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Held nightly from May 11 to Oct. 15, you can ride on a yakata-bune boat on Nagaragawa River in the evening to watch cormorant fishing masters using cormorants to fish ayu sweetfish. Before the boats depart, there's also a demo by an ukai fishing master. Photos: http://photoguide.jp/pix/thumbnails.php?album=706

cormorant fishing

Cormorant fishing was first mentioned in the chronicles of Japan in the year 702. The ancient fishing method of fishing masters manipulating the cormorants to catch freshwater fish, goes back to the Edo-period (1603-1867) when it was developed under the protection of the Feudal lords belonging to the Naruse clan. But.... more

Boat trip with a fisherman fishing with cormorants on lake Erhai near Dali.

we begin our journey fishing for the ever ellusive pickerel, the waters were very calm after the nights storm with our trusty guide in hand, and some bait, off we went on our adventure.

On June 16, 2007 the Canadian Forces had a "Family Day" on the shores of Quidi Vidi Lake in St. John's NL. Part of the festivities included a demonstration by the CF SAR team. I was playing in a softball tournament in the area, and was lucky enough to catch this from the area of the ball field.

Ukai goes back over 1300 years. Charlie Chaplin came to Gifu to witness Ukai

Diving Big Cormorant Lake north side

Yangshuo is a small town near Guilin City, in southern China. Li River connects Guilin and Yangshuo. Fishermen on the Li River used to fish using trained cormorants, but now they do that for tourists. The nature around Yangshuo is very beautiful.

A master Usho, cormorant fisherman let his birds catch ayu,freshwater fish after dark during summer months at his fishing zone Oze, Seki, Gifu prefecture, Japan.