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What you can catch in December

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

At their peak in December

Fat Greenling

アイナメ / Hexagrammos otakii

Anazuri (hole fishing in tetrapods) ・ January–May, October–December
Horsehead Tilefish

アカアマダイ / Branchiostegus japonicus

Tairaba (tai rubber jig) ・ January–March, August–December
Rosy Seabass

アカムツ / Doederleinia berycoides

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

アラ / Niphon spinosus

Dropper-rig bottom fishing ・ January, February, April–December
Golden Threadfin Bream

イトヨリダイ / Nemipterus virgatus

Dropper-rig bottom fishing ・ January–May, October–December
Korean Black Scraper

ウマヅラハギ / Thamnaconus modestus

Float fishing ・ January–December
False Kelpfish

カサゴ / Sebastiscus marmoratus

Anazuri (hole fishing in tetrapods) ・ January–December
Thread-sail Filefish

カワハギ / Stephanolepis cirrhifer

Chonage (short-cast bottom fishing) ・ January, February, June–December
Yellow goosefish

キアンコウ / Lophius litulon

Dropper-rig bottom fishing ・ January–May, October–December
Broadbanded thornyhead

キチジ / Sebastolobus macrochir

Dropper-rig bottom fishing ・ January–May, October–December
Splendid Alfonsino

キンメダイ / Beryx splendens

Dropper-rig bottom fishing ・ January–May, October–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
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
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
Alaska Pollock

スケトウダラ / Gadus chalcogrammus

Dropper-rig bottom fishing ・ January–May, October–December
Togot seaperch

トゴットメバル / Sebastes joyneri

Jigging (metal jig) ・ January–May, October–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
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
Spiny Red Gurnard

ホウボウ / Chelidonichthys spinosus

Surf casting ・ January–May, October–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
Pacific Cod

マダラ / Gadus macrocephalus

Jigging (metal jig) ・ January–April, October–December
John Dory

マトウダイ / Zeus faber

Dropper-rig bottom fishing ・ January–May, October–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
Gnomefish

ムツ / Scombrops boops

Dropper-rig bottom fishing ・ January–May, October–December
Smallscale Blackfish

メジナ / Girella punctata

Fukase (drift float) fishing ・ January–April, October–December
Bigeye Tuna

メバチ / Thunnus obesus

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

メバル / Sebastes inermis

Float fishing ・ January–May, November, December
Japanese Pond Smelt

ワカサギ / Hypomesus nipponensis

Smelt fishing ・ January–March, October–December

Also biting in December