tea cup fishing

tea cup fishing
a Japanese method for catching gobies and flounders using porcelain teacups, 20-25 cm across. The cups are stuck at an angle in the mud, providing shelter for fish, which are then caught by hand. The location of the cups is marked by an emergent plant

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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