There is a bit of a catch to winter ice fishing
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WHILE icy winds and plunging temperatures brought snow flurries to Shanghai last week, it also made the wintry conditions exceptional for the ice anglers working on Xiandeng Lake in Xuyi County of east China’s Jiangsu Province.
Taking advantage of its rich and high-quality water resources, the county has in recent years encouraged fish farming in its 123 reservoirs, which vary in scale from small to large.
As the result of a deliberate effort to cultivate an “eco fish farming,” cold water-loving species such as common carp, grass carp, big-head carp and whitefish find winter conditions totally to their liking. Having not seen an angler for months, they’re mellow, relaxed and feeding aggressively all winter long. There has never been a better time to catch the fish for an end-of-the-year dinner.
Chinese people have enjoyed a long tradition of ice fishing, especially in northeast China, where most of the lakes are hard frozen in January and February. During the winter fishing season, fishermen work together to cut the ice, cast their fishing nets and pull in the catch. The nets can measure as long as 2,000 meters, and a single netting can yield as much as 15 tons.
The history of ice fishing in northeastern China can be traced back 1,000 years to the Liao Dynasty (916-1125), and now ice fishing has become a unique cultural event.
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