Fishing and Bushido, in Kaga and Shonai
Have you heard the word Bushido? It stands for “the way of samurais,” literally, and it tells you about how samurais had to live their life as a soldier. Interestingly, in one era, fishing was highly valued as a training program as a samurai soldier. In other words, fishing was considered to be a very […]
Fishing with shrimp live bait in the most lively city in Japan
If you visit Tokyo and Osaka, you may feel that the atmosphere in Osaka is more active and open, or the city appears more lively. Then, your feeling is right as Japanese people think about what kind of atmosphere the Osaka or Kansai region have. It is said that Osaka had been the city of […]
Yellow Amberjack from Rocky Coast; Trophy for Iso Anglers
Amberjack is very familiar fish in some areas. Greater amberjack (Seriola dumerilli) is in subtropical or tropical seas and oceans (northern most place is southern Japan and in southward Tasmania). In the Atlantic ocean, there is Lesser amberjack (Seriola fasciata). Also, so-called Pilot fish or Banded rudderfish (Seriola zonata) is under the same family. In […]
Angling for Kurodai, Blackhead Seabream
Kurodai has been a very popular target fish for anglers. This fish lives close to the shore, dwells in various types of coast, and feeds on many kinds of food sources. It makes the fish a good game fish, for which anglers try to catch in various fishing methods. Species Kurodai (Blackhead seabream, Acanthopagrus schlegelii) […]
Fishing for Kue, the King of Iso
The goliath grouper is the big entertainment on YouTube. But Japan has monster groupers, too. One of the most prestigious targets is a fish called Kue (Longtooth grouper, Epinephelus bruneus). There are several ways to catch Kue. Iso (rocky coast) fishing (cast-and-wait style, called Sokomono fishing) and offshore boat fishing. Since the uniqueness of the […]
Pleasure of Iso Fukase Fishing
Have you heard about Iso fishing before? Iso stands for rocky coast in Japanese. For Japanese anglers, Iso is the place with rich target fish, which are not commercially available but very tasty. You can say that Iso is an angling paradise, because only anglers are interested in Iso and that it is untouched by […]