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In summer, large horse mackerel enter Osaka Bay. Commonly known as Oni-aji, this large horse mackerel is very tasty and is as popular as hairtail fish when fishing from a boat. This time, boat fishing specialist Masato Tada will teach you how to fish for Oni-aji. Oni-aji mainly migrate around the bottom, so bottom fishing determines the catch. The tackle is 2.9 meters long, and the rod must be longer than normal boat fishing to catch them. At the same time, horse mackerel are prone to cutting off their mouths, so a 64-stroke rod with a strong body bending was selected. In order to get a good grip on the bottom in the fast-flowing Kitan Strait, Tada used a heavy weight tackle. Fishing from a boat that was rising and falling with the waves, Tada showed off his amazing feat of always staying on the bottom, earning the top catch on the boat. When the weight touches the seabed, sand is blown up, making the horse mackerel wary and causing them to stop biting, so he keeps the bottom to within 10 centimeters while constantly checking the depth on the fish finder. Furthermore, rather than letting the line in and out, he always made subtle adjustments of a few centimetres by moving the rod up and down. He never made a big hook, and he never jerked the rod. Once he had a fish hooked, he reeled it in quickly at a constant speed, so as not to let the fish thrash around. It may be unspectacular, but the techniques only a legend can show, and he maintained his lead at the top of the fishing rod.