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Season

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
False Kelpfish

カサゴ / Sebastiscus marmoratus

Anazuri (hole fishing in tetrapods) ・ January–December
Golden Cuttlefish

コウイカ / Sepia esculenta

Eging (squid jigging with egi) ・ January, March–June, October–December
Japanese Spanish Mackerel

サワラ / Scomberomorus niphonius

Jigging (metal jig) ・ April–June, September–December
Olive Flounder

ヒラメ / Paralichthys olivaceus

Nomase (live bait) fishing ・ January–June, September–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
Smallscale Blackfish

メジナ / Girella punctata

Fukase (drift float) fishing ・ January–April, October–December
Japanese Red Rockfish

メバル / Sebastes inermis

Float fishing ・ January–May, November, December

Also biting in December