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Season

What you can catch in July

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

At their peak in July

Dusky Rabbitfish

アイゴ / Siganus fuscescens

Fukase (drift float) fishing ・ May–November
Barred Knifejaw

イシダイ / Oplegnathus fasciatus

Surf casting ・ May–November
Japanese Anchovy

カタクチイワシ / Engraulis japonicus

Sabiki (bait-jig) fishing ・ April–November
Yellowfin Seabream

キチヌ / Acanthopagrus latus

Float fishing ・ April–December
Grey-spotted Puffer

クサフグ / Takifugu alboplumbeus

Chonage (short-cast bottom fishing) ・ April–November
Japanese Striped Eel Catfish

ゴンズイ / Plotosus japonicus

Chonage (short-cast bottom fishing) ・ May–November
Japanese Sardinella

サッパ / Sardinella zunasi

Sabiki (bait-jig) fishing ・ May–October
Japanese Whiting

シロギス / Sillago japonica

Chonage (short-cast bottom fishing) ・ May–November
Sea Mullet

ボラ / Mugil cephalus

Sabiki (bait-jig) fishing ・ January–December
Japanese Horse Mackerel

マアジ / Trachurus japonicus

Sabiki (bait-jig) fishing ・ April–December
Japanese pilchard

マイワシ / Sardinops melanostictus

Sabiki (bait-jig) fishing ・ April–November
Pacific Chub Mackerel

マサバ / Scomber japonicus

Sabiki (bait-jig) fishing ・ May–November
Common Octopus (East Asian)

マダコ / Octopus sinensis

Eging (squid jigging with egi) ・ May–November

Also biting in July