Recreational fishermen flocked to a river in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Tuesday for the opening of the ayu, or sweetfish, season.
Scores of anglers, many from Tokyo and its vicinities, dropped their lines along the Naka River at first light for the annual first-of-June start of the fishing season for the prized fish.
Some of them used live ayu as bait while others tried their hands at fly fishing.
A local fishermen's association released roughly 700,000 fry in the river this year. But the 2010 catch is expected to be relatively small due to unseasonably cold weather.
An angler said it is fun to catch ayu using live bait
and that he started preparing his rod and tackle one month ago.
The fishing season for ayu in the Naka River will run through November 10th.
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