Ninja's Diary

Yesterday was another tough fishing day. I only had 5 bites.  I caught one on the vibration baits in the morning.  I was hoping to get more bites on the moving baits. Then I changed to flipping/pitching pattern.  I flipped and flipped rest of the day.  I caught the one almost 5 pounder in the grass.  Then I did not have a bite for a while.  All the sudden I felt a weight on my rod tip, then I set the hook immediately and it was almost a 4 pounder!!  I got him out of the grass and I was ready to lip him.  That moment, he made a last head turn and he got unhooked……………………..  I only had 4 fish yesterday, so that could put me much better place than where I am now.  Oh well, that’s fishing!  I made to the 3rd day now, so I am just going to have more fun!!

Bassmaster Elite series just started.  Fishing was very tough on the first day. I was able to catch limit for 15-2 for 7th place.  But it was not easy at all.  Im not sure what will be happening today, but I will just keep casting!   Kota

Kota

Every time I visit New York state, I see my frined Craig Nels.  He is a wonderful young man who loves to fish. 

He fishes tournaments and mostly guide fish in upstate New York.  He has been teaching many people how to catch bass especially smallmouth.  He lives near Oneida lake in New York state so he knows how to catch them.  I remember when I first met him a few years ago.  I was walking inside the Basspro shop, he started conversation about great smallmouth fishing in upstate NY.  We became friends since then.  He has been improving his fishing skill very much.  I remember he was leading the first day of Bassmaster Open series tournament last year at Lake Champlain.  Well, if you would like to have a good time, I recommend to fish with him and spend some quality time!  You can see more of Craig’s update news for fishing and guiding at www.empirebassandbeyond.com Give him a call or email, you will enjoy meeting Craig!

I just registered at www.twitter.com as Kota Kiriyama! I am new to this, but I will start working with Twitter, and let you guys know update news!

Thanks,

Kota

Today, I took some time to check on truck and camper.  Camper’s water drain pipe under the kitchen had a little crack so I had to bring this camper to get fixed.   It was just a little connector but I had to replace almost the whole drain system.

You can see all the white parts that were replaced. 

Then I got to work on my tackle finally.  I thought basspro gets to fish all the time or at least get to work on fishing tackle all the time, but that is not the case in reality.  There are  a lot of things that need to get done first before I can touch my fishing stuff.  So I am extremely happy when I play with my fishing tackle.  This week, I got some new weapons that I will try. 

Tomorrow, we got the boat inspection, so I made sure my boat is not wet before going to bed.  I just hope tomorrow will be a nice day.

Kota

I just received a photo from my friend, Sencho Sugito.  He is a full time professional guide on lake Biwa. 

This nice fish hit when Sencho was testing a new Shimano Final Dimension rod.  Water is low 50’s and wind was calm.  He caught a few fish a day now, but when he gets a bite, they were all this size!

Good job, Sencho!

Kota

I have been driving for last three days.  Yes, I am going to California to fish Bassmaster Elite series tournaments.  I got the dually with camper and pulling my Basscat/Yamaha boat. 

I saw a lof of snow still in Arizona mountains.  There were few beautiful mountains there with desert mountains. 

Those views were priceless.  All those scenes made my day! This is why I drove all the way from Alabama!  It was worth driving such long time.  Well, I feel better now, and let’s see how tournaments will be!?

Kota

We just uploaded Kota’s Classic Pattern movie at http://www.ninjatacklebox.com/movie/movie.htm !!

I got my jersey on with me there, but it was still cold day!  I had to dead stick the Flick Shake for 30-45 seconds each time!!  But this super finesse technique put me to the final day at the 2010 Bassmaster Classic!

Kota

I have gone back to the Lay lake, Alabama right after the tourament for the Classic pattern filming for the Ninja tacklebox.  This movie will be coming up very soon!  The fish might not be the big fish for other touraments, but this is the kind of fish that got me to the final day at the 2010 Bassmaster Classic!!  I will show you how I made them bite in super tough condition.  So please check us back! at www.ninjatacklebox.com    Kota

Story of American Dream tournament has been to the cover of www.bassmaster.com ! wow!

I am very glad to see the world can get connected through bass fishing!  That’s a wonderful life!

Kota