Season
What you can catch in March
Fish in season in March and how to catch them, with the ones at their peak first.
At their peak in March
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Rosy Seabass
アカムツ / Doederleinia berycoides
Dropper-rig bottom fishing ・ January–May, October–December
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Stone Flounder
イシガレイ / Kareius bicoloratus
Surf casting ・ January–May, October–December
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Golden Threadfin Bream
イトヨリダイ / Nemipterus virgatus
Dropper-rig bottom fishing ・ January–May, October–December
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Temminck's Surfperch
ウミタナゴ / Ditrema temminckii
Float fishing ・ January–June, November, December
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white-edged rockfish
エゾメバル / Sebastes taczanowskii
Anazuri (hole fishing in tetrapods) ・ January–June, September–December
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False Kelpfish
カサゴ / Sebastiscus marmoratus
Anazuri (hole fishing in tetrapods) ・ January–December
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Yellow goosefish
キアンコウ / Lophius litulon
Dropper-rig bottom fishing ・ January–May, October–December
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Broadbanded thornyhead
キチジ / Sebastolobus macrochir
Dropper-rig bottom fishing ・ January–May, October–December
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Splendid Alfonsino
キンメダイ / Beryx splendens
Dropper-rig bottom fishing ・ January–May, October–December
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Blackedge Nibbler
クロメジナ / Girella leonina
Fukase (drift float) fishing ・ January–May, October–December
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Japanese Black Seaperch
クロメバル / Sebastes ventricosus
Anazuri (hole fishing in tetrapods) ・ January–May, November, December
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Masu Salmon
サクラマス / Oncorhynchus masou masou
Freshwater lure fishing ・ February–June, August–December
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Japanese White Seaperch
シロメバル / Sebastes cheni
Anazuri (hole fishing in tetrapods) ・ January–May, November, December
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Alaska Pollock
スケトウダラ / Gadus chalcogrammus
Dropper-rig bottom fishing ・ January–May, October–December
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Togot seaperch
トゴットメバル / Sebastes joyneri
Jigging (metal jig) ・ January–May, October–December
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Pacific Herring
ニシン / Clupea pallasii
Bait-cage casting ・ January–November
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Starry Flounder
ヌマガレイ / Platichthys stellatus
Dropper-rig bottom fishing ・ January–May, October–December
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Slime flounder
ババガレイ / Microstomus achne
Dropper-rig bottom fishing ・ January–May, October–December
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Blackfin Seabass
ヒラスズキ / Lateolabrax latus
Jigging (metal jig) ・ January–May, October–December
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Japanese Parrotfish
ブダイ / Calotomus japonicus
Fukase (drift float) fishing ・ January–May, October–December
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Spiny Red Gurnard
ホウボウ / Chelidonichthys spinosus
Surf casting ・ January–May, October–December
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Marbled Flounder
マコガレイ / Pseudopleuronectes yokohamae
Surf casting ・ January–May, October–December
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Pacific Cod
マダラ / Gadus macrocephalus
Jigging (metal jig) ・ January–April, October–December
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John Dory
マトウダイ / Zeus faber
Dropper-rig bottom fishing ・ January–May, October–December
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Peacock Sole
ミナミウシノシタ / Pardachirus pavoninus
Dropper-rig bottom fishing ・ January–May, October–December
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Gnomefish
ムツ / Scombrops boops
Dropper-rig bottom fishing ・ January–May, October–December
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Smallscale Blackfish
メジナ / Girella punctata
Fukase (drift float) fishing ・ January–April, October–December
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Bigeye Tuna
メバチ / Thunnus obesus
Dropper-rig bottom fishing ・ January–May, October–December
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Japanese Red Rockfish
メバル / Sebastes inermis
Float fishing ・ January–May, November, December
Also biting in March
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Fat Greenling
アイナメ / Hexagrammos otakii
Anazuri (hole fishing in tetrapods) ・ January–May, October–December
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Yellow Grouper
アオハタ / Epinephelus awoara
Tairaba (tai rubber jig) ・ March–November
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Bigfin Reef Squid
アオリイカ / Sepioteuthis lessoniana
Eging (squid jigging with egi) ・ March–June, September–December
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Horsehead Tilefish
アカアマダイ / Branchiostegus japonicus
Tairaba (tai rubber jig) ・ January–March, August–December
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Yellowfin Goatfish
アカヒメジ / Mulloidichthys vanicolensis
Chonage (short-cast bottom fishing) ・ March–November
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Japanese Lates
アカメ / Lates japonicus
Freshwater lure fishing ・ March–November
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Oily Bitterling
アブラボテ / Tanakia limbata
Mountain-stream bait fishing ・ March–November
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Red-spotted Masu Salmon
アマゴ / Oncorhynchus masou ishikawae
Mountain-stream bait fishing ・ March–September
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Sweetfish
アユ / Plecoglossus altivelis
Mountain-stream bait fishing ・ March–September
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Striped Bitterling
イチモンジタナゴ / Acheilognathus cyanostigma
Mountain-stream bait fishing ・ March–November
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Sakhalin Taimen
イトウ / Parahucho perryi
Mountain-stream bait fishing ・ March–September
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Whitespotted Char
イワナ / Salvelinus leucomaenis
Mountain-stream bait fishing ・ March–September
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Big-scaled redfin
ウグイ / Tribolodon hakonensis
Mountain-stream bait fishing ・ March–November
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Korean Black Scraper
ウマヅラハギ / Thamnaconus modestus
Float fishing ・ January–December
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Pale Chub
オイカワ / Opsariichthys platypus
Mountain-stream bait fishing ・ March–November
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Largemouth Bass
オオクチバス / Micropterus nigricans
Freshwater lure fishing ・ March–November
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Rhinogobius fluviatilis
オオヨシノボリ / Rhinogobius fluviatilis
Mountain-stream bait fishing ・ March–November
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Manybar Goatfish
オジサン / Parupeneus multifasciatus
Chonage (short-cast bottom fishing) ・ March–November
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Asian Dolly Varden
オショロコマ / Salvelinus curilus
Mountain-stream bait fishing ・ March–September
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Weedy Scorpionfish
オニカサゴ / Scorpaenopsis cirrosa
Anazuri (hole fishing in tetrapods) ・ January–December
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Japanese Perch
オヤニラミ / Coreoperca kawamebari
Freshwater lure fishing ・ March–November
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Japanese Fluvial Sculpin
カジカ / Cottus pollux
Mountain-stream bait fishing ・ March–November
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Flat Bitterling
カネヒラ / Acheilognathus rhombeus
Mountain-stream bait fishing ・ March–November
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Pike Gudgeon
カマツカ / Pseudogobio esocinus
Mountain-stream bait fishing ・ March–November
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Northern Snakehead
カムルチー / Channa argus
Freshwater lure fishing ・ March–November
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Brook Trout
カワマス / Salvelinus fontinalis
Mountain-stream bait fishing ・ March–September
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Dark Chub
カワムツ / Nipponocypris temminckii
Mountain-stream bait fishing ・ March–November
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Honeycomb Grouper
カンモンハタ / Epinephelus merra
Anazuri (hole fishing in tetrapods) ・ March–November
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Gigi catfish
ギギ / Tachysurus nudiceps
Mountain-stream bait fishing ・ March–November
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Japanese Silver Crucian Carp
ギンブナ / Carassius langsdorfii
Herabuna float fishing ・ March–November
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Longtooth Grouper
クエ / Epinephelus bruneus
Nomase (live bait) fishing ・ January–December
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Korean Rockfish
クロソイ / Sebastes schlegelii
Anazuri (hole fishing in tetrapods) ・ March–June, October–December
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Blackhead Seabream
クロダイ / Acanthopagrus schlegelii
Fukase (drift float) fishing ・ January–December
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Japanese White Crucian Carp
ゲンゴロウブナ / Carassius cuvieri
Herabuna float fishing ・ March–November
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European Carp
コイ / Cyprinus carpio
Herabuna float fishing ・ March–November
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Golden Cuttlefish
コウイカ / Sepia esculenta
Eging (squid jigging with egi) ・ January, March–June, October–December
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Smallmouth Bass
コクチバス / Micropterus dolomieu
Freshwater lure fishing ・ March–November
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Dotted Gizzard Shad
コノシロ / Konosirus punctatus
Sabiki (bait-jig) fishing ・ January–March, May–December
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Japanese Halfbeak
サヨリ / Hyporhamphus sajori
Float fishing ・ January–April, September–December
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Gold Rockfish
シマソイ / Sebastes trivittatus
Anazuri (hole fishing in tetrapods) ・ March–June, September–December
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Japanese Seabass
スズキ / Lateolabrax japonicus
Float fishing ・ January–December
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Grass Carp
ソウギョ / Ctenopharyngodon idella
Herabuna float fishing ・ March–November
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Rosy Bitterling
タイリクバラタナゴ / Rhodeus ocellatus
Mountain-stream bait fishing ・ March–November
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Asian Swamp Eel
タウナギ / Monopterus albus
Mountain-stream bait fishing ・ March–November
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Doubleline Fusilier
タカサゴ / Pterocaesio digramma
Sabiki (bait-jig) fishing ・ January–December
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Japanese Bitterling
タナゴ / Acheilognathus melanogaster
Mountain-stream bait fishing ・ March–November
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Field Gudgeon
タモロコ / Gnathopogon elongatus
Mountain-stream bait fishing ・ March–November
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Channel Catfish
チャネルキャットフィッシュ / Ictalurus punctatus
Freshwater lure fishing ・ March–November
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Oriental Weatherfish
ドジョウ / Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
Mountain-stream bait fishing ・ March–November
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Tiger Puffer
トラフグ / Takifugu rubripes
Dropper-rig bottom fishing ・ January–March, October–December
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Dark Sleeper
ドンコ / Odontobutis obscurus
Mountain-stream bait fishing ・ March–November
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Nile Tilapia
ナイルティラピア / Oreochromis niloticus
Mountain-stream bait fishing ・ March–November
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Amur Catfish
ナマズ / Silurus asotus
Freshwater lure fishing ・ March–November
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Barbel Steed
ニゴイ / Hemibarbus labeo
Mountain-stream bait fishing ・ March–November
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Rainbow Trout
ニジマス / Oncorhynchus mykiss
Mountain-stream bait fishing ・ March–September
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Horn Dragonet
ネズミゴチ / Callionymus curvicornis
Chonage (short-cast bottom fishing) ・ March–December
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Three-lipped Chub
ハス / Opsariichthys uncirostris
Freshwater lure fishing ・ March–November
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River Gudgeon
ヒガイ / Sarcocheilichthys variegatus
Mountain-stream bait fishing ・ March–November
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Sockeye Salmon
ヒメマス / Oncorhynchus nerka
Freshwater lure fishing ・ March–November
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Olive Flounder
ヒラメ / Paralichthys olivaceus
Nomase (live bait) fishing ・ January–June, September–December
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Biwa trout
ビワマス / Oncorhynchus masou rhodurus
Freshwater lure fishing ・ March–November
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Brown Trout
ブラウントラウト / Salmo trutta
Mountain-stream bait fishing ・ March–September
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Bluegill
ブルーギル / Lepomis macrochirus
Freshwater lure fishing ・ March–November
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Cardinal Goatfish
ホウライヒメジ / Parupeneus ciliatus
Chonage (short-cast bottom fishing) ・ March–November
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Sea Mullet
ボラ / Mugil cephalus
Sabiki (bait-jig) fishing ・ January–December
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Biwa Moroko Gudgeon
ホンモロコ / Gnathopogon caerulescens
Mountain-stream bait fishing ・ March–November
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Yellow-striped Flounder
マガレイ / Pseudopleuronectes herzensteini
Surf casting ・ March–July, September–November
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Red Seabream
マダイ / Pagrus major
Tairaba (tai rubber jig) ・ January–June, September–December
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Convict Grouper
マハタ / Epinephelus septemfasciatus
Nomase (live bait) fishing ・ March–November
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Purple Puffer
マフグ / Takifugu porphyreus
Dropper-rig bottom fishing ・ January–March, October–December
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Pacific Redfin
マルタ / Pseudaspius brandtii
Mountain-stream bait fishing ・ March–November
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Brassblotched Rockfish
ムラソイ / Sebastes pachycephalus
Anazuri (hole fishing in tetrapods) ・ January–December
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Topmouth Gudgeon
モツゴ / Pseudorasbora parva
Mountain-stream bait fishing ・ March–November
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Masu Salmon
ヤマメ / Oncorhynchus masou masou
Mountain-stream bait fishing ・ March–September
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Slender Bitterling
ヤリタナゴ / Tanakia lanceolata
Mountain-stream bait fishing ・ March–November
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Rhinogobius mizunoi
ルリヨシノボリ / Rhinogobius mizunoi
Mountain-stream bait fishing ・ March–November
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Japanese Pond Smelt
ワカサギ / Hypomesus nipponensis
Smelt fishing ・ January–March, October–December