My plan was to move the chumming tackle upward as I bait fish, so that school of fish come closer to surface where they will notice my chum slick.

I had no choice, but start bait fishing from the depth at 35-40m from surface which everyone else fishes. No fish was chasing the popper or chum slick, and the point was already filled with 4 other boats bait fishing with chum.

Then I felt completely OK.īait Fishing and Experimental Deep Sinking Game Well… when I opened the chum bucket before filling up the bag, I smelled the first stench, then started to vomit like hell… 15 minutes of pure torture was a ceｒemony to get adjusted to the sea condition. I wanted to attract fish to surface as boat moved on, so I set the popper on spinning tackle as teaser and the chum mesh bag with my own recipe of stinky chum. I recovered a bit and moved on to the next point for blue runners. Row boat was constantly rolling every time big wave hit, anchor wasn’t working effectively, and as soon as I got to the first point for jigging, I began to feel sick as I was tying the knots. The ocean didn’t look mild in the beginｎing and the wind was blowing around 4-6m/s which was making wave little high for small boat, but I saw several boats already in action, so I decided to move on – bad idea.

Chum mesh bag w/rope (kryll, shrimp powder, minced anchovis, and worm powder).

Bait tackle with balancer rig (to kill time).

Lure tackle with popper and jig (teaser and try out).

I got to the boat house around 6am and loaded the row boat with fly tackle and spinning tackle with lures and bait, so that I can possibly kill time before upcoming shot time for blue runners. As passing by, I stopped by Tsuri Zamurai bait shop to pick up source and equipment for chumming for I was going to experiement it along with other methods.

So, I drove all the way to Ito Bay again in the early morning heading for Ocean Tsurigu boat house. Game season for dolphinfish was nearly over, but I wanted to try out my luck for the one last chance.

Bait Chart of Tokyo – Saltwater & Estuary.

Carangidae: jack, trevally, and amberjack.

6am at the chum bucket teaser