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A Net under Ice, Water through a Canal

Around Chagan Lake, winter fishing sends a net beneath the ice through coordinated work, selective mesh and seasonal lake rites. The managed fishery follows another calendar, with hatchery releases, protected zones and water monitoring. Beyond the lake, the Yinsong canal carries Songhua River water toward Chagan and nearby fields; its route connects irrigation decisions with lake and wetland management.

A Team Routes the Net Beneath the Ice

Several horses are harnessed to radial poles around a central winch on snow-covered ice, with a person beside it.

Horse-powered winching equipment on the ice, pictured in Travel China’s Chagan Lake winter-fishing feature.

A Net Beneath the Ice: The Teamwork of Chagan Lake’s Winter Fishers

Follow the winter fishery from a net routed beneath the ice to the lake rites, selective mesh and local businesses that carry the catch into the cold season.

Follow the sequence of a winter fishery and the work behind it, from a net’s passage under ice to mesh choices and the businesses carrying the catch.

A Working Lake with Monitored Fishery

A Working Lake: Fry, Fingerlings and Chagan’s Managed Fishery

Follow Chagan Lake’s managed fishery from hatchery releases through seasonal harvests, protected-zone markers and routine water monitoring.

Read about Chagan Lake’s managed fishery through seasonal harvest, water monitoring and floating markers for protected zones, separate from winter net fishing.

How the Yinsong Canal Reworked Lake and Farmland

Trace the Yinsong canal from the drainage and salinity problems of the Qian Gorlos irrigation district to its continuing role in fields, wetlands and water management.

Trace the diversion from the Qian Gorlos irrigation district’s drainage and salinity problems to its continuing role in fields, wetlands and water management.

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  1. Horse-powered winching equipment on the ice, pictured in Travel China’s Chagan Lake winter-fishing feature.Source: Travel China, an official Ministry of Culture and Tourism website; photographer not stated. · Rights status unknown Photo source ↗