Areas
Noto and Ishikawa Coast
Noto and the Ishikawa coast form one practical Sea of Japan fishing area around a projecting peninsula. Seasonal inshore fish and bottom species provide varied targets across sheltered and exposed shores, but wind and swell can differ sharply. Check current road, port and shore access notices and local rules before fishing.
- Prefectures
- Ishikawa
- Waters
- Sea of Japan
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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Dotted Sweetlips
アジアコショウダイ / Plectorhinchus pica
August
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Chicken Grunt
イサキ / Parapristipoma trilineatum
August
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Barred Knifejaw
イシダイ / Oplegnathus fasciatus
August
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Round herring
ウルメイワシ / Etrumeus micropus
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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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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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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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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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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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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Japanese flyingfish
トビウオ / Cypselurus agoo
August
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Greencheek Parrotfish
ニシキブダイ / Scarus prasiognathos
August
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Pacific Herring
ニシン / Clupea pallasii
August
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Horn Dragonet
ネズミゴチ / Callionymus curvicornis
August
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Redfin Velvetfish
ハオコゼ / Paracentropogon rubripinnis
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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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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Grey Seabream
メイチダイ / Gymnocranius griseus
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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Olive Goby
ウロハゼ / Glossogobius olivaceus
August
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False Kelpfish
カサゴ / Sebastiscus marmoratus
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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Blackhead Seabream
クロダイ / Acanthopagrus schlegelii
August
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Masu Salmon
サクラマス / Oncorhynchus masou masou
August
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Chum Salmon
シロザケ / Oncorhynchus keta
August
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Japanese Seabass
スズキ / Lateolabrax japonicus
August
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Oblong Rockfish
タケノコメバル / Sebastes oblongus
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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Japanese Sandfish
ハタハタ / Arctoscopus japonicus
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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Starspotted Smooth-hound
ホシザメ / Mustelus manazo
August
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Okhotsk Atka Mackerel
ホッケ / Pleurogrammus azonus
August
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Yellowfin Goby
マハゼ / Acanthogobius flavimanus
August
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Spotted Flagtail
ユゴイ / Kuhlia marginata
August
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Fat Greenling
アイナメ / Hexagrammos otakii
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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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Yellow goosefish
キアンコウ / Lophius litulon
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Korean Rockfish
クロソイ / Sebastes schlegelii
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Golden Cuttlefish
コウイカ / Sepia esculenta
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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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Alaska Pollock
スケトウダラ / Gadus chalcogrammus
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Tiger Puffer
トラフグ / Takifugu rubripes
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Slime flounder
ババガレイ / Microstomus achne
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Olive Flounder
ヒラメ / Paralichthys olivaceus
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Spiny Red Gurnard
ホウボウ / Chelidonichthys spinosus
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Yellow-striped Flounder
マガレイ / Pseudopleuronectes herzensteini
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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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Pacific Cod
マダラ / Gadus macrocephalus
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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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Japanese Red Rockfish
メバル / Sebastes inermis
Main fishing facilities in this area
Notojima Coastal Park Sea Fishing Center
Ishikawa
A pier fishing facility on the north coast of Notojima with rod rental and free life jacket loans; admission is 520 yen.
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.