Icefishing is one of extreme sports. If the winter is not snowy, in November near Khabarovsk there are many fires.
Amur sleeper is a tiny predator which survives in shallow winterkill lakes. The biggest specimens can be over a pound.
If you can not get to better water, it is possible to fish for sleepers at the ice of almost any shallow lake.
Sleeper is small but tasty fish
Lotus seeds in winter
Frozen lotus bed
It is possible to catch Amur sleeper in both lakes and side-channels with no current.
