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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!

3 people on a boat, chasing Mebaru(the black rock fish) and Madai(Japanese snapper), some of us got the triple on a sabiki. It was probably the coldest day in this winter and the water temperature was only 9 degrees celsius where most fish are in low activity. Guess we did a great job in such a bad condition. What We Caught Mebaru(Black Rock Fish) for 15 (20cm-30cm)Madai(Japanese Snapper) for 2 (35cm) Rigs Sabiki (Green and White) 3lb What We Cooked Sugata zukuri(Sashimi art) with Mebaru and MadaiTai meshi(Snapper Rice) with MadaiUshio jiru(Fish Soup) with MadaiSushi rolls with MebaruAquapazza with MebaruSteamed Fish with Mebaru

Chasing for Kanbirame, the mid-winter flounder, started from catching small mackerels then moved onto Nomase fishing (live-bait fishing). Unfortunately couldn’t get any flounder and caught Mebaru, the black rock fish instead. Gear for live bait catching Rod: Daiwa, KOHGA MX (Tai rubber rod)Reel: Daiwa, BASARA 100Line: Braid 16lb.Rig: Sabiki 3lb. (for small mackerels) Gear for flounder nomase Rod: Daiwa, Catalina Jigging RodReel: Daiwa, Saltiga BJ 200 HGLine: Braid 30lb.Leader: 30lb. for 3mRig: Nomase