Tokyo police recently arrested a man with a passion for fishing - fishing for women’s underwear. Akira Hino was arrested for stealing underwear hanging from a laundry pole on a second floor balcony. Apparently, he used a 10 foot rod and snagged the undies with a hook.
When police arrived at his house they found more than 500 pairs of women’s underwear! But it gets better, he reportedly told investigators he had got into the habit of stealing undies more then 30 years ago!
Long-time reader Chris sent in some photos from his latest fishing adventure in Japan. Check out the size of this octopus!
I went octopus fishing in Kobe, Japan last week. I caught a 3.5 kg monster. I am told he would be 3 years old. My first octopus and first time fishing for them! Not a bad first day. Unfortunately, no one else caught anything that day, but there is always next week!
Here are a few photos. The crab was the bait!
Recently I received this great email from Adam Guy, who also runs a great Japanese blog- The Compleat Tsuribito, it makes a great appetizer for Japanese fishing and cooking in a nice bite sized package.
Adam Guy writes:
One of my fishing buddies volunteered to drive, so we decided to go fishing for a flatfish known locally as ‘ishigarei’ (Stone flounder; Kareius bicoloratus) from the port of Kashima, which is on the Pacific coast of Japan, in Ibaragi Prefecture. My mate and I took three each, including one good-sized fish each; since this was the first attempt at this kind of fishing for both of us, we did quite well.
Unusually the ishigarei does not have scales, but instead a few bony protrusions (the Japanese refer to them as ’stones’ hence the name) on the skin on its dorsal surface, that produce copious amounts of a rather foul-smelling fish slime. However, if one removes these the fillet of the fish possesses a firm, white yet oily flesh that is quite delicious. Also, unlike most flatfish, they grow quite large and can prove quite amusing to catch; the largest one I took was 47cm long and put up a tremendous fight. To ensure their anglers enjoy the eating of their catch as much as the fishing, most boathouses will kill, bleed and de-stone the fish that you catch for you when you get back to port, and give you salt to rub into their skin to reduce the slime, before packing the fish in ice and going home.
You gotta hand it to the Japanese for coming up with original ideas like indoor fishing. They even have restaurants that allow you to catch your own dinner!
For all you evolution doubters out there, take a look at this chimp in action and tell me humans didn’t evolve from apes! Not only can he take a train all by himself, but he can also go fishing by himself!
Everything in Japan is so much cooler then it is here in Canada. Just check out the Surface Bait Libertaria. The site isn’t in English, but it doesn’t matter, just take a look at some of their photos and their lures. Hopefully one day we’ll be able to afford a fishing trip to Japan and experience some hard core surface, smash it up!
Hello again, i have never been able to wear a hat before because i didn't know how it should go, but thanks to the 3 illustrations on the art of wearing a hat i feel confident now and if i should be lucky enough to win i could wear it knowing it is on correctly!!!...Cheers mate!
A guy at work was telling me about the evening secret and how great it was. so i thought i would check it out. what a scam i got a crappie light that does the same thing. That guy is an asshole anyway i'm gonna tell him its great and see if he actually buys it. haha
I have a friend whose cottage is on Lake Chemong, never fished in it although I've heard all the stories. I was walking in it this weekend past, paddled it too, with Alexander directing.....check out the Curve Lake Powwow sometime!!!!
I worked so hard this weekend, the shirt fell right offen me, so I need that shirt more than ANYONE else!
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Fishing Fury - A fishing blog about two guys with a serious passion for fishing, the great outdoors, crazy adventures, and heart-pounding entertainment.(5 days, 2 hours ago)
Hi all,
I am Dick van Hattem. The men who caught this wonderfull pike in the Netherlands.
The pike was actualy 120 cm long, weight exactly 16.5 kilo's and was caught on a death perch on 10 meter deep water on 27 december 2000.
But now.... the photo was shopped for fun. I had a reading for a fishingclub and this was the last picture of the reading I had for 100 quest. Name of the picture.... I have a dream..... Everybode was laughing. Really funny, never claimed the world record. Because it is not by far.
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Tokyo police recently arrested a man with a passion for fishing - fishing for women’s underwear. Akira Hino was arrested for stealing underwear hanging from a laundry pole on a second floor balcony. Apparently, he used a 10 foot rod and snagged the undies with a hook.
