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Season

What you can catch in October

Fish in season in October and how to catch them, with the ones at their peak first.

At their peak in October

Dusky Rabbitfish

アイゴ / Siganus fuscescens

Fukase (drift float) fishing ・ May–November
Bigfin Reef Squid

アオリイカ / Sepioteuthis lessoniana

Eging (squid jigging with egi) ・ March–June, September–December
False Kelpfish

カサゴ / Sebastiscus marmoratus

Anazuri (hole fishing in tetrapods) ・ January–December
Greater Amberjack

カンパチ / Seriola dumerili

Nomase (live bait) fishing ・ June–November
Yellowfin Seabream

キチヌ / Acanthopagrus latus

Float fishing ・ April–December
Blackhead Seabream

クロダイ / Acanthopagrus schlegelii

Fukase (drift float) fishing ・ January–December
Japanese Striped Eel Catfish

ゴンズイ / Plotosus japonicus

Chonage (short-cast bottom fishing) ・ May–November
Japanese Spanish Mackerel

サワラ / Scomberomorus niphonius

Jigging (metal jig) ・ April–June, September–December
Japanese Seabass

スズキ / Lateolabrax japonicus

Float fishing ・ January–December
Bullet & frigate tuna (souda-gatsuo)

ソウダガツオ / Auxis rochei / Auxis thazard

Jigging (metal jig) ・ July–November
Japanese cutlassfish

タチウオ / Trichiurus japonicus

Float fishing ・ June–December
Olive Flounder

ヒラメ / Paralichthys olivaceus

Nomase (live bait) fishing ・ January–June, September–December
Japanese Amberjack

ブリ / Seriola quinqueradiata

Jigging (metal jig) ・ June–December
Sea Mullet

ボラ / Mugil cephalus

Sabiki (bait-jig) fishing ・ January–December
Japanese Horse Mackerel

マアジ / Trachurus japonicus

Sabiki (bait-jig) fishing ・ April–December
Pacific Chub Mackerel

マサバ / Scomber japonicus

Sabiki (bait-jig) fishing ・ May–November
Red Seabream

マダイ / Pagrus major

Tairaba (tai rubber jig) ・ January–June, September–December
Yellowfin Goby

マハゼ / Acanthogobius flavimanus

Chonage (short-cast bottom fishing) ・ June–December

Also biting in October