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Re: Ice fishing in Japan 2019
« Reply #120 on: Feb 12, 2019, 06:48 PM »
That's cool, looks like your set up pretty comfortable.

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Re: Ice fishing in Japan 2019
« Reply #121 on: Feb 12, 2019, 09:24 PM »
> kousui-san

Thank you. :)
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>RoeBoat-san

Thank you. :)
I'd like to continue post from now.

>meandcuznalfy-san

Thank you. :)
I'm laying a combination insulation panel under the shelter. The lower ice can’t be melted, and the inside of it is very warm.



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Re: Ice fishing in Japan 2019
« Reply #122 on: Feb 12, 2019, 09:32 PM »
Thank you niru,I have been checking in on your pictures and post. I thinks it’s super cool how you ice fish over there keep the pictures coming, you said it was cold there? What’s was the temperature. I live in Saskatchewan, Canada and today was our warmest day in 10 days and it was -20 degrees Celsius last Friday it was -40 degrees Celsius
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Re: Ice fishing in Japan 2019
« Reply #123 on: Feb 12, 2019, 09:47 PM »
>Slamhound-san

Thank you. :)
Wow, that is incredible temperature. The temperature of yesterday was -5 ℃. Here it is about -15 ° C no matter how low. There is no insulated shelter in Japan. The reason of that in North America, I think that there are a lot of people fishing in low ambient temperatures.

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Re: Ice fishing in Japan 2019
« Reply #124 on: Feb 12, 2019, 10:07 PM »
Niru-san,
Thank you for sharing your pictures. They are very interesting. What kind of rod and reels are you using?

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Re: Ice fishing in Japan 2019
« Reply #125 on: Feb 12, 2019, 10:25 PM »
>grababrewski-san

Thank you. :)
Pic is my electric reels. In Japan ice fishing target fish is usually smelt. We use such electric reel. DIWA’s one is also sold at amazon. Name is “DAIWA Christi A smelt counter reel power type move”.



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Re: Ice fishing in Japan 2019
« Reply #126 on: Feb 12, 2019, 10:28 PM »
Those are cool, looks like they have some sort of digital screen on them.

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Re: Ice fishing in Japan 2019
« Reply #127 on: Feb 12, 2019, 10:32 PM »
>meandcuznalfy-san

Thank you. :)
There, the hoisting speed and the depth are displayed. Speed can be adjusted in 4 steps.

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Re: Ice fishing in Japan 2019
« Reply #128 on: Feb 12, 2019, 10:34 PM »
Ok, how deep do you usually fish?

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Re: Ice fishing in Japan 2019
« Reply #129 on: Feb 12, 2019, 10:37 PM »
>meandcuznalfy-san

It's around 15m.

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Re: Ice fishing in Japan 2019
« Reply #130 on: Feb 12, 2019, 10:43 PM »
Ok, about the same depth I fish.

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Re: Ice fishing in Japan 2019
« Reply #131 on: Feb 12, 2019, 10:50 PM »
>meandcuznalfy-san

That is nice. Let's catch a lot of fish each other!

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Re: Ice fishing in Japan 2019
« Reply #132 on: Feb 13, 2019, 08:22 AM »
Very interesting gear! Thank you for posting the pictures.

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Re: Ice fishing in Japan 2019
« Reply #133 on: Feb 13, 2019, 12:54 PM »
>grababrewski-san

Thank you. :)
The pic is a snowmobile storage cabin at the lakeside that I am using. The storage cost is about $ 270 per year.
There are some places like this in this lake.




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Re: Ice fishing in Japan 2019
« Reply #134 on: Feb 13, 2019, 09:08 PM »
So i see smelt is a very large part of the fishing species.... Are there sny other species of fish you target? Here in michigan smelt are only in a select few bodies of water compared to the lakes available.... We have aound 10,000 lakes in michigan id imagine smelt only inhabit less that 1% of them so other species are usually the main goal
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Re: Ice fishing in Japan 2019
« Reply #135 on: Feb 13, 2019, 09:44 PM »
>Doeslayer-san

The target fish of ice fishing in Japan is almost only smelt. Actually I also want to catch trout, however, in most places the October to March is the ban fishing period. There is one place to release the ban in March, so I’d like to catch the trout there. Fishing tool which the flag stands on the ice, I was yearning, so I imported it last year. I can't wait to use them. I think Michigan is a wonderful place. My FB fishing friends also live in Michigan and enjoy ice fishing.




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Re: Ice fishing in Japan 2019
« Reply #136 on: Feb 14, 2019, 01:07 AM »
I know I’ve asked before, but can’t remember what you said. Do you have any bluegill or bass in the areas you fish? I know they were imported then became invasive in many lakes. Since you have panoptix now, finding them in the shallower water shouldn’t be too hard. Bluegills often stay a little off bottom so the sonar can see them.

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Re: Ice fishing in Japan 2019
« Reply #137 on: Feb 14, 2019, 02:22 AM »
>Seamonkey84-san

Yes, Bass and Gill are living in my lake. And they are certified to foreign invasive creatures in Japan. But Bass fishing is very popular in the open water season as it is silent here. This lake “Hibara Lake” is one of the most popular lake of Bass fishing in Japan. Every week fishing convention is held. A lot of Bass fishing people also fish smelt in the ice season. The fishing method of smelt is very favored by Japanese people and we are crazy about it. Since we Japanese like a little change, we enjoy a slight change on the rod tip. It may be like Zen practice. I am still in training. People who can feel it are so respected as smelt fishing expert. As of now, my panoptix system can’t capture Bass and Gill. I don’t fish Bass in the open water season, because I’m crazy about Kokanee fishing. The panoptix system is also so useful for this fishing.

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Re: Ice fishing in Japan 2019
« Reply #138 on: Feb 14, 2019, 06:29 AM »
Niru thank you for sharing your fishing adventures with us. This is a very interesting thread!  Good luck fishing
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Re: Ice fishing in Japan 2019
« Reply #139 on: Feb 14, 2019, 09:09 AM »
Niru,

Those snail shelters look like something that US anglers might have some interest in. Do you have any information or a website about them? I haven't found anything through Google.
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Re: Ice fishing in Japan 2019
« Reply #140 on: Feb 14, 2019, 02:30 PM »
>DeadEyez-san

Thank you. :)
I'm happy to to able to talk to North American ice fishing enthusiasts.

>bearnoob-san

Thank you. :)
It's the website of the store selling.
Top page http://www3.wind.ne.jp/oleayu_net/new/cart/cart.cgi
Product page http://www3.wind.ne.jp/oleayu_net/new/cart/cart.cgi
(Please press the fourth button.)
Since there seems to be no export, I think whether it's better to ask the import agent as long as there is someone who wants to obtain it.

Pic is handmade snail shelter. Many people are hand-making it. This page shows how to make it.
http://www.ued.janis.or.jp/~kimi/2005%20kata2.htm


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Re: Ice fishing in Japan 2019
« Reply #141 on: Feb 14, 2019, 06:17 PM »
Hi niru-04,
I have also been enjoying your posts and photos, well done. :)
It's neat to see how folks ice fish in other parts of the world and the species they fish for.

How thick is your ice on average?
In my province of Saskatchewan, it is usually 2 to 3 feet thick, depending on how cold our winter is and area.

Some people in SK. also eat smelt, but, all our fish come from the store, no lakes with them in it.
Most people here use frozen smelt to catch other larger fish species like, Northern Pike, burbot or lake trout.

Keep the pictures and posts coming. Good ice fishing to you.  :icefish:

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Re: Ice fishing in Japan 2019
« Reply #142 on: Feb 14, 2019, 09:12 PM »
>Water Wolf-san

Thank you. :)
An area with this lake is one of the most heavy snowfall areas in Japan, snow is piled up about 6 to 8 feet every year. However, as the temperature is not very low, the quality of the lake's ice is not good. The snow that fell on the surface of the lake is freezing. Its thickness is now about 2 feet, but it’ll be up to 4 feet.

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Re: Ice fishing in Japan 2019
« Reply #143 on: Feb 17, 2019, 06:44 AM »
ありがとうございました

Thank you very much
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Re: Ice fishing in Japan 2019
« Reply #144 on: Feb 17, 2019, 04:25 PM »
>bearnoob-san

You are welcome. :)
Pic is yesterday's ice fishing. Catch was 148. Panoptix system was so useful for find fishing point.






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Re: Ice fishing in Japan 2019
« Reply #145 on: Feb 18, 2019, 10:42 AM »
>bearnoob-san

You are welcome. :)
Pic is yesterday's ice fishing. Catch was 148. Panoptix system was so useful for find fishing point.

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Niru-san

I too enjoy your posts. I am intrigued by the blue chalk line you laid out on the last photo. Is that so you can see a measured distance?

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Re: Ice fishing in Japan 2019
« Reply #146 on: Feb 18, 2019, 11:27 AM »
>DeadEyez-san

Thank you. :)
I'm happy to to able to talk to North American ice fishing enthusiasts.

>bearnoob-san

Thank you. :)
It's the website of the store selling.
Top page http://www3.wind.ne.jp/oleayu_net/new/cart/cart.cgi
Product page http://www3.wind.ne.jp/oleayu_net/new/cart/cart.cgi
(Please press the fourth button.)
Since there seems to be no export, I think whether it's better to ask the import agent as long as there is someone who wants to obtain it.

Pic is handmade snail shelter. Many people are hand-making it. This page shows how to make it.
http://www.ued.janis.or.jp/~kimi/2005%20kata2.htm

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Niru san:
I was interested to see your "snail shelter" These were common in the 1970's when I fished in Wisconsin, I have not seen them since, but I have always wanted one. Perhaps I can make one if I can find the plastic clips to secure the plastic to the hoops. My son is moving to Japan next week to teach English, so maybe he can find them for me. I know several people in Japan that fish, but I think you are the first I have seen that fishes through the ice. Is that common there?

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Re: Ice fishing in Japan 2019
« Reply #147 on: Feb 18, 2019, 03:03 PM »
>ActiveTrapChecker-san

Thank you. :)
I take a 30m tape measure on ice and use it for measure the distance from the hole.
Succeeded this time, I was able to find a place where there are many fish up to about 5 m above the bottom.

>badger132-san

Thank you. :)
I hope your son enjoy life in Japan. The story that "snail shelter"  was used also in the United States is interesting. Even in Japan it is very popular in some areas.
Garmin panoptix system is very useful. But that is not common in Japan. I may be the only one who uses it in Japan. :) :)  Because I’m very crazy for ice fishing.







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Re: Ice fishing in Japan 2019
« Reply #148 on: Feb 18, 2019, 08:22 PM »
Ive been hoping for a real person to take to about the panoptix.... Do you like it that much more than a regular sonar? Here it is 3 times the price of my vexilar... 580$ vs 1900$
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Re: Ice fishing in Japan 2019
« Reply #149 on: Feb 18, 2019, 08:44 PM »
>Doeslayer-san

Yes, I like it very much. :) I think it is also useful for ice fishing and Live Scope system is more effective, but Live Scope  is expensive and I can’t purchase it in this season.
I also use them in the open water season for kayak fishing. It’s so fun like Destroyer vs Submarine battle game.

 



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