いただきました

静岡お茶。

After seeing it done

firsthand and vowing never to attempt it myself for a number of years, I have changed my mind and decided to take up traditional Japanese bamboo rod making. I have recently begun studying with a master craftsman in my neighbourhood. I am starting off by attempting a basic shirogisu rod with a fibreglass tip. My next lesson is tomorrow, and hopefully this time I will have some photos to post here.

普通のキス天にあきたら

シロギスのハンペンはさみ揚げ。キスを背開きじゃなくて３枚におろして切り身をハンペンに挟んで、のりやしその大葉でとめて天ぷらのころもをつけてかりっと揚げる。レモン塩で食べるのが一番いいと思いますが、ソースやケチャップも悪くない。

　一夜干しが近所の飲み屋で大ヒットだった。

Kisarazu Shirogisu

The fish were taking the bait so often I stopped fishing at 1.30pm; I think I took more than enough for the day.  It was shallow enough (about 10 metres) to use my bamboo kisu rod, for the first time this year.

鰺料理

　南蛮漬け。

Kanazawa Hakkei Aji + USS Kitty Hawk

I was due to go fishing at Omaezaki today, but the recent typhoon put paid to any ships leaving harbour in that part of Japan. Since I had already taken the time off work, and the weather on Tokyo Bay, while poor, allowed fishing, I went to Kanazawa Hakkei and spent a half-day fishing for delicious aji.

One fun thing about fishing the Bay is the huge volume and variety of shipping you can see. Today I got a close-up view of CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk as she was brought into Yokosuka naval base. She will be retired soon and replaced at the base with a nuclear-powered Nimitz-class carrier, much to the concern of various anti-nuclear and peace activist groups in Japan. However sport anglers should be concerned for another reason as the surrounding Bay area will be dredged to accomodate the much greater draught of the new vessel; this will probably greatly impact the local fish stocks, especially the rich shirogisu and makogarei shoals that populate the sea-floor near Yokosuka.

Thanks to the fishing boat Benten-ya for their friendly service as always.

Shirogisu (Japanese Whiting)

Made my second trip in two days for shirogisu (whiting).  It was hot and sunny, I should have worn my Tilley hat.  My catch was pretty much the same as Sunday’s, only I didn’t manage to snag any aji, and I gave half of my bag to my fishing companion, who had rather more hungry mouths waiting at home than I.  I also gave some of my catch to my neighbours, while still leaving me enough to make breadcrumbed whiting for my dinner.

 

 They came out all right.

シロギス釣り

行ってきました。外道に大きなアジ（３３センチ）釣りました。

　釣果はこんなもん。

　アジはたたきみたいなものを作りました。

　キス天。

イシガレイ釣り＋料理２

時期になっている結果か最近多くのアクセスはイシガレイ釣り・料理の検索から来ているのでもう少しイシガレイ料理の写真をのっけます。ポストごとに画像の数に制限あるので新しいのを作りました（前編をご覧になって下さい）。

昆布〆

皮とえんがわのから揚げ

鰈（カレーじゃないよ）コロッケです。

塩漬けにしたあとで一晩干した骨。これから骨煎べいをつくる。残念ですができたものを写真とるのを忘れました。

Matar Paneer

With my holidays starting today, I was due to go out fishing but the weather didn’t hold out.  I made Punjabi food for lunch.