ものごごろ着いた頃には父と釣りに出かけていた。
ひとりで行動ができるようになると独りで釣りに出かけていた。
小さい頃からひとりで過ごすのは好きだったみたいで、今でも独りでの過ごし方自体は嫌いじゃない。むしろ好きかも知れない。
実家もお店を営んでいたこともあり、土日は少年野球。。シーズンオフは釣り。意外とちゃんと季節毎のスタイルが出来ていたのだな。。他にも歴史探訪、読書、ひとりで野球観戦など、確かに独り遊びする少年だったようだ。

ベトナムハノイ居住中も、休みの日は、日本人が絶対来ないようなＣＡＦＥや店でひとり、読書しながら過ごす方が楽ちんだったなぁと納得の表情をしています。

そんな私も最近は、ＯＮＯスタッフ＆同友会の社長仲間と”釣りサークル”なる仲間でＥＮＪＯＹ中です！　今回のターゲットは初の釣りものとなる”太刀魚”前日から逗子マリーナで前ノリ泊して、金沢漁港：忠彦丸さんにお世話になります。結局、前日の夜は様々遅くまで語ってしまい睡眠時間はなんとか３時間はＫＥＥＰ！　超眠い中、忠彦丸さんへ向かいます。
予約はしているので、支払い、乗船名簿記入、仕掛け、天秤、オモリなど、一通り受付等をこなし、いよいよ安田船長による太刀魚釣りレクチャーが始まります。初心者の私たちだけのレクチャーと思っていましたが、乗船者全員でした。レクチャー後の私…“難しすぎて釣れる気がしない…”
これは先行きヤバいな～今日は１尾釣れたらラッキーだなって感じ^^;
これはサークルメンバーも危うしだ！

少しの期待と少しのアキラメの気分を胸に出船です！
船は波風を切り裂き進むので、我々メンバーも波しぶきを浴びながら、釣りのポイントを目指し、東京湾：第２海堡（東京湾の戦時中の砦）あたり今日のポイントみたいです。さあ、今日は太刀魚つりの練習のつもりで、船長に教わったＰＯＩＮＴ
・餌の付け方
・タナ取り
・縦の誘い
・横の誘い
これを今日はマスターして次回からの”太刀魚”戦に向けて実力をつけたいと思います。

さて釣果はというと、なんと１１尾も釣れました。
釣りサークルメンバーも最高１４尾と頑張りました！
難解な太刀魚つり、誘い続けて最高に疲れ＆筋肉痛ですが、
釣って楽しく、食べて美味しい、最高釣りものです！
また直ぐにチャレンジします
晩御飯は
・お刺身
・ムニエル
・キモの味噌汁
で美味しくいただきました。
次回は、
蒲焼とくるくる巻き付け焼きにチャレンジしたいと思います。

太刀魚の歯で右手を負傷して血まみれになったので次回は、これもケアして楽しみます！

（東京湾：天秤太刀魚釣り）

When I was old enough to understand things, I went fishing with my father. When I was old enough to go out on my own, I went fishing by myself. I like spending time alone since I was little, and I don’t dislike spending time alone even now. In fact, I might even like it. My parents ran a store, so I played little league baseball on weekends. Fishing in the off-season. Surprisingly, he had a good style for each season. He also enjoyed historical sites, reading books, and watching baseball games alone. He seems to have been a boy who played alone.

Even while living in Hanoi, Vietnam, he said that it was easier to spend his days off by himself reading books in cafes and stores that Japanese people would never visit.

I’ve been enjoying myself lately with the ONO staff and fellow presidents of the Doyukai, in a “fishing circle” with friends! This time, my target is my first fishing target, “hairtail fish”. I’ll stay overnight at Zushi Marina the day before and stay at Tadahikomaru at Kanazawa Fishing Port. In the end, we talked until late the night before and only managed to get about 3 hours of sleep! Feeling extremely sleepy, we headed to Tadahiko Maru. Since we had made a reservation, we went through all the necessary procedures, such as payment, filling out the passenger register, setting up tackle, scales, and weights, and then Captain Yasuda finally started giving us a lecture on swordfish fishing. We thought it would be just for us beginners, but it turned out to be for everyone on board. After the lecture, I thought, “It’s too difficult, I don’t think I’ll be able to catch anything…” This doesn’t look good for the future – I feel like I’ll be lucky if I catch one today^^; This puts the club members in danger too!

With a little bit of hope and a little bit of resignation, we set sail! The boat cuts through the waves and winds, and we, the members of the club, are splashed with spray as we head for the fishing spot, and it looks like today’s spot will be around Tokyo Bay: Second Sea Fort (a wartime fort in Tokyo Bay). Well, today I’m going to practice fishing for hairtail fish, and I’m going to master the points, bait attachment, depth setting, vertical and horizontal lures that the captain taught me, and improve my skills for the next “hairtail fish” battle.

As for the catch, I caught 11 fish. The fishing club members also did their best, catching a maximum of 14 fish! Hairtail fish fishing is difficult, and I’m extremely tired and sore from all the luring, but it’s fun to catch and delicious to eat, it’s the best fishing! I’ll try it again soon. For dinner, I had sashimi, meunière, and liver miso soup. Next time, I’d like to try kabayaki and rolled and grilled.

I injured my right hand with the teeth of the hairtail fish and it was covered in blood, so next time I’ll take care of that and enjoy it!

(Tokyo Bay: Balance Hairtail Fishing)