穴あな釣づり

noun

fishing by dropping a line into gaps between rocks or tetrapods

A coastal fishing method where the angler lowers a baited hook into crevices among rocks or concrete tetrapods, often from a pier or breakwater.

• 堤てい防ぼうの穴あな釣づりでカサゴが釣つれた。

  I caught a rockfish while hole-fishing from the breakwater.

noun

ice fishing (especially for smelt)

Winter fishing through a hole cut in the ice, typically targeting wakasagi (smelt) on frozen lakes.

• 冬ふゆになると湖みずうみで穴あな釣づりを楽たのしむ人ひとが多おおい。

  In winter, many people enjoy ice fishing on the lake.

noun

sniggling (fishing for eels by inserting a baited hook into their holes)

A specialized technique for catching eels by probing their underwater burrows with a baited hook. Less common than the other senses.

• ウナギの穴あな釣づりは、専せん用ようの道どう具ぐを使つかう伝でん統とう的てきな漁ぎょ法ほうだ。

  Sniggling for eels is a traditional fishing method that uses specialized gear.