even over 20m of leader. But it’s not very handy so I shorted the length of leader to 5m and made it less hooks to 4 or 5 hooks. Let’s see if it still works!

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