Season
What you can catch in May
Fish in season in May and how to catch them, with the ones at their peak first.
At their peak in May
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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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Blackhead Seabream
クロダイ / Acanthopagrus schlegelii
Fukase (drift float) fishing ・ January–December
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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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Japanese Spanish Mackerel
サワラ / Scomberomorus niphonius
Jigging (metal jig) ・ April–June, September–December
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Japanese Seabass
スズキ / Lateolabrax japonicus
Float fishing ・ January–December
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Sea Mullet
ボラ / Mugil cephalus
Sabiki (bait-jig) fishing ・ January–December
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Red Seabream
マダイ / Pagrus major
Tairaba (tai rubber jig) ・ January–June, September–December
Also biting in May
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Dusky Rabbitfish
アイゴ / Siganus fuscescens
Fukase (drift float) fishing ・ May–November
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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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Barred Knifejaw
イシダイ / Oplegnathus fasciatus
Surf casting ・ May–November
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False Kelpfish
カサゴ / Sebastiscus marmoratus
Anazuri (hole fishing in tetrapods) ・ January–December
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Japanese Anchovy
カタクチイワシ / Engraulis japonicus
Sabiki (bait-jig) fishing ・ April–November
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Yellowfin Seabream
キチヌ / Acanthopagrus latus
Float fishing ・ April–December
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Grey-spotted Puffer
クサフグ / Takifugu alboplumbeus
Chonage (short-cast bottom fishing) ・ April–November
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Japanese Striped Eel Catfish
ゴンズイ / Plotosus japonicus
Chonage (short-cast bottom fishing) ・ May–November
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Japanese Sardinella
サッパ / Sardinella zunasi
Sabiki (bait-jig) fishing ・ May–October
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Japanese Whiting
シロギス / Sillago japonica
Chonage (short-cast bottom fishing) ・ May–November
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Olive Flounder
ヒラメ / Paralichthys olivaceus
Nomase (live bait) fishing ・ January–June, September–December
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Japanese Horse Mackerel
マアジ / Trachurus japonicus
Sabiki (bait-jig) fishing ・ April–December
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Japanese pilchard
マイワシ / Sardinops melanostictus
Sabiki (bait-jig) fishing ・ April–November
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Marbled Flounder
マコガレイ / Pseudopleuronectes yokohamae
Surf casting ・ January–May, October–December
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Pacific Chub Mackerel
マサバ / Scomber japonicus
Sabiki (bait-jig) fishing ・ May–November
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Common Octopus (East Asian)
マダコ / Octopus sinensis
Eging (squid jigging with egi) ・ May–November
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Japanese Red Rockfish
メバル / Sebastes inermis
Float fishing ・ January–May, November, December