Areas
Yatsushiro Sea and Amakusa
The Yatsushiro Sea and Amakusa form one practical fishing area of enclosed water, island channels and outer coasts. Seasonal inshore, pelagic and bottom fish provide varied targets, but tides and weather differ sharply by shore. Access varies, so check current local signs and rules before fishing.
- Prefectures
- Kumamoto, Kagoshima
- Waters
- East China Sea & western Kyushu
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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Peacock Grouper
アオノメハタ / Cephalopholis argus
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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Yellowfin Goatfish
アカヒメジ / Mulloidichthys vanicolensis
August
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Tomato Grouper
アザハタ / Cephalopholis sonnerati
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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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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Dogtooth Tuna
イソマグロ / Gymnosarda unicolor
August
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Spotted Parrotfish
イロブダイ / Cetoscarus ocellatus
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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Palenose Parrotfish
オウムブダイ / Scarus psittacus
August
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Blacktail Snapper
オキフエダイ / Lutjanus fulvus
August
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Manybar Goatfish
オジサン / Parupeneus multifasciatus
August
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White-edged Lyretail
オジロバラハタ / Variola albimarginata
August
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Bluefin Trevally
カスミアジ / Caranx melampygus
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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Clown Coris
カンムリベラ / Coris aygula
August
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Honeycomb Grouper
カンモンハタ / Epinephelus merra
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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Longnose Emperor
キツネフエダイ / Lethrinus olivaceus
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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Yellowfin Surgeonfish
クロハギ / Acanthurus xanthopterus
August
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Blacksaddle Coralgrouper
コクハンアラ / Plectropomus laevis
August
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Blue Mackerel
ゴマサバ / Scomber australasicus
August
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Titan Triggerfish
ゴマモンガラ / Balistoides viridescens
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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Scissor-tailed Fusilier
ササムロ / Caesio caerulaurea
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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Highfin Grouper
シロブチハタ / Epinephelus maculatus
August
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Leopard Coralgrouper
スジアラ / Plectropomus leopardus
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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Star-eye Parrotfish
タイワンブダイ / Calotomus carolinus
August
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Goldspot Pigfish
タキベラ / Bodianus perditio
August
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Wedgetail Triggerfish
タスキモンガラ / Rhinecanthus rectangulus
August
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Giant Grouper
タマカイ / Epinephelus lanceolatus
August
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Blackeye Thicklip
タレクチベラ / Hemigymnus melapterus
August
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Festive Parrotfish
ツキノワブダイ / Scarus festivus
August
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Purple Rockcod
ツチホゼリ / Epinephelus cyanopodus
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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Yellowtail Coris
ツユベラ / Coris gaimard
August
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Bluespine Unicornfish
テングハギ / Naso unicornis
August
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Japanese flyingfish
トビウオ / Cypselurus agoo
August
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Redlip Parrotfish
ナガブダイ / Scarus rubroviolaceus
August
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Steephead Parrotfish
ナンヨウブダイ / Chlorurus microrhinos
August
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Scalpel Sawtail
ニザダイ / Prionurus scalprum
August
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Greencheek Parrotfish
ニシキブダイ / Scarus prasiognathos
August
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Double-lined Mackerel
ニジョウサバ / Grammatorcynus bilineatus
August
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Twinstripe Fusilier
ニセタカサゴ / Pterocaesio marri
August
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Horn Dragonet
ネズミゴチ / Callionymus curvicornis
August
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Pacific Bullethead Parrotfish
ハゲブダイ / Chlorurus spilurus
August
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Forktail Rabbitfish
ハナアイゴ / Siganus argenteus
August
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Ornate Emperor
ハナフエフキ / Lethrinus ornatus
August
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Longspined Porcupinefish
ハリセンボン / Diodon holocanthus
August
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Ringtail Maori Wrasse
ヒトスジモチノウオ / Oxycheilinus unifasciatus
August
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Greasy Rockcod
ヒトミハタ / Epinephelus tauvina
August
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Blue-barred Parrotfish
ヒブダイ / Scarus ghobban
August
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Doublebar Rabbitfish
ヒメアイゴ / Siganus virgatus
August
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Humpback Snapper
ヒメフエダイ / Lutjanus gibbus
August
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Almaco Jack
ヒレナガカンパチ / Seriola rivoliana
August
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Swarthy Parrotfish
ブチブダイ / Scarus niger
August
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Bengal Snapper
ベンガルフエダイ / Lutjanus bengalensis
August
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Cardinal Goatfish
ホウライヒメジ / Parupeneus ciliatus
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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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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Pacific Orange-spine Unicornfish
ミヤコテングハギ / Naso lituratus
August
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Oriental Sweetlips
ムスジコショウダイ / Plectorhinchus vittatus
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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Greenblotch Parrotfish
レモンブダイ / Scarus quoyi
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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Marbled Eel
オオウナギ / Anguilla marmorata
August
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Devil stinger
オニオコゼ / Inimicus japonicus
August
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Great Barracuda
オニカマス / Sphyraena barracuda
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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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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Cinnabar Goatfish
タカサゴヒメジ / Parupeneus heptacantha
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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Crescent-tail Bigeye
ホウセキキントキ / Priacanthus hamrur
August
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Pacific Chub Mackerel
マサバ / Scomber japonicus
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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Great Blue-spotted Mudskipper
ムツゴロウ / Boleophthalmus pectinirostris
August
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Spotted Flagtail
ユゴイ / Kuhlia marginata
August
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Bigfin Reef Squid
アオリイカ / Sepioteuthis lessoniana
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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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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 Spanish Mackerel
サワラ / Scomberomorus niphonius
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Tiger Puffer
トラフグ / Takifugu rubripes
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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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Red Seabream
マダイ / Pagrus major
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John Dory
マトウダイ / Zeus faber
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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
Kamoike Sea Fishing Park
Kagoshima
A city-run sea fishing park in Kagoshima with deep water close to shore, rod rentals, a shop, and restrooms; open year-round except in bad weather.
Otachimisaki Park Sea Fishing Land
Kumamoto
A municipal pier fishing facility in Otachimisaki Park offering rod-and-bait sets, a shop, and restrooms; closed Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Sakurajima Sea Fishing Park
Kagoshima
A city-run fishing park near Sakurajima Port with views of the active volcano, free rod rental, a shop, and parking; open year-round except in bad we…
Uto Marina
Kumamoto
A breakwater promenade at the Uto Marina roadside station is open to the public for fishing, with parking and restrooms; closed Tuesdays.
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.