日の出
3連休を利用して隠岐に帰ってきた。本当はロータリーの関係で、バリ島に行かなければ成らなかったが、サボって隠岐へ帰った。多分にそのしっぺ返しは怖いが、時には我侭を許してもらおうと自分勝手に決めたのであるが、今回はその甲斐があり、素晴らしい帰省となった。
その第一は天候に恵まれ、外海に出れたこと。ただ、恵まれすぎて波は0.5～１ｍとべた凪であったが、暑さには参った。日本海に小船を浮かべての釣りは、陰ひとつ無く、海の照り返しも強く、熱中症になってもと思うと少し怖かったくらい。だって、見渡す限り海、島影はなんとか見える範囲ではあるが、僚船は一艘も無く、大海の中で一人釣り糸をたらしているのだから・・・。
水深１００～１２０メートルのところでレンコ鯛をねらうが、場所さえ間違わなければほぼ入れ食い状態。ベテランになると、一度に２匹３匹を架けて上げるが、小生は未だその域に達せず、１匹架けると喜びいさみ、つい上げてしまう。それでも結構な成果。３日間で90枚くらいは釣った。
それはそれで楽しいが、魚場に向かう道中の素晴らしさ・・・。早朝５時出港、10分程走ったところで日の出となる。海の中から太陽が出てくる・・・、地球の夜明け、黎明、何と表現すればよいのか、ボキャブラリィーの低い小生には無理があるが、とにかく素晴らしく感動的な風景である。
I came back to Oki Island over three consecutive holidays. I had to go to Bali because of Rotary, but I skipped the trip and went back to Oki. I’m afraid that it will come back to haunt me, but I decided selfishly to let my ego get the better of me this time, and it was worth it.
First of all, we were blessed with good weather and were able to go out to the open sea. However, we were too fortunate to have a sticky calm with 0.5 to 1m waves, but we were overwhelmed by the heat. Fishing with a small boat in the Sea of Japan, there was not a single shade and the reflection of the sea was so strong that it was a little scary to think that I might get heat stroke. We could see the sea and the shadow of the island as far as the eye could see, but there was no boat to help us, and we were fishing alone in the ocean.
You can target sea bream at a depth of 100 to 120 meters, but if you don’t make a mistake, you’ll almost always get a good bite. When I become a veteran, I raise two or three fish at a time, but I haven’t reached that level yet, and when I raise one fish, I am so happy that I raise it. I caught about 90 fish in three days, which is still quite a result.
It’s fun in its own way, but it’s great on the way to the fishery… We left the port at 5:00 a.m. and the sunrise came after about 10 minutes of driving.
