History of Japanese Bass Fishing

From this video you can understand Japanese bass fishing on these points;
– How it started
– Why it got so huge
– Today’s situation

Largemouth bass is not native species in Japan.
But as a game fish, it is one of the popular targets in Japan.
You can see how this fish was brought to Japan from the US.

As a current situation, as some of you know,
Japanese bass fishing market is in hard situation.
In this video you can grasp the reason why it is the case.

If you want to read about this topic, please visit my blog page.
https://www.tyhasegawa.com/2025/11/26/history-of-black-bass-fishing-in-japan/
(All the photo credits used in this video is shown in the blog page above.)