Lake Biwa Fishing Report For 2010 with Manabu Kurita

Last week, I went to Lake Biwa in an interview in the Japanese fishing magazine “Rod & Reel”.

This was my first bass fishing this year.

I had two fishing days, the first day, I couldn’t catch anything.

On the second day, it rained.

Rainy days and face guards

I met Mr. Matsushita who is Deps’s staff.

He is a guide on Lake Biwa and popular Pro Angler in Japan.

I also met Mr.Okumura who is the President of Deps.

He also received an interview. So there are many person on his boat. lol

Though he always get a big bass in interviews, that day, he seemed to have struggled.

I targeted the giant bass using Swim bait or jig mainly in two days.

Even though Lake Biwa has the giant bass, it is very difficult to catch them.

After all, the afternoon of Day 2, I caught just only one bass about 5lb.

I caught it with jig-swimming, setting the “one-up-shad” as the trailer.

The next day I went fishing, Mr. Yamashita, one of my friend caught a big bass!

This bass was about 65cm, 11lb!

The lure was a Dethadder hog (5 inches) by Deps.

Next week, I’ll go to Lake Biwa again!

Manabu