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What you can catch in November

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

At their peak in November

Fat Greenling

アイナメ / Hexagrammos otakii

Anazuri (hole fishing in tetrapods) ・ January–May, October–December
Bigfin Reef Squid

アオリイカ / Sepioteuthis lessoniana

Eging (squid jigging with egi) ・ March–June, September–December
Horsehead Tilefish

アカアマダイ / Branchiostegus japonicus

Tairaba (tai rubber jig) ・ January–March, August–December
Striped Barracuda

アカカマス / Sphyraena pinguis

Float fishing ・ June–December
Ara

アラ / Niphon spinosus

Dropper-rig bottom fishing ・ January, February, April–December
Unicorn Leatherjacket

ウスバハギ / Aluterus monoceros

Tairaba (tai rubber jig) ・ June–December
Korean Black Scraper

ウマヅラハギ / Thamnaconus modestus

Float fishing ・ January–December
white-edged rockfish

エゾメバル / Sebastes taczanowskii

Anazuri (hole fishing in tetrapods) ・ January–June, September–December
False Kelpfish

カサゴ / Sebastiscus marmoratus

Anazuri (hole fishing in tetrapods) ・ January–December
Pink Salmon

カラフトマス / Oncorhynchus gorbuscha

Freshwater lure fishing ・ August–December
Thread-sail Filefish

カワハギ / Stephanolepis cirrhifer

Chonage (short-cast bottom fishing) ・ January, February, June–December
Longtooth Grouper

クエ / Epinephelus bruneus

Nomase (live bait) fishing ・ January–December
Korean Rockfish

クロソイ / Sebastes schlegelii

Anazuri (hole fishing in tetrapods) ・ March–June, October–December
Blackhead Seabream

クロダイ / Acanthopagrus schlegelii

Fukase (drift float) fishing ・ January–December
Blackedge Nibbler

クロメジナ / Girella leonina

Fukase (drift float) fishing ・ January–May, October–December
Golden Cuttlefish

コウイカ / Sepia esculenta

Eging (squid jigging with egi) ・ January, March–June, October–December
Dotted Gizzard Shad

コノシロ / Konosirus punctatus

Sabiki (bait-jig) fishing ・ January–March, May–December
Masu Salmon

サクラマス / Oncorhynchus masou masou

Freshwater lure fishing ・ February–June, August–December
Japanese Halfbeak

サヨリ / Hyporhamphus sajori

Float fishing ・ January–April, September–December
Japanese Spanish Mackerel

サワラ / Scomberomorus niphonius

Jigging (metal jig) ・ April–June, September–December
Shishamo Smelt

シシャモ / Spirinchus lanceolatus

Freshwater lure fishing ・ August–December
Gold Rockfish

シマソイ / Sebastes trivittatus

Anazuri (hole fishing in tetrapods) ・ March–June, September–December
Chum Salmon

シロザケ / Oncorhynchus keta

Freshwater lure fishing ・ August–December
Japanese Seabass

スズキ / Lateolabrax japonicus

Float fishing ・ January–December
Japanese cutlassfish

タチウオ / Trichiurus japonicus

Float fishing ・ June–December
Tiger Puffer

トラフグ / Takifugu rubripes

Dropper-rig bottom fishing ・ January–March, October–December
Starry Flounder

ヌマガレイ / Platichthys stellatus

Dropper-rig bottom fishing ・ January–May, October–December
Japanese Sandfish

ハタハタ / Arctoscopus japonicus

Dropper-rig bottom fishing ・ January, April–December
Slime flounder

ババガレイ / Microstomus achne

Dropper-rig bottom fishing ・ January–May, October–December
Blackfin Seabass

ヒラスズキ / Lateolabrax latus

Jigging (metal jig) ・ January–May, October–December
Yellowtail Kingfish

ヒラマサ / Seriola lalandi

Jigging (metal jig) ・ April–November
Olive Flounder

ヒラメ / Paralichthys olivaceus

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

ブダイ / Calotomus japonicus

Fukase (drift float) fishing ・ January–May, October–December
Japanese Amberjack

ブリ / Seriola quinqueradiata

Jigging (metal jig) ・ June–December
Sockeye Salmon

ベニザケ / Oncorhynchus nerka

Freshwater lure fishing ・ August–December
Sea Mullet

ボラ / Mugil cephalus

Sabiki (bait-jig) fishing ・ January–December
Marbled Flounder

マコガレイ / Pseudopleuronectes yokohamae

Surf casting ・ January–May, October–December
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
Purple Puffer

マフグ / Takifugu porphyreus

Dropper-rig bottom fishing ・ January–March, October–December
Redlip Morwong

ミギマキ / Goniistius zebra

Dropper-rig bottom fishing ・ January, February, April–December
Peacock Sole

ミナミウシノシタ / Pardachirus pavoninus

Dropper-rig bottom fishing ・ January–May, October–December
Brassblotched Rockfish

ムラソイ / Sebastes pachycephalus

Anazuri (hole fishing in tetrapods) ・ January–December

Also biting in November