Areas
Kii Channel and Western Wakayama
The Kii Channel and western Wakayama coast form one practical fishing area between the Seto Inland Sea and open Pacific water. Seasonal inshore and pelagic fish provide varied targets, but channel currents, wind and exposed shores require care. Access varies, so check current local signs and rules before fishing.
- Prefectures
- Wakayama
- Waters
- Seto Inland Sea, Southern Pacific coast
Fish you can catch in this area
Fish biting this month are shown first
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Dusky Rabbitfish
アイゴ / Siganus fuscescens
August
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Yellow Grouper
アオハタ / Epinephelus awoara
August
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Knobsnout Parrotfish
アオブダイ / Scarus ovifrons
August
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Blacktip Grouper
アカハタ / Epinephelus fasciatus
August
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Ara
アラ / Niphon spinosus
August
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Chicken Grunt
イサキ / Parapristipoma trilineatum
August
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Spotted Knifejaw
イシガキダイ / Oplegnathus punctatus
August
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Barred Knifejaw
イシダイ / Oplegnathus fasciatus
August
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Azurio Tuskfish
イラ / Choerodon azurio
August
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Unicorn Leatherjacket
ウスバハギ / Aluterus monoceros
August
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Round herring
ウルメイワシ / Etrumeus micropus
August
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Areolate Grouper
オオモンハタ / Epinephelus areolatus
August
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Weedy Scorpionfish
オニカサゴ / Scorpaenopsis cirrosa
August
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Whitefin Trevally
カイワリ / Kaiwarinus equula
August
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Japanese Anchovy
カタクチイワシ / Engraulis japonicus
August
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Skipjack Tuna
カツオ / Katsuwonus pelamis
August
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Greater Amberjack
カンパチ / Seriola dumerili
August
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Hong Kong Grouper
キジハタ / Epinephelus akaara
August
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Yellowfin Seabream
キチヌ / Acanthopagrus latus
August
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Yellowfin Tuna
キハダ / Thunnus albacares
August
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Multicolorfin Rainbowfish
キュウセン / Parajulis poecilepterus
August
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Bigeye Trevally
ギンガメアジ / Caranx sexfasciatus
August
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Longtooth Grouper
クエ / Epinephelus bruneus
August
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Grey-spotted Puffer
クサフグ / Takifugu alboplumbeus
August
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Pacific Bluefin Tuna
クロマグロ / Thunnus orientalis
August
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Crescent Sweetlips
コショウダイ / Plectorhinchus cinctus
August
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Blue Mackerel
ゴマサバ / Scomber australasicus
August
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Mangrove Red Snapper
ゴマフエダイ / Lutjanus argentimaculatus
August
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Painted Sweetlips
コロダイ / Diagramma pictum
August
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Japanese Striped Eel Catfish
ゴンズイ / Plotosus japonicus
August
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Japanese Sardinella
サッパ / Sardinella zunasi
August
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Common Dolphinfish
シイラ / Coryphaena hippurus
August
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Sharpbeak Terapon
シマイサキ / Rhynchopelates oxyrhynchus
August
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Japanese Whiting
シロギス / Sillago japonica
August
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Bullet & frigate tuna (souda-gatsuo)
ソウダガツオ / Auxis rochei / Auxis thazard
August
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Doubleline Fusilier
タカサゴ / Pterocaesio digramma
August
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Bright Knifefish
タカベ / Labracoglossa argenteiventris
August
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Flagtail Triggerfish
ツマジロモンガラ / Sufflamen chrysopterum
August
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Rainbow Runner
ツムブリ / Elagatis bipinnulata
August
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Japanese flyingfish
トビウオ / Cypselurus agoo
August
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Scalpel Sawtail
ニザダイ / Prionurus scalprum
August
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Japanese Eel
ニホンウナギ / Anguilla japonica
August
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Horn Dragonet
ネズミゴチ / Callionymus curvicornis
August
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Grey Drummer
ノトイスズミ / Kyphosus bigibbus
August
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Redfin Velvetfish
ハオコゼ / Paracentropogon rubripinnis
August
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Spangled Emperor
ハマフエフキ / Lethrinus nebulosus
August
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Longspined Porcupinefish
ハリセンボン / Diodon holocanthus
August
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Almaco Jack
ヒレナガカンパチ / Seriola rivoliana
August
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White-spotted Snapper
フエダイ / Lutjanus stellatus
August
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Sea Mullet
ボラ / Mugil cephalus
August
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Japanese Horse Mackerel
マアジ / Trachurus japonicus
August
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Whitespotted Conger
マアナゴ / Conger myriaster
August
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Japanese pilchard
マイワシ / Sardinops melanostictus
August
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Pacific Chub Mackerel
マサバ / Scomber japonicus
August
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Common Octopus (East Asian)
マダコ / Octopus sinensis
August
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Convict Grouper
マハタ / Epinephelus septemfasciatus
August
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Snubnose Dart
マルコバン / Trachinotus blochii
August
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Temperate Scad
ムロアジ / Decapterus muroadsi
August
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Grey Seabream
メイチダイ / Gymnocranius griseus
August
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Coral Grouper
ユカタハタ / Cephalopholis miniata
August
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Giant Trevally
ロウニンアジ / Caranx ignobilis
August
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Horsehead Tilefish
アカアマダイ / Branchiostegus japonicus
August
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Striped Barracuda
アカカマス / Sphyraena pinguis
August
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Japanese Lates
アカメ / Lates japonicus
August
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Olive Goby
ウロハゼ / Glossogobius olivaceus
August
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Devil stinger
オニオコゼ / Inimicus japonicus
August
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False Kelpfish
カサゴ / Sebastiscus marmoratus
August
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Thread-sail Filefish
カワハギ / Stephanolepis cirrhifer
August
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Yellowback Seabream
キダイ / Dentex hypselosomus
August
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Fivebar Flagtail
ギンユゴイ / Kuhlia mugil
August
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Japanese silver-biddy
クロサギ / Gerres equulus
August
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Blackhead Seabream
クロダイ / Acanthopagrus schlegelii
August
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Japanese Seabass
スズキ / Lateolabrax japonicus
August
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Japanese cutlassfish
タチウオ / Trichiurus japonicus
August
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Yellowback Seabream
チダイ / Evynnis tumifrons
August
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Javelin Goby
ハゼクチ / Acanthogobius hasta
August
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Daggertooth Pike-conger
ハモ / Muraenesox cinereus
August
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Yellowtail Kingfish
ヒラマサ / Seriola lalandi
August
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Japanese Amberjack
ブリ / Seriola quinqueradiata
August
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Tarwhine
ヘダイ / Rhabdosargus sarba
August
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Starspotted Smooth-hound
ホシザメ / Mustelus manazo
August
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Yellowfin Goby
マハゼ / Acanthogobius flavimanus
August
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Redlip Morwong
ミギマキ / Goniistius zebra
August
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Brassblotched Rockfish
ムラソイ / Sebastes pachycephalus
August
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Bigfin Reef Squid
アオリイカ / Sepioteuthis lessoniana
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Rosy Seabass
アカムツ / Doederleinia berycoides
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Stone Flounder
イシガレイ / Kareius bicoloratus
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Golden Threadfin Bream
イトヨリダイ / Nemipterus virgatus
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Korean Black Scraper
ウマヅラハギ / Thamnaconus modestus
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Temminck's Surfperch
ウミタナゴ / Ditrema temminckii
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Splendid Alfonsino
キンメダイ / Beryx splendens
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Blackedge Nibbler
クロメジナ / Girella leonina
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Japanese Black Seaperch
クロメバル / Sebastes ventricosus
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Golden Cuttlefish
コウイカ / Sepia esculenta
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Dotted Gizzard Shad
コノシロ / Konosirus punctatus
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Japanese Halfbeak
サヨリ / Hyporhamphus sajori
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Japanese Spanish Mackerel
サワラ / Scomberomorus niphonius
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Japanese White Seaperch
シロメバル / Sebastes cheni
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Togot seaperch
トゴットメバル / Sebastes joyneri
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Tiger Puffer
トラフグ / Takifugu rubripes
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Starry Flounder
ヌマガレイ / Platichthys stellatus
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Blackfin Seabass
ヒラスズキ / Lateolabrax latus
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Olive Flounder
ヒラメ / Paralichthys olivaceus
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Japanese Parrotfish
ブダイ / Calotomus japonicus
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Spiny Red Gurnard
ホウボウ / Chelidonichthys spinosus
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Marbled Flounder
マコガレイ / Pseudopleuronectes yokohamae
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Red Seabream
マダイ / Pagrus major
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John Dory
マトウダイ / Zeus faber
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Purple Puffer
マフグ / Takifugu porphyreus
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Gnomefish
ムツ / Scombrops boops
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Smallscale Blackfish
メジナ / Girella punctata
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Bigeye Tuna
メバチ / Thunnus obesus
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Japanese Red Rockfish
メバル / Sebastes inermis
Main fishing facilities in this area
Shimotsu Pia Land Fishing Park
Wakayama
A fee-based fishing facility with piers and rafts; rod rental and showers available, closed on the second Wednesday of each month (except holidays).
Wakayama Kitako Sea Fishing Park
Wakayama
A 1km breakwater fishing facility at the mouth of the Kinokawa River offering a wide variety of fish in brackish water; electronic payment only.
Wakayama Marina City Fishing Park
Wakayama
A fishing facility combining a breakwater pier and an ocean fishing pond on Wakayama Marina City island; rod rental available.
Yura Sea Fishing Park
Wakayama
A raft fishing park in the calm waters of Yura Bay; rod rental, ice, and live bait are available for sale.
Seasons, sizes and eating quality are general guides. Rules change, so check the latest prefectural, fishery-cooperative and site rules before fishing. This app provides general information, not legal advice.