On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 17:05:22 GMT, wrote:

I have always wondered - and have never been there - on an overpopulated
island - like Japan
What kind of frsheater fish do they fish for?
Re there any wild bnative species left?

Probably the primary freshwater game fish there is the LM bass, but there are
native trout as well - and of course stockers. A method of fishing similar to
high stick nymphing evolved there when the country was still closed to the west,
but western style fly fishing is more common there days.

A lot of Japan is mountainous and sparsely settled, the population is
concentrated in the big cities. I have fished for trout there, but the
regulations and methods of gaining access can be a bit confusing. The streams
are lovely, though, and worth the effort. I've also fished for bass in the
Imperial moat in Tokyo, which isn't quite as lovely in some places.
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Charlie...
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