Sports Fishing in Niigata City and Japan

Seabass Fishing in Niigata West Port in July 2001

I enjoyed masu salmon fishing. Then I enjoyed seabass fishing in Niigata West Port in July 2001.

Spots

Niigata West Port is on the river mouth of the Shinano River. Seabass fishing spots are the tip portion of the west breakwater. Anglers cast lures to the river mouth from it. Look at the map below. The best spots are 1, 2, 3 and 4 in this map.

the tip portion of the west breakwater of Niigata West Port

Pictures below show the brekwater. You see the red lighthouse in the center of the left picture. The river mouth of the Shinano is right of it. The white lighthouse is in the right picture. This is standing on the other side of the river mouth. Anglers stand on blocks by the breakwater and cast lures. It is difficult to land a big one here. You need a landing net with a long shaft.

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The tip portion of the west breakwater of Niigata West Port. You see the red lighthouse in the center of this picture.
the red lighthouse
The tip portion of the west breakwater of Niigata West Port.
the white lighthouse

My Games

In July 2001, I got only four seabasses. In this period, three rankers were fished by others ; one was 95 cm and other two were over 80 cm in length.

My biggest one was only 70 cm in length. I want to get more bigger seabass in autumn. Pictures of my games are shown below.

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Seabass of 51 cm in length. On 12th July.
Seabass 51cm
on 12th July
Seabass of 70 cm in length. On 14th July.
Seabass 70cm
on 14th July
Seabass of 58 cm in length. On 23th July.
Seabass 58cm
on 23th July
Seabass of 65 cm in length. On 25th July.
Seabass 65cm
on 25th July

Red Head

Red head colored lures are Japanese favorites.

I fished those games with lures. Lures are also in pictures with seabass. Japanese anglers like to use lures with "a red head and a white body" colored. We call those "Red Head". I do not know why we use this color pattern. But it is effective color pattern in Seabass fishing. Try it.


Niigata West Port

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Fishing reports in 2001
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