I drove through the bumpy narrow road in the woods of Kaka and arrived at the parking space in Kukedo-bana about 6 a.m. this morning. I got amazed at how popular Kukedo-bana was. Although it was Monday today, there were already three cars left at the parking space. Even after I started throwing my lures from Senjojiki, one of the fishing spots in Kukedo-bana, two new fishermen came to the spot one after another. One of the new fishermen said he was for the red sea bream. After I kept throwing my lures for one hour and failed to catch anything, I asked him if he had caught anything. He said, “only bycatch.” Then, after knowing I had been for the yellowtail amberjack, he consoled me saying, “You would catch it if the sea were a bit rougher.” Afterward I took a picture of sea anemone with my underwater camera.
(加賀の林中のデコボコした狭い道を走り、今朝6時頃、潜戸鼻の駐車スペースに到着しました。潜戸鼻の人気の高さに驚きました。今日は月曜日だというのに、駐車スペースには既に3台の車が駐められていたのです。潜戸鼻の釣り場の一つ、千畳敷でルアーを投げ始めてからも、新しい釣り人が2人、次々とやって来ました。そのうちの一人は真鯛狙いでした。1時間ほどルアーを投げ続けても何も釣れなかったので、私は彼に「何か釣れましたか?」と尋ねました。すると「エサ取りばっか」とのこと。そして、私がヒラマサを狙っていたことを知ると、「もう少し海が荒れちょらんと釣れんわ」と言って慰めてくれました。私はその後、水中カメラでイソギンチャクの写真を撮ったりしました。)