One of my favorite activities during the winter time is
smelt fishing on
frozen lakes.
We went to
Lake Shinoro, 50 minutes away from Sapporo. You may think the vinyl greenhouses are for
vegetable, but actually there are for
anglers on the frozen lake!
First, we rented fishing rods, and bought some baits. The fee including rental equipment, bait, and
hot spring admission is 1,500 yen! Reasonable, isn't it?
Yes, a famous hot spring site is near the fishing points. Actually this area is blessed with really recommendable
high-quality onsen water!
Even through you don't know how to fish, don't worry about it!
The staff will show you how to do it.
The lake has three fishing points, and the
north point is usually recommendable!
Let's go!!!
This is our vinyl house for fishing.
Inside of the house is.................
It has a small
heater inside and very comfortable! You don't have to make a hole through the lake ice. What you have to do is to sit on the chair and enjoy fishing!
Sounds
easy and
fun, doesn't it!!!
When we looked at the lake bottom,
several smelts were swimming! We were so excited from the beginning!
Here we go!
All: "How many smelts can we catch?
Let's compete with each other!"
Five minutes later I hooked the first smelt!
Yeah!!!!!
I've caught a Japanese dace, too (the
bigger one).
We were going
very smoothly!
I fished smelts
one after another.................
This is my catch yesterday;
seven smelts and
two daces! We really enjoyed fishing on the
iced lake!
Please pay attention, ladies and gentlemen!
Wow! Wow! Wow!
The record holder this year caught
308 smelts a day! I cannot believe it! We have to come back to catch more than 309 smelts a day to
get a gift from the sponsor!! Hahaha!
Please take your catch to "
Michi no eki (meaning roadside station) Shinsinotsu"!!
A restaurant at this facility will cook your fish
free of charge!
I ordered them to cook my catch as
tempura!!
Voila!
This is my catch! The bigger ones are
daces and the smaller ones are
smelts.
Yummy x 2!!! I love the tempura made of my catch!!! They are
very fresh!
We were so hungry that we ordered something delicious here!
This is a special menu↓
We've found
abalones in a fish tank! Look very wonderful!!!
First, we ordered
venison steak!
Hokkaido is home to many
shika deer and we eat the meat, too!
I love it!
Next, we ordered a
BIG abalone!
We really love this
gut! I ordered a big abalone because a big one should have a
big gut, too!!! Hahaha!
Perfect!
We really enjoyed this
very fresh abalone
sashimi!!
Last but not least, we ordered a
special prawn tempura bowl!
The bowl of rice is topped with
15 prawn tempura!!!
Hi, hip, hooray!!
After enjoying the dinner together, we took hot spring at the same facility.
We had a wonderful time!
■Where is Lake Shinotsu?
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