Good fishing at a jetty amid beautiful autumn weather in Japan

 

I went to the fishing pier or jetty around 9 am thinking it was early and the place empty. I was wrong because by the time I've arrived, the jetty was crowded as shown in the photo above. 

By the time I have done, I've caught 5 small garoupa which were ideal for making karaage.

The karaage fish and the sweet potato leaves from our neighbors' farm was our dinner. The chocolate muffins and coffee was dessert.

The weather was excellent with a top temperature of 20c. It was sunny throughout the day with light breeze while I was at the jetty.

Recce for a good fishing ground in Japan

 

Spent the whole afternoon looking for another place to fish. It wasn't that nice (the place) as I noticed that not many fishing enthusiasts caught fishes. They were around a dozen of them and probably were there from early morning.

Before heading home, we proceeded to a supermarket and bought our dinner as shown above. There are the ham/egg sandwiches, kaisendon, fruit cakes (not in the pic) and fried oysters with mayonnaise sauce.

Another day at the jetty in Japan

 Returned to the jetty again to fish. This time there were a few yellow tails or known as selar in SG or nasi lemak fish as well as a 5 kg stingray. It was cold and chilly and coupled with the intermittent drizzling and strong wind, it was not so fun.

After returning home, we cleaned the fishes and cooked them for dinner. First, the ray was cooked in Indian curry, the selar were made into sashimi and karaage. The leftover of the curry was kept in the fridge.

Jetty fishing in Japan during autumn

 

Fishing at the jetty is quite fun especially if you can catch some fishes on a lovely autumn day. The average afternoon temperature was 20c. The above photos were taken in the evening before we left for home.

Fishing off the coast of Shimonoseki, Japan

 

 

The garoupa (top pic) was caught by me off the coast of southern Japan at a place called Shimonoseki. It weighs about 5 kilogram. We made sashimi out of it which was fresh and tasty. The other fish was a giant yellow tail weighing about 7 kg also caught by me (bottom pic)

SGD$10 lunch in a Japanese restaurant

 

Visited a popular restaurant in Japan and had lunch there today. We were there as early as 11 am which is the opening time. Within the next 10 minutes before we got our food, the place was already crowded. We ordered the most popular dish (set lunch) which was the Hamburg steak. It came with some noodles and a plate of fried eggplants and shredded cabbage. Included in the set was also a cup of delicious miso soup and a hot cup of freshly brewed coffee. The meal was very good considering the price of S$10 for a set. We will be returning for another meal in the near future.

BBQ beef and chicken for dinner

 

Beef Cheese Burger (Homemade)

It is raining the whole morning and so we decided to make our own beef and cheese burgers instead of going out in the rain for lunch. Off course we can't match the burgers from McDonnel's or Burger King but we will try to make them as delicious as possible.

Fishing in Japan

 

                                     In 1980, I caught a garoupa off the Bedok coast (top picture)

Few weeks ago, I caught another garoupa of almost the same size as the one in 1980. This time it was off the coast of Shimonoseki, Southern Japan in the year 2021 (41 years later).

Fishing has always been my hobby but since the 1980s, I have not done any fishing as the water off Singapore do not have many fishes anymore. The sea is polluted and over fishing is also the reason for not having many fishes. But oh boy I am sure glad that I can fish in Japan. Besides, we are lucky to have neighbors who are also fishing enthusiasts. We (my wife & I) have been on fishing trips with our neighbors on 3 occasions. 

Back blogging again after a long absence

 I am back after a long hiatus. Reason for my long absence is because I have some issues with Google over the advertisements that appear in this blog. Am glad it is resolved now and so will continue to carry on my blogging.

Currently, I am residing in Japan and happy about it due to the low Covid infection rate. I am in the southern part of Japan in the prefecture of Fukuoka. Right now the daily infection is in the double digit and unlike Singapore where I used to live, is nearing 3,000 cases.