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In the early fall morning, targeting Shiro Amadai(White Tilefish) here in the east coast of Awaji. Shiro Amadai is known as one of the most expensive fish in a market. The spot is only a minute offshore from our home marina. The rig we used this time was Tai Rubber, the same rig when we fish Red Snapper. Tackle Rig: Tai Rubber 80g (approx. 3oz) Rod: 6ft Light Jigging Rod (AbuGarcia)Reel: 100 Baitcasting Reel (Daiwa) Main Line: Braid 20lbLeader: Mono 16lb Cook Matsukasaage(Fried fish with fish scales on)Sushi(Skin torched)

Back on my home water, we caught Buri, a big yellowtail. It’s a livebait fishing starting from collecting some small mackerel as baitfish and let them swim around the bottom to wait for the gib one to bite. One of the most common and effective fishing methods to chase for some big fish eaters. Fishing Tackle for Buri Rod: Oyogase medium hard rod 7ft.Reel: Daiwa Fune 100, Small Baitcasting ReelLine: Braid 30lb.Leader: Mono 30lb. for 3.2ft

Flew to Amami Island to go fishing in Tokara Islands which is an unexplored region in Kagoshima prefecture, chasing for some biggest greater amberjack. We were four people chartered the boat and took us 3.5 hrs on a boat to reach the spot, it was so tiring but worth it. Everyone caught its huge amberjack. We sent our fish back home and cooked Sushi. Charter: Ocean Pioneer Fishing Tackle for Greater Amberjack Rod: Oomono Oyogase 6ft.Reel: Daiwa Seaborg 800Line: 300m, 100lb.Leader: 200lb.Baitfish: Muroaji (Mackerel)

Summer is the best season for Tako, the octopus to catch and eat. People get crazy about fishing Tako from June to August especially here in the Kansai region. My son asked me that he wants to give a Takoyaki party, so I grabbed my fishing rod and went for Tako fishing. Fishing Tackle for Octopus Rod: Light jigging rod 6ft.Reel: Light baitcasting reel #100Rig: Egi for Octopus

On my way back from Octopus catching, as for my son’s request that he wants to have a Takoyaki dinner, I noticed that there are still some livebait leftover from the previous trip. I was trolling on my boat for one knot/h in the shallow water expecting some flounder, when I caught a 22lb yellowtail. Tackle Setting Rod: Shimano – World Shaula 1581FReel: Daiwa – Saltiga #200BJMain line: 30lbRig: Drop shot with a livebait(Jack mackerel)Weight: 8oz

I visited a UNESCO Global Geopark for a Kayak camping. This is where I went fishing the other day with my friend for the first time, and caught orange spotted grouper which was really tasty. I couldn’t resist visiting there to catch more of them. Same as the last trip, I enjoyed kayak fishing, Onsen(Hot spring) and camping there. San’in Kaigan UNESCO Global Geoparkhttps://sanin-geo.jp/english/ Kinosaki Onsenhttps://visitkinosaki.com/

Rig Setting Target: FlounderType: Livebait fishing with a drop rigLeader: 30lbSinker: 4ozLivebait: Jack mackerelRod: 6ft medium hardReel: Daiwa with 25lb Braid Fishing I was originally chasing flounder but ended up catching a huge seabass (80 cm). I finally hooked a decent fish after several failures. Cooking I cooked carpaccio and grilled fish from the seabass. The video includes a lecture on filleting the fish.

Fishing: Guided father-son guests from the US. First we chased Red snapper but they didn’t bite, then we ran into hungry Jack mackerel and caught many at last. Cooking: I cooked Aji Sashimi and Sandwich. This Sashimi recipe is quite popular one among our local fishermen. The Drone Video is provided by @ozoraco (Instagram) Tackle Info. Rods: Light jigging rods(6ft)Reels: Small Baitcasting Reel(Daiwa)Main line: 16lbRigs: Sabiki(6lb), Tai Rubber(16lb, 80g)

Introducing the legendary rig called Tai Rubber which has been used for more than 200 years by our local fishermen in Japan to catch Big Japanese Red Snapper. It’s built by mainly three parts, a sinker, a double hook and a rubber piece called a tie. It’s adoptable depending on the bait they are eating, like you would choose the orange tie when they are eating shrimp or anchovy, by the way, orange and red are the most standard color choice.

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!