Each participant are give a fishing line, a plastic bag and a fishing zone pass.

They are then required to find an open hole on the frozen river or cut themselves a new one.

Some 14,000 holes are already drilled on the ice.

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The catch is sancheoneo, a pop in of mountain trout, that lives in the icy cold water.

Photos by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters viaAvaxnews

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