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Season

What you can catch in February

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

At their peak in February

Fat Greenling

アイナメ / Hexagrammos otakii

Anazuri (hole fishing in tetrapods) ・ January–May, October–December
Rosy Seabass

アカムツ / Doederleinia berycoides

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

イシガレイ / Kareius bicoloratus

Surf casting ・ January–May, October–December
Golden Threadfin Bream

イトヨリダイ / Nemipterus virgatus

Dropper-rig bottom fishing ・ January–May, October–December
Temminck's Surfperch

ウミタナゴ / Ditrema temminckii

Float fishing ・ January–June, November, December
False Kelpfish

カサゴ / Sebastiscus marmoratus

Anazuri (hole fishing in tetrapods) ・ January–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
Blackedge Nibbler

クロメジナ / Girella leonina

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

クロメバル / Sebastes ventricosus

Anazuri (hole fishing in tetrapods) ・ January–May, November, December
Japanese White Seaperch

シロメバル / Sebastes cheni

Anazuri (hole fishing in tetrapods) ・ January–May, November, 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
Pacific Herring

ニシン / Clupea pallasii

Bait-cage casting ・ January–November
Starry Flounder

ヌマガレイ / Platichthys stellatus

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