Hello, RPV.

The heat wave has somehow passed, and the mornings and evenings have become cooler and somewhat more comfortable, but how are you all doing?

We have been busy for some time, but things have finally calmed down recently. However, we are expecting to be busy again next week, as we have received a very nice offer from one of our business partners.

Having had a taste of fishing during the busy season, we were convinced that there were loaches under the willow trees without any evidence whatsoever, and we went to Amakusa again.

I had to receive and ship packages to and from clients, and it was still too hot during the daytime, so I went night fishing at my usual spot. I have been doing night fishing so much that I have become a night fishing specialist.;

We left home at 6:00 pm and arrived at the site around 8:30 pm. When we arrived there, our master was already fishing and said, "We're catching mackerel! We must catch them soon! We rushed to get ready and started fishing. The first cast, we didn't have to wait 10 seconds before the float sank diagonally and we caught a mackerel of a little over 25 cm. After that, I caught about 20 mackerel in about an hour, including some horse mackerels.

The magochi in the picture was one of three caught by a friend who accompanied me on the trip using a lure. Thank you very much. After returning home, I had the horse mackerel and magochi as sashimi, and the mackerel as fried tatsuta. I will go back next week and report if I catch any more fish. If I don't report, it means I didn't catch any fish.

So I went again. My friend and I managed to slip out at night after a break from work.

It was Thursday, September 15, the night of the fifteenth. When I arrived at the site around 8:00 a.m., an elderly local couple, who had always given me their place and taken care of me, told me that they had caught a pike, but it was quite difficult for me, a beginner, to catch this fish. I have to read the subtle movements of the float and match it well, but I have no idea how to do it.

We meekly targeted horse mackerels with sabiki traps as usual. But we only caught a few bean horse mackerels, and I thought to myself, "Well, I guess that's not so bad for our level of fishing. We were half-heartedly patting ourselves on the back and thinking, "Deep-frying them would be a great snack with beer," when the couple who had just come in took pity on us and gave us six pike. Thank you so much for everything you do for us!

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So, out of nowhere, I suddenly felt motivated or obligated to "catch one too! I changed from Sabiki to lure and casted many times, and caught a pike. I was impressed. But that was the first and last one I caught with the lure that day. I was tired of fishing with lures, so I changed to bait fishing and waited for a fish. Then I caught two magochi in a row. I was satisfied with my fishing.;

In the meantime, a friend of mine got a flounder with a lure. After all, you can't beat a good angler, can you?

So, I was reasonably satisfied with my catch for the day. In fact, I was extremely grateful to have received six pike. The couple recommended to dry them overnight before eating them. And so we went back for more! I will let you know the report soon~.