The 14th Pyeongchang Trout Festival will kick off on Dec. 30 and runs through Jan. 29, 2023 at the Odaecheon Stream in Jinbu-myeon of Pyeongchang County.

The Pyeongchang Trout Festival has been held each year since 2007 under the theme ‘Winter story with snow, ice, and trout’ and returns after a three-year COVID-19 break.

The Pyeongchang Trout Festival became the main winter festival with over 500,000 visitors, and it was designated as a cultural tourism festival by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

At the opening ceremony, the Committee of the Pyeongchang Trout Festival (Chairman Hwang Bong-gu) will be holding the Hanbok Fashion Show on December 30, 2022 at 3 P.M. CEO Isaiah, who planned the fashion show said, “I combined design elements of Han Dressia and the natural environment of Pyeongchang County for the fashion show. I hope to spread Hanbok to global markets in this fashion show."

The Committee of the Pyeongchang Trout Festival is also planning to hold the ‘Catch Golden Trout’ event during the festival. Those who catch trout with labels from the Pyeongchang Trout Festival Committee will be given pure gold.

Pyeongchang is the place where a trout farm first started in Korea. Pyeongchang trout are larger, firmer and tastier than trout in other areas.

Pyeongchang is at a 700-meter altitude with clean water, and the main festival programs are ice fishing holes drilled into the ice, tent fishing, lure fishing for trout, and bare-hand fishing for fighting off the cold weather. Even beginners can learn how to catch fish, and anyone can enjoy fishing fun.

If you want to catch trout, with the most thrills, try fishing with your bare hands. In this program, you can snag some trout before it runs away with your bare hands. The bare-hand fishing provides a different thrill than traditional fishing.

The Pyeongchang Trout Festival also boasts an indoor fishing hole for kids and a special fishing site for foreigners so that more people can enjoy the trout fishing experience.

Any trout caught in ice fishing or lure fishing can be immediately prepared in nearby restaurants. You can either eat trout such as sashimi or roast trout there.

If you want to try different trout dishes, visit a fish restaurant that provides 15 different menus, including spicy raw trout salad, raw trout bibimbap, sweet and sour trout, and spicy trout stew.

The winter festival will be a great opportunity for fishermen and other holidaymakers as it offers various winter sports as well as ice fishing.

In addition to ice fishing and lure fishing, visitors and their families can enjoy a variety of recreational activities including sledding, skating, ice biking, snow rafting, and riding four-wheel ATVs.

The children’s favorite snow sledding slope got much bigger, and it’s now 120 meters long and 40 meters wide. There is also an ice sled rink just off the snow sled slope.

The Pyeongchang Trout Festival also offers live music and shows by local artists.

Chairman Hwang said, Since the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in 2018, Pyeongchang has grown into a global city of winter festivals." "We will try our best to ensure safety and create an environment where visitors can enjoy the trout festival in Pyeongchang. “

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