Fishing in Japan

May 29

Hopefully, this wouldn't break the rules, but despite my obsession with trains and steam locomotives being a big part of my life, and I would kill for a trip to Japan to see RASS and Kato Railway Park, but fishing is also my other hobby that I indulge. Knowing Japan has some of the greatest freshwater and saltwater fishing I have ever seen, the freshwater scene is very interesting because of the different species of catfish that lurk in the water.

My top species if I ever wanted to visit Japan specifically for fishing, is got to be the Namazu. Known as the Amur Catfish or the Japanese Common Catfish, small catfish that lives in drainage canals, rivers, lakes, and so forth. A popular species for fishermen and fisherwomen in Japan, a great fighter, and an aggressive predator, and I fell in love with this species ever since I discovered this fish on YouTube.

My second top species is the Biwako O-Namazu, known as the Lake Biwa Catfish, a very huge catfish from Lake Biwa that reportedly can grow up to 300 pounds, which is an interesting claim. But seeing videos on YouTube, they can get big and they're a mysterious predator, and it's another species on my list if I ever get a chance to travel to Japan endemic to Lake Biwa, a wonderful predator.

My third top species is the Unagi, or known as a Japanese Eel, it's a species that has been caught for food for years and is a slimy predator, it's a species I wanted to catch because freshwater eels are an interesting creature, living in rocks and holes, and traveling miles to saltwater to spawn and died, to restart the cycle once more.

My fourth top species is the Akame, or known as the Japanese Barramundi, another predator that is a popular game fish that can grow up to 85 pounds, is a tough fighter, and can flow into salt and freshwater. A giant really.

My fifth top species and the last one on this list is the Ito, or known as the Japanese Huchen, this predator can grow up to over 50 pounds and some say up to over 100 pounds, this species is a relative of the salmon, and trout, it's a beautiful species which can have a nice red livery in a certain time in their life and seeing a live one in the flesh is something I'll save up my money for.

So yeah, my list, these are the species that are the reason why I'm saving up for a fishing expedition, while I do and still love trains and steam locomotives, the fish species of Japan is another whole class of family, it's something I want to do.

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