Tokyo Bay Sharks - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

philr21 · 04-23-2013, 06:07 PM

Hi guys.

Small world. This is the back side of base, behind Chili's (used to be Seaside). The fish aren't always in there, but the ishimochi (croaker) moved in pretty close which brought the sharks with them. For some reason the Japanese commercial guys think they own the water. It gets really frustrating at times. They'll even come tell you that you can't fish certain areas when you are in a boat in wide-open ocean, it'll drive you nuts. Had one tell me to go back to America in my old boat. My wife is Japanese, so I've learned to deal and can sometimes see both sides, it is what it is.

I kept these to eat, almost identical to leopards back home. The shark grabbed the fin of one of the other sharks, had to shake it off!

Reel is a Calcutta Conquest 800F. As with the TE, they quit making them!!!! Pisses me off to discontinue such an awesome reel. The new models are the F series (boat equivelant of the new Calcutta D). Similar in shape, but lacks clickers and silver in color. Also 100 bucks cheaper. Like the Conquests and TE's better.

04-23-2013, 06:07 PM	#17
philr21 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Yokosuka, Japan Posts: 228	Hi guys. Small world. This is the back side of base, behind Chili's (used to be Seaside). The fish aren't always in there, but the ishimochi (croaker) moved in pretty close which brought the sharks with them. For some reason the Japanese commercial guys think they own the water. It gets really frustrating at times. They'll even come tell you that you can't fish certain areas when you are in a boat in wide-open ocean, it'll drive you nuts. Had one tell me to go back to America in my old boat. My wife is Japanese, so I've learned to deal and can sometimes see both sides, it is what it is. I kept these to eat, almost identical to leopards back home. The shark grabbed the fin of one of the other sharks, had to shake it off! Reel is a Calcutta Conquest 800F. As with the TE, they quit making them!!!! Pisses me off to discontinue such an awesome reel. The new models are the F series (boat equivelant of the new Calcutta D). Similar in shape, but lacks clickers and silver in color. Also 100 bucks cheaper. Like the Conquests and TE's better.