its been a while since ive been able to get on and hang out, as i have moved from Osaka to tokyo Japan, then took a 3 week vaction to visit the patents in Oklahoma (what a fishing trip!)  glad to be back and looking forward to catching up on all ive missed!

Kana

I was beginning to wonder about you.  Well ..... you said it ........ the fishing trip in OK.  Let's hear it. ;D

well i got there in time for the pre-spawn.  i got hooked up with Keith Cook (BASS pro Ken Cooks brother), through my uncle, and he put me on some awesome fish, for about a week of my trip!  then lent me a smaller boat and i hit the small lakes for some more excellent fish.  i would guess i caught about 60 fish in the 13 days i fished, 7 were over 6 pounds, and pics are on the way.  what a killer trip, now im back home on the most heavily pressure water in the world, and unfortunately, theres no way Ican  beat the fish i caught in the US!  ill still make due! Oh yeah,  Twin tail grubs, and power worms are what it took to get the big girls!

Welcome back,Kana! Sounds like you really slew 'em in OK.

Welcome back!

konichiwa   welcome back

a nice fatty on a 3/8 chartruce spinnerbait

another fattie on a crank

my "guide"  Keith Cook, brother of BASS pro Ken Cook

dink on a crank

Keith witha huge girl ona spinnerbait

small fish taken on a 1/4 spinnerbait

Hi, Kana. It looks like you had a great time. I lived on Okinawa courtesy of the US Army for two years back in 1971 -1973. I have forgotten all the Japanese I learned then. Have you ever bass fished in Japan? I've heard about it but it's always been second or third hand.

yeah right now im fishng 1-4 times a week while im waiting for the employment gods to smile on me.  I live in adachi, in tokyo(almost to saitama prefecture).  around our house we have the Naka river and tons of small cnals and some nice back water  that leads into the river, but i am one of hundreds that fish the same waters.  pressure is high, techinques are very refined and most people have been fishing this area much longer than me so my fishing curve is low.  but i get one evey now and then, and i think its basically because im fishing a differnet style with differnet baits that my japanese counterparts arent using.  ill keep at it. and befroe summer i hope to have it down!  thanks for asking!

Congrats on the fishing trip.  Out of curiosity, what took you to Japan to live?

professionally im a chef, and my wife is japanese.  so we decided to come to japan so i could learn more, to later benefit my career and spend some time living close to her parents, since its been over 8 years since shes been home to stay more than a few weeks.   it was atough adjustment at first, but its worth all the trouble!