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On the Water
Tokara
My trip to Tokara was a pilgrimage. I was being drawn as a GT follower to reach the motherland, dreamed of by many, but visited by few. These waters are the roots to the GT fishing movement, and just like the blues draws music lovers to the American deep south, Tokara is my Mecca. What was to unfold was a journey rich in GT folklore, history and phenomenal real-time events.
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Tackle Watch
In the Pipeline: B.I.T.A.
The idea to build this plug came to me by accident when I was off the coast of Oshima (Big Island) last summer with my buddies. We were at wits end, watching shoals of tuna pop up sporadically all around us. The fish were beyond spooked after having been pounded on by marauding noriai boats jammed with upwards of a dozen guys each.
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Guerilla Plugging
Shiretoko Shenanigans
The Shiretoko Peninsula explodes upward from the ocean –it’s steep green cliffs rising several hundred feet from a thin strip of rocky beach that in many places gets swallowed up at high tide. The topography here is unlike anything I’ve seen in Japan, and I imagine it could easily be mistaken for the coastline of Tolken’s Middle Earth
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The Guts
Help Wanted
The Angler is seeking editorial contributions from offshore and inshore lure fishing enthusiasts around the globe. If you like to write and feel you have something to offer, give us a shout.
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Green Tsuribito
Small Boat Sea Bass Angling
Of all sport fisheries in Japan one of the healthiest, most accessible, and consistent is sea bass. Several varieties exist in Japan - the most prolific being lateo labrax japonicus, called maru suzuki in Japanese.
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Abu-chan's釣り日誌
シーバス混乱
私は、６年間ぐらい東京湾でシーバス釣りをしています。私は、シーバスは関東地方のもっとも立派な魚種だと思っています。他の外国人に、日本でどんな釣りで入門する方がいいか聞かれる時は、いつも「シーバスを狙え」と答えています。実際、東京湾は、東京湾のようにシーバスが釣れる国からのアングラーを誘致するだけの魅力があると思います。
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