Fishing season starts at Dongping Lake,Tai'an

Recently, Dongping Lake in Tai'an has started the fishing season after months of moratorium. The fishing off period has brought about an abundance of fish, shrimp, and crabs.

A customer buys fish directly from a fisherman on a fishing boat loaded with fish in Tai'an. [Photo/WeChat account: dpwljt]

Dongping Lake, located in the southwest of Shandong province and sits at the intersection of the Yellow River, the Dawen River, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, is known for its vast quantities of aquatic life, including more than a dozen different species of aquatic plants and more than 100 different species of fish.

A fisherman catches a basket of fish on Dongping Lake in Tai'an. [Photo/WeChat account: dpwljt]

(chinadaily.com.cn/Shandian news)