October 9, 2009

Different Types of Fish Porn

Read any fishing website (especially fly-fishing websites) and you'll see folks offering up "fish porn" - basically pictures of obscenely large or beautiful fish.

Exhibit A: "Fish Porn" courtesy Catch Magazine

As I've mentioned in other posts, I've been toying with Tenkara, which is a Japanese method of fly fishing. As with anything new (to me) I try to absorb information on the subject like a sponge. This led to a recent Google search on the phrase "Japanese Fishing" which yielded the following link and disturbing picture:
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2009/09/strange_snacks_47.php

Exhibit B: Fish Porn? courtesy Village Voice
'Strange Snacks of the World: Japanese Fish Sausage':
Pull a tightly wrapped specimen out of the pack, an
d try as you might, it is hard to overlook the resemblance to a very small, very skinny, condom-wrapped penis. "This sausage may contain tiny black pieces," notes the package helpfully. "These are fragments of fish skin."


Uhh...ummhhhh....uhhh...I think this one fish better left not tasted.
I'd be practicing catch & release.

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