Winter tradition Wakasagi fishing ban lifting Hokkaido Shumarinai Lake January 10 13:14
On the morning of October 10 at Lake Shumarinai in Horokanai Town, Hokkaido, the temperature of the lake dropped to minus 20 degrees, and the winter seasonal fishing wakasagi fishing was lifted.
In Lake Shumarinai, the temperature was higher than normal this season, but the surface of the lake has frozen in the last few days, and the thickness of the layer of ice and snow fell to about 60 cm. At that time, fishing for wakasagi was lifted.
According to the meteorological observatory, the lowest temperature on the morning of October 10 in Shumarinai, Horokanai-cho was minus 24.7 degrees Celsius, the coldest in the winter. At the same time as the lifting of the ban, a large number of people pierced a frozen lake and dropped fishing lines.
After waiting about 30 seconds and pulling the fishing rod, a wagashi of about 5 to 8 cm in length appeared and was jumping.
A 37-year-old woman visited with her father from Mikasa City, Hokkaido, said, "I was able to catch relatively easily. I caught about 40 fish together, so I want to take them home and fry them." Was.
Ayako Kuroda of the Lake Shumarinai Freshwater Fishery Cooperative said, "You can enjoy fishing under the magnificent scenery. I want many people to come by all means."
Smelt fishing at Lake Shumarinai will take place until early April.