smelt fishing; ice fishing for smelt
Refers to fishing for ワカサギ (Japanese smelt), especially the popular winter activity on frozen lakes where anglers fish through holes in the ice.
See also: ワカサギ
In winter, many people enjoy smelt fishing on the lake.
The smelt fishing season is from January to March.
Most common spelling; katakana for the fish name is standard.
Hiragana variant of the fish name; less common but still seen.
Rare kanji form using 公魚 for ワカサギ; it is rarely used.
Compound of ワカサギ (Japanese smelt) and 釣り (fishing). The fish name ワカサギ is of uncertain origin, possibly from Ainu or an old Japanese compound.